NOOMA sent out an email about their most recent video the other day. Apparently for the next two days it is being premiered on their myspace page for free until Wednesday. Check it out!!!
www.myspace.com/NOOMAmyspace
In other news, Lindsey's coming today! Woo hoo!!!!
-dave
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
cause for celebration
I want to share joyful news. In the midst of the difficult circumstances in my family right now, we had some pretty good news yesterday, even if it seems kind of small. Maggie has had extreme difficulty in having a reasonable hemoglobin level (just so you know, I have no idea what this is). Whatever it is, it means that if it's too low (which it has been in a serious way for far too long now), she has to go to a hospital and sit there for 3-6 hours while she has a blood transfusion. The doctor said yesterday that for the first time in what seems like forever, she didnt' have to have one. Her hemoglobin was finally going up some and she could just go straight home after radiation!!!
We've received so much bad news over the last 5-6 months that something small like this was like a cool breeze all of the sudden blowing across your face when the weather outside has felt like 110 degrees.
Praise God!
We've received so much bad news over the last 5-6 months that something small like this was like a cool breeze all of the sudden blowing across your face when the weather outside has felt like 110 degrees.
Praise God!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
posting eh?
So I decided to blog because someone told me I wasn't. Is that a good reason?
So since I'm typing without a purpose, I'll keep it purposefully short.
It's summer and I've been at Nett Lake for almost two months. I am not sure I could adequately describe everything that has gone on since I've been here. At the core of all of it though, is that my sister Maggie is very sick and has been since December. Her cancer has not responded to any of the treatments thus far and it continues to grow. It has been a confusing and difficult to carry on with life while my sister remains so ill. There are so many emotions that come with this that I just don't know how to describe them. And I can't imagine what she's feeling. I'm so proud of my family for how they've come together to do everything they can during this time. Please pray for Maggie and our family.
I'm getting married in December and I'm getting so excited. My fiance, Lindsey, is an amazing blessing. God has really shown His goodness through this relationship with the way He has healed so many wounds and unified us in so many ways I never though possible. It is a miracle that I do not understand. I get to see her for the first time in two months on July 24th.
It has been so awesome this summer to spend time with my little brother. Hanging out with him all summer has been a monumental blessing. The reservation is admittedly boring so we have to be slightly creative. And, since we're either not creative or indifferent to the activity itself (I admit to the former), we end up playing baseball outside or video games inside :). He's an amazing guy and can absolutely school me in baseball.
I miss my friends, but I am painfully slowly gaining confidence that God really is here(wherever I am) and I can lean on Him.
I'm reading C.S. Lewis' Four Loves right now. If anyone is finding themselves having real difficulty understanding "love" and how we've treated it, or if anyone is just looking for a good read, I would recommend this. I'm only half way through it.
Well, I don't know if this was actually short. My fiance would confirm that I am indeed never short of words, and it's becoming clear that they sometimes get in the way. I hope that isn't the case here.
I miss you all! Have an awesome day!!!!
-dave
So since I'm typing without a purpose, I'll keep it purposefully short.
It's summer and I've been at Nett Lake for almost two months. I am not sure I could adequately describe everything that has gone on since I've been here. At the core of all of it though, is that my sister Maggie is very sick and has been since December. Her cancer has not responded to any of the treatments thus far and it continues to grow. It has been a confusing and difficult to carry on with life while my sister remains so ill. There are so many emotions that come with this that I just don't know how to describe them. And I can't imagine what she's feeling. I'm so proud of my family for how they've come together to do everything they can during this time. Please pray for Maggie and our family.
I'm getting married in December and I'm getting so excited. My fiance, Lindsey, is an amazing blessing. God has really shown His goodness through this relationship with the way He has healed so many wounds and unified us in so many ways I never though possible. It is a miracle that I do not understand. I get to see her for the first time in two months on July 24th.
It has been so awesome this summer to spend time with my little brother. Hanging out with him all summer has been a monumental blessing. The reservation is admittedly boring so we have to be slightly creative. And, since we're either not creative or indifferent to the activity itself (I admit to the former), we end up playing baseball outside or video games inside :). He's an amazing guy and can absolutely school me in baseball.
I miss my friends, but I am painfully slowly gaining confidence that God really is here(wherever I am) and I can lean on Him.
I'm reading C.S. Lewis' Four Loves right now. If anyone is finding themselves having real difficulty understanding "love" and how we've treated it, or if anyone is just looking for a good read, I would recommend this. I'm only half way through it.
Well, I don't know if this was actually short. My fiance would confirm that I am indeed never short of words, and it's becoming clear that they sometimes get in the way. I hope that isn't the case here.
I miss you all! Have an awesome day!!!!
-dave
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
waterdeep! DCB! noisetrade!!
1. New album!!!! There are two songs posted on myspace and I guess once they get some website glitches worked out, the music will be ready for purchase! I really liked "Diana" a lot. I thought it fit Lori's voice really well. Beautiful!
http://www.myspace.com/waterdeepmusic
2. Does anyone know when DCB's album is being released?
3. Also, check this out...I saw it on Derek Webb's page. Sounds really really cool.
http://noisetrade.com/index.aspx
http://www.myspace.com/waterdeepmusic
2. Does anyone know when DCB's album is being released?
3. Also, check this out...I saw it on Derek Webb's page. Sounds really really cool.
http://noisetrade.com/index.aspx
Friday, June 15, 2007
trendy
I'm posting! It's only because Jeff's posting and his blog was really encouraging to me.
http://tackyjacket.blogspot.com/2007/06/so-we-saw-this-guy.html
Trends are neat. I think I started a blog because it was trendy(I'm so vain and I probably thought this blog was about me) <-----------name that song!!!. I've read books written by Christians because I thought they'd make me look cooler or satisfy me in some twisted way.
I've thought about this too, but couldn't articulate it nearly as well as my blonde haired groom-to-be did. During this season (I heard Rob Bell call it that and it sounded good) of my life, God keeps repeating the lesson that my need is to come to Him and to be with Him. As my vision can be blurry to the ways He is working, He is teaching me that through Him, I can begin to embrace the good things around me including the trendy (or not) and praise Him for them. In times of difficulty, this seems like it is incredibly crucial. Reminders of His goodness have been really important to me. David Crowder's book "Praise Habit," which I read over winter break, was all about this, though I guess it wasn't time for me to really start looking at it and living it...I can't really remember.
Anyway, the last couple months, I've found that going into the world to look at just some of His good works, recognizing them as His, and then praising Him for it, has opened up a whole new view of how present God is in our lives and how wise He is.
So putting my money where my mouth is, if I had to mention a few of the good things about today, they would be the amazing job that God provided on short notice for this summer (my job title is "stripper" and it has nothing to do with paint...any guesses?), the beautiful weather during June in Minnesota, the fact that I'm engaged to the most incredible woman in the world and the fact that my amazing, beautiful older sister Maggie's birthday is today.
Woo hoo! It's minnesota's beautiful weather (it's like 70 here)!
look at the sun....shine
and Scott's dog
-dave
http://tackyjacket.blogspot.com/2007/06/so-we-saw-this-guy.html
Trends are neat. I think I started a blog because it was trendy(I'm so vain and I probably thought this blog was about me) <-----------name that song!!!. I've read books written by Christians because I thought they'd make me look cooler or satisfy me in some twisted way.
I've thought about this too, but couldn't articulate it nearly as well as my blonde haired groom-to-be did. During this season (I heard Rob Bell call it that and it sounded good) of my life, God keeps repeating the lesson that my need is to come to Him and to be with Him. As my vision can be blurry to the ways He is working, He is teaching me that through Him, I can begin to embrace the good things around me including the trendy (or not) and praise Him for them. In times of difficulty, this seems like it is incredibly crucial. Reminders of His goodness have been really important to me. David Crowder's book "Praise Habit," which I read over winter break, was all about this, though I guess it wasn't time for me to really start looking at it and living it...I can't really remember.
Anyway, the last couple months, I've found that going into the world to look at just some of His good works, recognizing them as His, and then praising Him for it, has opened up a whole new view of how present God is in our lives and how wise He is.
So putting my money where my mouth is, if I had to mention a few of the good things about today, they would be the amazing job that God provided on short notice for this summer (my job title is "stripper" and it has nothing to do with paint...any guesses?), the beautiful weather during June in Minnesota, the fact that I'm engaged to the most incredible woman in the world and the fact that my amazing, beautiful older sister Maggie's birthday is today.
Woo hoo! It's minnesota's beautiful weather (it's like 70 here)!
look at the sun....shine
and Scott's dog
-dave
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Red Umbrella and a ring
Linds surprised me two saturdays ago and took me to a red umbrella concert up in Chicago.
It was the best concert I've ever been to...no joke. They were awesome.
They're playing on June 2nd in Lincoln. Go check them out. The music is absolutely amazing. Props to Tad for finding them out.
oh...and I'm engaged to Lindsey VanHyning
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want the full story, we would love to share it. Call or email me or whatever.
It was the best concert I've ever been to...no joke. They were awesome.
They're playing on June 2nd in Lincoln. Go check them out. The music is absolutely amazing. Props to Tad for finding them out.
oh...and I'm engaged to Lindsey VanHyning
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want the full story, we would love to share it. Call or email me or whatever.
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