tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263427872010-06-02T08:12:45.875-04:00The musings of a young man.crossn81noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26342787.post-77670043920891421012006-12-03T13:28:00.000-05:002008-12-10T22:38:59.238-05:00

Christy and I went yesterday to cut down our first Christmas Tree together. This has been a part of my family tradition until Mom decided to go "fake" on us. Christy's family had a real tree for most of her growing up too, but now partkaes in "fake trees" too.We went to the Millbrook Tree Farm in Daleville and cut down a nice scotch pine about 6.5 ' tall.Here are some pics to chronicle the

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So here's a real update:Last weekend a good friend and old roommate Jeff came to visit. Jeff has spent 5 months in Liberia (West Africa) doing church rebuilding with Samaratin's Purse. He came back to Anderson to share stories with friends and it was a great experience for him and fun for us to hear the stories and the work that is going on in Liberia.My Mom and Sister came up this past week to

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Celebrating our first christmas together was wonderful!!! Christy wasn't overly excited about getting up at 7:30 but I was so anxious to see what was under the tree I couldn't sleep any more!! We are like two peas in a pod! Both enjoying putting bows on our heads and having a grand old time opening lots of gifts and celebrating!!We spent the day with her family in Indianapolis.. we'll be

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We took a long weekend and visited friends...We visited Bubba in NashvilleAaron & McKensie in LexingtonEmily & Brian in Wilmore and Josh and Robin were there too!!What a great weekend visiting with friends...We went to the Opryland HotelWe also met with two organizations to learn more about them and also to talk about job opportunties. They were Manna Project International and Blood:Water

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Need I say more?

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1. The Bridge is going to have a podcast available soon. It will have PureSex sermons and others. I'll let you know when its up.2. A good article called: "The Politics of Peace in Darfur" Here's the opening paragraph"The first month of 2007 was full of activity in the international sphere regarding Darfur, but the politics of peace continue to supersede the concrete actions that are necessary

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This was from earlier today...Here's a pic from our doorway (the snow was really blowing around, it is also supposed to snow for a few more hours, but I'm going to shovel so Christy can make it home!)Note: I just shovelled our walk and stepped into a snow bank over my knee!!! We have 3 steps up to the walkway to the door, that was where I stepped down!

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There is always so much I want to say and then other stuff comes up.The Genocide Intervention Network has setup a Stop Genocide Hotline 800-GENOCIDE to call and talk with your representatives, Senators, and others about the Genocide in Darfur. It is pretty simple and easy (I just called mine!) But before you call check out their score on Darfur Scorecard.Everyone pledged after Rwanda that we

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With our (Red) purchase we provided Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Treatment for one month to a person living with AIDS.Part of (Red)'s Manifesto:(Red) is not a charity. It is simply a business model. You buy (red) stuff. We get the money. Buy the pills and distribute them. They take the pills. Stay Alive. And continue to take care of their families and contribute socially and economically in their

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I had my first interview today!It was at Horizon International, they seem to be a really great organization.It could have been the most fun interview I've ever been a part of! Their leadership seems to be truly seeking God's will for it and for their staffing needs.Awesome!Pray for us!

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Where JFK was shot in the West End of Dallas.  Story Time with Gary on Weds night before leaving Indy.  

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Since late 2004 I have been involved in a Muncie/Delaware County coalition called Youth Empowerment. One of the major focuses is on assisting local youth workers with their youth work.Part of this is using the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets.So I became involved with SI and reviewed a book for them. I reviewed a "book" called Instant Assets. It is actually a CD of 52 Short and

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A two weekend project:BEFOREAFTERColors used include Jute, Sarsaparilla, Cavern Moss, Sand Fossil, and Patches from the Pittsburgh Paints Grand Distinction's Autumn Breeze Collection

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Its been awhile...Friday (4-6) Mom and Meg came over for the night and to attend Run Windigo. We had a fun time together, despite getting up at something like 6:30am! We hadn't seen them for about a month so it was nice to see each other in the flesh and fun to have them here!Saturday (4-7) RUN WINDIGO... we awoke to record cold FREEZING temperatures, snow, and ice on the roads. Not the best way

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This was a busy weekend!Saturday was an Acting on AIDS Regional Conference hosted by Anderson University and conducted by World Vision. Sunday was a Rally for Darfur at the Indiana State House.Acting on AIDSActing on AIDS is a program started by Christian college students to create awareness and activism of the global AIDS pandemic at colleges and universities across the nation. With the support

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One of the many advantages of Gmail? They read your message and detect that you forgot to attach a file. No more embarrassing moments where you send out a second message with the actual attachment!I recreated the message, I got the original error with the "attached is my resume" line in a longer e-mail.Is it scary that Gmail scans my messages? I guess I forgot about it, because gmail scans

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We potted some flowers Monday, another gorgeous sunny day.We planted:Petunias"Buff Pixie" Asiatic LilyPansySunny Border Blue SpeedwellCoriander CilantroLemon-Mint

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Indy Mini 7:56,7:17,7:26,7:19,7:28,7:38,7:45,7:44,7:47,7:49,8:01,8:19,8:40,0:39 for a total time of 1:41:53. My half-marathon (13.1 miles) PR is 1:34.I wish I could look like this:But will settle with this: (I really wish they'd take more pictures towards the beginning!)

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So today, on a hot (one thermometer said 93) May day I'm going to post a collection of random links, actions, and information for your pleasure!I checked today and 9 people are subscribed to my blog feed through Feedburner. I also added a way for you to sign-up and receive my blog via e-mail whenever I post. I know some people are behind a firewall and can't view blog pages, so this is a way to

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That is what I shared last night with about 2o middle/high school students at The Bridge Student Ministries weekly Club gathering. With the pastor in Canada for a week with a father/son outing I shared a little bit of my story with the kids. One thing I have been struck with over the past few weeks/months is a reminder of the importance of transperancy and a willingness to share. Let me say

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Good, long time friend got married this past weekend. Spent some great quality time with him and some of his college friends at King's Island before heading down to Williamsburg, KY for the wedding and all the subsequent festivities!!!We stayed an extra day after the wedding and got to see the Cumberland Falls!

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During our visit to my sister's in Cleveland, we went to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. We saw a lot in the 45 minutes. It took us a lot longer to get there than we thought and since they closed at 5 we had to rush through. But we took our time in the Costa Rica exhibit (butterflies). We went to Madagascar and Japan, not to mention some of the theme gardens like the music place!

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Well, after demolishing fellow Ohio team Kent State, the Ohio State Buckeyes have moved themselves into first place in the polls. But more importantly, OSU is now ranked #1 in the coveted BCS standings. And we were there to see it happen. I must admit it is a little hard to beleive that OSU is #1, but they are the only undefeated football team in the country now, so they do deserve it. Tim May at

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