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David Crowder Band and Third Day

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

I saw David Crowder Band and Third Day in concert last night at Liberty University. Both bands did an excellent job, but I’m not used to seeing Crowder as an opening act. I’ve seen Crowder play four times since October 2004, and every time, he was the main performer except for this time. I guess […]

Three things

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

It’s been a while since I did a three things post, so here you go for your random Wednesday morning enjoyment. Three things you may not have known about me: I’m ambidextrous. I am an INTJ. My high school issued me an official fake ID card.

Valentines, Fire Alarms, and Snow

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Busy weekend here. Friday evening was the annual homegroup guys make the girls dinner and affirm that they’re good people, even though largely single people night. Cory (grad student cory, not roommate Cory) cooked spaghetti with meat sauce, chocolate covered strawberries, angel’s food cake toppings, and attempted to cook fried ice cream. The fried ice […]

And now to insight a riot . . . my rankings of coffee shops in Blacksburg

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Coffee CupBest to worst, judged based on the quality of their espresso and their standard drip coffee:

  1. Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea
  2. Easy Chair Coffee
  3. Starbucks
  4. Bollo’s
  5. Deet’s Place

For a detailed review of each, click the link to the full post.

Also, feel free to debate the merits of each shop with me using the comments.

Fully surrendering to God

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

I want to highlight an excellent essay by Brian of Zealous Endeavor on surrendering all areas of our lives to God. He writes: As we begin to take seriously this life to which we are called, we must surrender wholly to His will, to His leading, to His Word, and to His commands. We must […]

Book review: The Purpose Driven Life

Monday, February 6th, 2006

I wrote this post several weeks ago, but never actually posted it. The blog has been silent for a while, so I figured I’d go ahead and post it. Watch for a more substantial post in the next few days. I recently finished reading The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. I had previously read […]

The anointing on this generation is huge

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

The more that I look around me, the more I’m amazed by all the awesome things that God is doing on this campus, and all around the country and the world in my generation. I’m not only seeing more and more young leaders accept Christ, but I’m also seeing a passion in this generation to […]

Wind Rock and Board Games

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

It was over 60 degrees here today, so Justin, Jason, Tim, and myself jumped in the car and went up to Wind Rock for sunset. We were coming back for a game night, so we didn’t have time to have a campfire and make s’mores, but it was still a great trip, even though the […]

Interesting last few days

Friday, January 27th, 2006

It’s been an interesting last few days. Wednesday, I drove up to Lexington, VA for traffic court. A reckless driving ticket, which I initially thought was a criminal charge, ended up becoming a plain speeding ticket during the trial. I was very thankful–I got a fine, and it looks like my license will only have […]

Encounters with God are Dangerous

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Several weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “God is not safe, but He is good.” Now, Michael over at You Can Know God has a similar post titled “Dangerous Encounters with Christ.” It’s a very well written post, and I think he’s right on, especially in our self-centered America. A brief quote: Over the […]