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self-congradulatory nonsense

reamadmin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:10:19 +0000

Thank God Day 10 is over. It was my neediest day on record; everything I did needed to be praised. Every sentence and phrase was a junior varsity marching band on my desktop, so self-aware and full of pimples they almost forgot they were playing a fight song. Even using the bathroom required reassurance, “You [...]

god and temporary tan

reamadmin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:47:57 +0000

I think the day after God made the sun, the third day, he woke up to it’s wooing the following morning and began forming the fish and the birds, resigning, “Back to the ol’ grind.” It must have been a rough day, the fourth. Fish, for all of their intricacies, look mostly like fish; and [...]

adventures in writing stuff

reamadmin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:11 +0000

I went to hear Donald Miller speak on Monday. I arrived a few minutes late, but really just in time. As I was approaching the doors of the gargantuan church someone was moving toward the same destination from an opposite parking lot. He beat me to the door by a second or two, so he [...]

november

reamadmin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:55:13 +0000

Dear Ream Readers and Friends, During the month of November I have accepted the challenge issued by www.NaNoWriMo.org. I have decided that it is high-time that I complete the first draft of a novel I have been screwing around with for the better part of a year. If I complete 50,000 words in the [...]

book suggestion: a million miles in a thousand years

reamadmin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:49:29 +0000

Donald Miller has written a book about writing a movie about a book he wrote. And it is great. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years takes on the meaninglessness of life. I’m not sure the book triumphs over life, but it will inspire you to give living a shot. Miller is honest as usual: “I [...]

doing contentment – part I

reamadmin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:26:26 +0000

Your friend, the health guru, he exposes your lack of discipline and your eating habits, not because he is mean-spirited; but because he is a stark contrast to your own habits. There is Money-Management Girl, the couple who should win Parents-of-the-Year, and their children – Well-Behaved-Genius-Babies. Don’t forget Auto Maintenance Guy, who has never had [...]

me, speaking on contentment – kind of

reamadmin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:36:26 +0000

This past weekend I was asked to speak on Ecclesiastes chapter 2. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that passage, it is THE most depressing bit in the whole bible. Nonetheless, I did my job… They do three services at Elevation Church. I’m not sure which recording this is. The third time was indeed [...]

go forth – levi’s

reamadmin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:06:54 +0000

You should definitely watch this short film. One of my friends shows up near the end… Short Film – Levi’s “Go Forth” from John Carl on Vimeo.

a parable of discontentment

reamadmin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:46:11 +0000

Two Crows The first crow was angry when the second crow arrived. They bounced around and growled at each other. They had no idea what they were doing though they had been scavenging their whole crow-lives. In their anger, they were in fact robbing themselves the opportunity to pick clean the bones of a half eaten carcass [...]

a poem and a prediction

reamadmin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:04:50 +0000

Because I was feeling all goo-ey from visiting my good friends in Utah, I thought I’d share one morning’s thoughts with you. I woke up on Saturday needing to need and desiring to desire. It felt a lot like… being alive; and being alive for just that purpose. In SLC, Utah you get to sleep [...]