This weekend Stefa and I are off to Dallas! That's right. We are headed to the National Chi Alpha District Rep meeting. There we will be discussing Chi Alpha and it's future. Where we are headed. Where we should be headed. How long we want that to take. And the best ways to meet our goals. Should be a thrilling time to talk about the future of our ministry.
Please keep us in our prayers.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
A Halloween Cartoon
This is from Very Tasteful. They make shorts like these all the time. They are super funny. Happy Halloween everyone!
ENJOY
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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Monday, October 23, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
This Morning
When I opened my eyes it honestly felt more like a relief than anything else. For hours I had felt as though I was just faking it. For hours like I was desperately trying to just keep my eyelids pushed together rather than actually sleeping. It took me a few minutes to focus and have my eyes adjust to the darkness. My mind wondered why my room was so dark still. Surely I had been sleeping long enough. The beaming red light shined from behind me telling me that it was only 5:27 AM.
5:30 in the morning? I am never awake at 5:30. Even when I catch a 6 am flight I am still not really awake. Maybe half awake but as soon as I hit the sits in the plane I tend to sleep again. Point being that 5:30 am is not a time I am usually aware exists.
I decide I should read or do something productive. I reach behind my head and grab my bible. My thoughts are all over the place and my attention is not being kept. I decide instead to first check email. I mean it’s been almost 6 hours since the last time I checked for mail. I reach once again behind me and grab my phone. It’s a struggle because it’s still plugged in to the charger over night. I’m annoyed and frustrated as I yank at the phone and the cord and separate the two.
I retrieve the phone finally and turn it on. I pull up the email and have 3 new messages. Only 1 of which is a real message. I wonder when the message was sent and read it aloud just to hear my own voice which is not working well. It is after all only 5:30 in the morning. After looking through emails and deleting the nonsense that I get all the time, I take to writing an email. I just feel like if I’m up, then someone else must be too. I email a friend a deep and holy email. Consisting of 6 sentences that are about changes in life that affect our Christian walks. I’m not entirely sure of what I’m writing because it is now only 6 in the morning. Following the email I close the browser and begin to play brick breaker on my phone. After dying in two games in less than 5 minutes I realize that reactions in early morning are a bit slow. So I give up and take up the reading I intended to do nearly 40 minutes earlier.
Nearing 7 am I notice that I’m blinking so much that I’m missing every other word and am very confused by what I’m trying to read. I decide I could probably go back to sleep now so I close the book and toss it behind me. But before I do I figure I should feed my addiction one last time. No new emails. Oh well. Back to sleep.
8:30 rolls around and the light in my room wakes me again. Should I get up? No. I should once again look for a response to my deep and holy email from earlier. Not only do I have a response but I also have other emails. Life is grand. I read the response, “That sounds so exciting, it is good to know your spiritual life will never be dormant.” That makes me smile. I wasn’t sure my email I’d sent made sense but the response seemed that it did. I look at other emails. Including one about rides for a retreat that I remember I need to pack for. As I open a third email I notice that my eyes are so tired and I am blinking uncontrollably. I think, “Man what is the deal?” Then I remember, oh yeah I woke up at 5:27 AM.
5:30 in the morning? I am never awake at 5:30. Even when I catch a 6 am flight I am still not really awake. Maybe half awake but as soon as I hit the sits in the plane I tend to sleep again. Point being that 5:30 am is not a time I am usually aware exists.
I decide I should read or do something productive. I reach behind my head and grab my bible. My thoughts are all over the place and my attention is not being kept. I decide instead to first check email. I mean it’s been almost 6 hours since the last time I checked for mail. I reach once again behind me and grab my phone. It’s a struggle because it’s still plugged in to the charger over night. I’m annoyed and frustrated as I yank at the phone and the cord and separate the two.
I retrieve the phone finally and turn it on. I pull up the email and have 3 new messages. Only 1 of which is a real message. I wonder when the message was sent and read it aloud just to hear my own voice which is not working well. It is after all only 5:30 in the morning. After looking through emails and deleting the nonsense that I get all the time, I take to writing an email. I just feel like if I’m up, then someone else must be too. I email a friend a deep and holy email. Consisting of 6 sentences that are about changes in life that affect our Christian walks. I’m not entirely sure of what I’m writing because it is now only 6 in the morning. Following the email I close the browser and begin to play brick breaker on my phone. After dying in two games in less than 5 minutes I realize that reactions in early morning are a bit slow. So I give up and take up the reading I intended to do nearly 40 minutes earlier.
Nearing 7 am I notice that I’m blinking so much that I’m missing every other word and am very confused by what I’m trying to read. I decide I could probably go back to sleep now so I close the book and toss it behind me. But before I do I figure I should feed my addiction one last time. No new emails. Oh well. Back to sleep.
8:30 rolls around and the light in my room wakes me again. Should I get up? No. I should once again look for a response to my deep and holy email from earlier. Not only do I have a response but I also have other emails. Life is grand. I read the response, “That sounds so exciting, it is good to know your spiritual life will never be dormant.” That makes me smile. I wasn’t sure my email I’d sent made sense but the response seemed that it did. I look at other emails. Including one about rides for a retreat that I remember I need to pack for. As I open a third email I notice that my eyes are so tired and I am blinking uncontrollably. I think, “Man what is the deal?” Then I remember, oh yeah I woke up at 5:27 AM.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Ice Breakers
This morning I was messing around with my email waiting to go out for work somewhere and while I was waiting I was thinking about the ice breakers we do at my small group. To say the least, they're not really the best ice breakers I've ever heard. So I sent an email to the leaders offering some other options of ice breakers we could use. And now I'd like to answer a couple of them on here.
Pizza or burgers?
Pizza
TV or Movies?
Movies
Winter or Summer?
Winter
Soda or Coffee?
Soda
Dog or cat?
Dog
House or Apt?
house
City or Country?
City
Fast or Slow?
Fast
Music or Silence?
Music
What's the strangest injury you've ever had?
2 years ago when I moved to DC I was in an empty house waiting for new roommates to move in. I was talking on the phone sitting on a freshly shined wooden floor. I was laughing and standing up suddenly with socks on and went sliding. I stood all the way up and immediately lost all balance and hit the floor with full weight on my right elbow. Injuring not only my elbow (which was bruised) but also my whole arm and shoulder. I couldn't use that arm for more than a week. Actually it was tied down to my body. Sucked. But Funny.
Pizza or burgers?
Pizza
TV or Movies?
Movies
Winter or Summer?
Winter
Soda or Coffee?
Soda
Dog or cat?
Dog
House or Apt?
house
City or Country?
City
Fast or Slow?
Fast
Music or Silence?
Music
What's the strangest injury you've ever had?
2 years ago when I moved to DC I was in an empty house waiting for new roommates to move in. I was talking on the phone sitting on a freshly shined wooden floor. I was laughing and standing up suddenly with socks on and went sliding. I stood all the way up and immediately lost all balance and hit the floor with full weight on my right elbow. Injuring not only my elbow (which was bruised) but also my whole arm and shoulder. I couldn't use that arm for more than a week. Actually it was tied down to my body. Sucked. But Funny.
C to the 4th degree
Today Stefa and I are headed out to a meeting at Carroll County Community College. Try saying that 5 times fast. Anyway, it's a college located right outside of Baltimore, MD. They want a Chi Alpha there and they already have a base of students to start one.
Now, to some of you you're probably reading this going," Um okay." But to us this is very thrilling. We have been praying for an oppurtunity of a Chi Alpha in or around Baltimore for years. This truly maybe an answer to prayer.
Now, to some of you you're probably reading this going," Um okay." But to us this is very thrilling. We have been praying for an oppurtunity of a Chi Alpha in or around Baltimore for years. This truly maybe an answer to prayer.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Somethings different...
Is that a new shirt your wearing?
Do you all like? Yes bangs. I know it can be risky but so far so good.
And Jo, it only took me 10 months but I can finally use your Chirstmas present.
Happy Christmas to me.
Do you all like? Yes bangs. I know it can be risky but so far so good.
And Jo, it only took me 10 months but I can finally use your Chirstmas present.
Happy Christmas to me.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
What did you do today?
Well today I slept in a little because I'm kind of sick. But for those of you that may worry, I feel MUCH better. It WAS alergies.
After I got up I messed around with a video that I am finishing for a project for work. I've been working on it for what feels like a super duper long time.
Then I took a shower and got dressed for the day.
Then I ate lunch. It was early but I was hungry and I didn't really eat breakfast because I got distracted by my editting of the video.
After eating I came back and sent out some emails and made a phone call.
Then I packed up and headed out to a meeting with Stefa. I met with her for around 2 hours. We tried to be creative but I'm not sure how good we did.
After my meeting I ran an errand. I actually just thought of another one I need to do.
Then I came back and did other things on the computer and phone.
Following that my roommate Ellen came home. We hung out and then went to the store and bought milk.
(Man, I live a super exciting life)
Finally I posted this but I will soon leave and go to a bible study.
Two things to note about my day: I spend a lot of time on the compter and phone and I have two heads.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Who Wants to Know Chandler
That's right ladies and gentlemen, it's once again time to play LET'S GET TO KNOW CHANDLER BETTER. Today's show is brought to you by Google maker and owner of everything on the internet.
So I'm a little sick today. I think it's allergies. From the randomness of my symptoms, light headedness, stuffy nose, sneezing, watery eyes, it has to be allergies. So I thought I'd post the top 3 things that I do when ever I'm sick.
In no particular order:
1. I whine...I know how annoying whining can be but I totally do it when I don't feel well. And I don't know what it is but I have to call friends/family anytime I have a cold or the flu and tell them and then whine about why I don't like being sick, as if none of them had ever been sick. It's totally childish but I always do it.
2. I don't eat...I know this is not healthy but I always lose my appetite when ever I'm even slightly ill. I truly have to force myself to eat even just a little bit. Once in high school I had this really bad throat thing. It was two weeks of gagging in pain and no voice. I missed school and was in the doctors all the time. I ate almost nothing for two weeks. I think I lost almost 15 pounds in just around two weeks.
3. I don't like to be alone but I don't talk...Yes this one is odd I know. But when ever I am sick I hate being by myself. And when you have no family near this is hard to accomplish when sick. Usually friends don't want to be around you when sick for fear of getting sick themselves. But here's the twist. I totally hate being by myself when sick but then when someone is here I don't want to talk. I usually just want to watch tv or a movie or read. It's just that comfort of having that other person near. I can't really explain it. But it's probably the biggest pain. I am often alone. And even more when ill. And as a result it just leads to more whining.
Wow, it sucks to be sick. Boo, sickness!
Playing to Win
Playing to win...
Seems like a simple concept. But here's the key you can't play to win if at the same time you're playing not to lose. What?
I don't know what it was that set me off but this is a thought that has been running through my thoughts and prayers the last few weeks. The whole idea of playing not to lose rather than playing to win. Let me give you a really lame example. I play this game on my cell phone called brick breaker. I play it all the time. Usually several times a day. It's simple. The idea of the game is to keep this little ball up in the air and hit the "bricks" with it. As you hit the bricks they disappear. Once the whole level is clear and free of bricks, then you move on to the next level. You get points for hitting bricks, moving onto higher levels, and catching these little pill things that do things to your ball catcher such as giving you guns or extra lives. Anyway, what I noticed is that when I play to win this game, then I am stratigically hitting the ball at different places and making it go to different places on the screen. However, when I am playing not to lose, then all I am doing is randomly moving the little dial back and forth and trying desperatly not to let the little ball fall off the screen which of course is what always happens when I play that way.
My point is this...When we play to win, then we know where we are headed or at least where we hope we are headed. We have a goal in mind and a possible path laid out for our journey. However, when we play just not to lose, then we simply standing in one place. We are headed no where in particular and we are simply trying not to drop everything in our lives. No one should live that way.
But something I noticed is that often times in my Christian life I do live that way. Instead of going out to others with a thought of sharing faith, I often go out with a thought of defending my faith. Who does that help? No one. I don't know about you but I don't like aimlessly roaming around in my life, when driving, when playing a sport. And I think I need to also gain a dislike for it in my faith.
Seems like a simple concept. But here's the key you can't play to win if at the same time you're playing not to lose. What?
I don't know what it was that set me off but this is a thought that has been running through my thoughts and prayers the last few weeks. The whole idea of playing not to lose rather than playing to win. Let me give you a really lame example. I play this game on my cell phone called brick breaker. I play it all the time. Usually several times a day. It's simple. The idea of the game is to keep this little ball up in the air and hit the "bricks" with it. As you hit the bricks they disappear. Once the whole level is clear and free of bricks, then you move on to the next level. You get points for hitting bricks, moving onto higher levels, and catching these little pill things that do things to your ball catcher such as giving you guns or extra lives. Anyway, what I noticed is that when I play to win this game, then I am stratigically hitting the ball at different places and making it go to different places on the screen. However, when I am playing not to lose, then all I am doing is randomly moving the little dial back and forth and trying desperatly not to let the little ball fall off the screen which of course is what always happens when I play that way.
My point is this...When we play to win, then we know where we are headed or at least where we hope we are headed. We have a goal in mind and a possible path laid out for our journey. However, when we play just not to lose, then we simply standing in one place. We are headed no where in particular and we are simply trying not to drop everything in our lives. No one should live that way.
But something I noticed is that often times in my Christian life I do live that way. Instead of going out to others with a thought of sharing faith, I often go out with a thought of defending my faith. Who does that help? No one. I don't know about you but I don't like aimlessly roaming around in my life, when driving, when playing a sport. And I think I need to also gain a dislike for it in my faith.
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