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matt's online ramblings: Now...I Can Die Happy
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Saturday, October 20, 2007. NowI Can Die Happy. Well folks, I did it. I saw Interpol (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)! I thought it would be fun to make a list of some of the better bands I have seen—and those that I would love to see, but have not yet. Sorry if it is a little long! I do so adore live music. Drivin’ and Cryin’. G3 (Satch, Via, and Petrucci). Gov’t Mule (x4). Hootie and the Blowfish. Phil Lesh and Friends (w/ Jimmy Herring). Death Cab for Cutie.
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matt's online ramblings: Words, and a Prayer
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Saturday, October 20, 2007. Words, and a Prayer. Self-expression provides identity and proves existence. And my words often give me an unholy identity and existence. I would imagine that most of you feel similarly—or at least have in the past. So many times I not only regret what I say, but also what I do not. I Spoke, Lord*. I spoke, Lord, and I am furiou. I am furious because I worked so hard with gestures and with words. I spoke, Lord, and I am worried. You h...
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matt's online ramblings: September 2007
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Donald Miller made an interesting observation in his. That has sparked a pretty good bit of discussion with several of my friends. He was talking about the night before he and his friend Paul left for their trek across America when all of their friends came by to wish them well. He said, “We wished they could join us, and they wished likewise, but. School and work owned their youth. Does school “own my youth”? Will I be glad I did it?
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matt's online ramblings: August 2007
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Sunday, August 19, 2007. Theologically Reflecting on Art, Part 2: Jesus and Movies. Now, let’s ask the question of the hour: Why are we doing this? Why are we having this talk about a. One of the most dangerous things Christians can do is to neglect to see the Bible as art. But the Bible also presents us with many models of theological education. The most important of which, in my humble opinion, is that of Jesus. And how did he teach more often than not? By Yan...
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matt's online ramblings: October 2007
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Saturday, October 20, 2007. Words, and a Prayer. Self-expression provides identity and proves existence. And my words often give me an unholy identity and existence. I would imagine that most of you feel similarly—or at least have in the past. So many times I not only regret what I say, but also what I do not. I Spoke, Lord*. I spoke, Lord, and I am furiou. I am furious because I worked so hard with gestures and with words. I spoke, Lord, and I am worried. You h...
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matt's online ramblings: Hope: My Father's Prayers
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Saturday, October 20, 2007. Hope: My Father's Prayers. My father and I are two very different people. And that has always confused me a great deal. I love to talk. To communicate. To express myself. Most of you who know me know that is an understatement! I like to think that my father is praying when he is alone. Robert Frost said the something quite similar about the tree in his poem. I like to think he prays alone. Didn’t Jesus do that every now and then?
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matt's online ramblings: May 2007
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Wednesday, May 23, 2007. But there is only one band that shines above even these bands, attaining the coveted status of “my favorite”—The Beatles. When I was 10 years old I was listening to Boyz II Men’s. Record one day in my room (it had just come out—that is how old I am! And I overheard my mother singing along with their a cappella version of “Yesterday.” I thought she had been listening to my CDs without telling me. I was furious! I have been listening to.
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matt's online ramblings: June 2007
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Welcome to what is running around my head. Thursday, June 28, 2007. Why I Love the Church, Part 2: Mexican New Years. In my last post. I talked about the church. It was crazy how people responded with encouraging comments. Who would have dreamed that would happen? And it is so much fun talking about the. Things about church for a change. Maybe I should do it more often! So I decided to carry this discussion over into another post—but this one is a little different. Instead of talking about. Tendency to s...