January 2012
1 post
Top Albums 2011
….in no paticular order. This isn’t a list of records I want you to think were my favorite. Just records I couldn’t stop listening to. No frills.
Gungor-Ghosts Upon the Earth
Switchfoot-Vice Verses
Coldplay-Mylo Xyloto
The Civil Wars-Barton Hallow
John Mark McMillan-Economy
Wilco-The Whole Love
Bon Iver-Bon Iver
Adele-21
Radiohead-The King of Limbs
August 2011
1 post
I Am Still Running
Running requires much.
Discipline. Focus. Determination. Faith.
I would be lying if I said it was always enjoyable. Pain is present. Boredom creeps up. But when you are in it and I mean really in the belly of it, it is a powerful experience. Pain is dealt with. Boredom fades. You feel alive.
I am not a gifted runner. I have short legs. Marathons will not be won by me. Cross Country was a...
March 2011
1 post
“We want your blood to flow inside our body. We want your wind inside our lungs....”
– John Mark McMillan
February 2011
1 post
“Waiting is our destiny. As creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what...”
– Lewis Smedes
January 2011
3 posts
“We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His...”
– John Mark McMillan “How He Loves”
Seasons
I have never feared change. Rather, being stagnant, I believe is a great tragedy. I am an open book. Peace runs over me. My life is Yours.
November 2010
2 posts
“The best music is essentially….. there to provide you something to face...”
– Bruce Springsteen
October 2010
12 posts
“If you’re like me you need hope, coffee, and melody.”
– Robbie Seay
“Did you every think that if you’re not happy, it’s because of you?”
– Stephen Kellogg
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
– Steve Prefontaine
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway.”
– John Wayne
The Supporting Actor
Sitting in Salt Lake City tonight. Had way too much coffee, and have a lot on my mind. Let’s see what spills out.
I have something to get off my chest. I hope it’s contagious.
I hate surface relationships. They not only annoy me, they puzzle me. It’s just so unappealing. These types of relationships don’t contribute anything to either person. In my opinion they are...
September 2010
3 posts
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes YOU come alive,...”
– Harold Thurman Whitman
To the beat of a different drum, together
Trends intrigue me. They probably intrigue all of us. I might be overstepping my bounds here, but one could say that a trend is one of the most powerful things in the World. I mean without the power of a trend there would be no Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Farmville, or Bieber. I guess my hope that I hold onto is that this unbridled power can be used for so much good.
Take a look...
Why Not?
Just was on an amazing tour this past month. Good music and good times were had.
Moved into a new apartment day after I got back. Bought some art. Everything is almost in its right place. Leave on Sunday night for a two week string of shows. Excited and optimistic for what’s to come in all avenues of my life. A new chapter is definitely starting. Hopefully you will hear from me more....
August 2010
1 post
“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.”
– C.S. Lewis
June 2010
1 post
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you...”
– Conan O’Brien
May 2010
4 posts
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
– Ben Franklin
April 2010
4 posts
March 2010
8 posts
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference…
The opposite...”
– Elie Wiesel
“When I record somebody else’s song, I have to make it my own or it...”
– Johnny Cash
“How many special people change? How many lives are living strange?”
– Oasis
A observation of a guarded life.
Heartbreak, although difficult and excruciating, is not the main thing that we should be afraid of falling victim to. We must come to a place where the fear of mistakes and disappointment is not at the helm. When did we start to buy into the notion that life should be safe and routine? I am not saying we should live with reckless abandon, but greatness will be stifled without some amount of...
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition...”
– C.S. Lewis
The Death of the "Album" and My Hope For a...
I remember when I was in 3rd grade and I went to Wal-Mart (only place within in 30 minutes where you could buy cds) and purchased “What’s the Story Morning Glory” by Oasis. I still have the album to this day and it will always be one of my favorites. It is a little weathered, but still works. I remember the pure excitement of tearing open the impossible packaging and...
“If you approach the world with the apron of a servant, then you are allowed to...”
– Jon Foreman
February 2010
7 posts
“No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
