Writings on the Wall

How you spend your days is, of course, how you spend your life.

- Annie Dillard

it is amazing the power of words. in these past few days my heart has been encouraged greatly and stoked to move forward in the midst of frustration from many different people in my life. and i am thankful for that.

i also started reading the one year bible this year and hope to finish. i have started many times in past seasons, it seems to be progressing well so far - please feel free to call me on it any time…

i am reading in exodus and matthew right now and i am struck by a couple of things:

1 - Gods communication with his people and their responses (positive and negative) :: i really like the book of exodus - story draws me in - i find myself and my life very intertwined with the exodus story
2 - Jesus’ communication to the religious leaders of the day :: wow - God is so obviously concerned with who we are and not what we do
3 - the Kingdom God :: it is here and now and to come and we get to be a part of this wonderful journey - and i am honored to take my place in the story
4 - keeping track of days in a specific manner (ie paying attention to the numbers) really helps me to reflect on what a year includes, and how to have rhythm within said year

i have been listening to a lot of radiohead lately and i really like it. i mean i really like it. their creativity and melodies move me. kid a in particular.
lastly i found this wonderful book called the way into tikkun olam at borders last week and almost passed out. yea i got it and cant wait to dive in…

grace and peace to you all,
j

Dear Jesus, as I call on you today I realize that I often come asking for favors.Today I’d like just to be in your presence.Let my heart respond to Your Love.

so this week has been crazy. to say the least. here was my schedule on tues:9am - 10am :staff chapel10.15 - 11.30 :pastors meeting 11.30 - 1pm :staff lunch1 - 2 :gathering planning meeting2 - 3.30 :meeting3.30 - 4.30 :figure out what i was supposed to do today.luckily wed was way more chill - it is a day that i am working out of the office so i can avoid days like tues. ha! after a restful and productive wed - thurs began. showed up at 8am to work, but my desk wasnt set up - so i started to put it together - then had a meeting from 9-10. and then another from 10-11. then put together the rest of my desk til noon. then planned songs and printed charts til 1.30. then went to a video shoot til 4. another crazy crazy day. but i am so loving it. it is great to be at a church that has a lot of life and a lot of stuff going on.for the video shoot today i made my directorial debut! we will see how good radkey makes me look (he is editing it, ha!). just got home now after capturing it into imove and exporting it to a .mov file and leaving it to upload. not waiting for that 3 hrs tonight. so full days but good days. time to rest. 

…coming soon - lots going on for me and amanda - keep us in your prayers…

yes it was incredible. updates soon…but after sheryl crow tonight. man, we are so blessed…

yikes….

on monday my dad rolled into town to do the ol switchero with the truck and the del sol. after a rockin evening at bob seger - and yesterday spent trying to get the del sol insured and registered in tejas, the truck has now left us and we will be living with the top down in the del sol! oh yeah! here’s to the green machine…

well, its almost been a week since the bears had no offense in the super bowl. oh well - at least they made it there!

these past few weeks have been crazy here in h-town, esp at fpc. lots of changes in leadership at church - which is always hard - but i am excited to see where God is going to lead us.

wanna give a HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out to my sister - Carolyn - love ya and wish we could party with you today.

i have been reading this book by richard rohr called Simplicity, it rocks. i am only in the first chapter - as i have been reading the kite runner mostly.

also - the song ‘Aint No Reason’ by brett dennen has been rocking my world lately. we shot a video to accompany the song for this sunday and i am pumped. do yourself a favor and go listen to it here.

that’s all for now…

so because of saturdays craziness i took today off - and man it has been so refreshing! taking my time when getting up - yummy coffe in the am - just straight chillin. amanda is off today as well - off from school but not off from work. she is swamped…keep her in mind this week…also stumbled upon these guys today:Four Tet - really sweet electronica music. man - that is my favorite genre right now. and speaking of electronica music….THE ALBUM LEAF IS COMING!! yes!!! this sat night we are heading to see them. i cannot wait. anyone wanna go? let me know.