Thirty- second

So, Common's new album was just released, and this song is awesome!


So Craig Groeschel and Steven Furtick recently posted a challenge on their blogs and that is "If you think something good, say it." I love this. When you think of something encouraging say it, don't sit around and assume they know what your thinking just come out and say it. Many times as a MAN (say that in a deep raspy voice, that's what real men sound like) I feel less manly when I tell another dude they sounded really well when they lead worship or spoke well or anything like that. Some people don't "say it" because they don't want people to think they are being fake.

It's a small yet huge challenge. When a compliment for someone comes to mind, say it! It builds unity between people but more importantly it could make someone feel very encouraged and that may be exactly what they needed to hear.

So just say it!

Love Loudly..Live Graciously..Be Conversational..

Thirty-first

Tell me what you think about this band...I can't make up my mind

Twenty-Ninth

One of my all time favorite rap groups: Jurassic 5


I realized today as I was reading through my past blogs that there isn't a lot of humor or light hearted topics. This is unfortunate, because I joke around a lot, probably too much. So on that note let's lighten the mood a little.

I'm a city boy through and through. But I love to be outdoors and fish. So I'm a city boy with country boy tendencies. Two stories come to mind, when I was a freshman in high school (before the country boy tendencies) me and a few friends wanted to go camping, fortunately one of my aunts lives in some remote woods so we asked if we could have our camp there, of course she said yes. Actually she and a couple of my cousins slept in another tent, well half way through the night my friends and I hated this idea of camping, it was cold and hard to sleep (plus there were ants), so we walked inside and slept comfortably. (while my aunt and cousins were still out suffering).

I love to fish, it's one of my all time favorite things to do. But when the flies come out, I get PISSED! I feel like all I do is swat at these stupid things. My friends laugh at me, they wont necessarily be looking at me but they can hear me smack my head and yell at flies, of course they don't have a problem with it, because they are true men. I haven't told anyone this, but I have actually missed some fish becuase I am to busy getting rid of these flies.

Maybe you could say I'm a pampered country boy...either way, I will always claim to be city boy.

It's only fitting to show a clip from the movie City Slickers:


Be Conversational and all that jazz...but more importantly laugh and have fun, it does a body good

Twenty-Eighth

Check it: new music by The Cool Kids- Delivery Man (sorry the video quality is poor)


So it's Christmas time, and everyone always says certain things around this time to make it sound like receiving gifts isn't what's important. Those things people say are "Jesus is the reason for the season," and "It's about giving not receiving." My question is do we mean those things, or are we just trying to make things sound better for ourselves, justifying the receiving of gifts? I'm not anti-gift giving, I think it's a cool idea, but if we say it's not about gifts, then why do we still give gifts to people?

My heart has been on a roller coaster the last few weeks, I am trying not to be a scrooge, but I'm just struggling with the giving of gifts to people who really don't need any more "things." If you going to give a gift, give it to someone who needs something, give something that means something, not something that will be broken or thrown away in a year. I'm sure my thoughts will be hashed out eventually, but I am just convicted with this whole idea of receiving gifts we don't really need.

If I can suggest anything (that is if you want to listen) instead of spending outrageous amounts of money for people, maybe try spending a little bit of money to bless those who really need it. And don't just spend money on someone, invest in someone who needs help.

I've changed the title of the blog a little, "Love takes balls"..be bold this season, love someone because they NEED it, love someone because Christ has called us to love God and love people, Martin Luther King once said, "How can you be worried about changing the soul when you don't care about the body that holds the soul." DO something no one else is bold enough to do in the name Jesus, but also do it in genuine love.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Love Loudly..Live Graciously..Be Conversational..