March 2011
1 post
I made a list of all the papers I have left to write this semester in the hopes of getting myself organized and setting some goals. I have at LEAST 80 pages’ worth of papers to get done before the end of April.
February 2011
4 posts
In the Heights blew my mind.
The Temptations were great. It’s incredible that one of them has been doing this literally for 50 years. They’ve still got it, dancing all over the place, dynamic stage presence, incredible vocals. What a fun show.
Grace: If you had a robot that could do any one thing, what would you have it do?
Me: Make my bed.
Grace: Seriously?
Me: Or sweep.
Grace: Anything in the world, and you choose those?
Me: I suck at those things.
Grace: That's lame.
January 2011
7 posts
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the Church. Worship is. Missions exists...”
– John Piper, “Let the Nations Be Glad”
“All the innovative dudes are home watching football.”
– Oh, Mark Driscoll
“A Christian is one who points at Christ and says, ‘I can’t prove a thing, but...”
– Frederick Buechner (via cebreslin)
Getting Naked →
I just got this Page Suggestion on Facebook and it totally cracked me up.
House Concert Jan. 14: Audrey Assad →
My Raleigh/Durham peeps. Check this out.
December 2010
18 posts
The Jesus Juke | Stuff Christians Like – Jon Acuff →
andrewrphillips:
Interesting observation. I guess I would underline the awkward—as opposed to condescending or morally suspect—nature of such comments. Strikes me as taking the Sunday School answer to any question (Jesus!) to an illogical (perhaps irreverential?) extreme.
Gary is excited about a snow day
Gary: I HAS A SNOW DAY.
Gary: i'm soooooooooooooooooooooo happy happy joy joy.
Gary: happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy
Gary: h
Gary: a
Gary: p
Gary: p
Gary: y
Gary: believe it.
Life on the Hill →
andrewrphillips:
Why Chapel Hill, North Carolina, may be the South’s most civilized town (except when it comes to basketball)
As both a long time Chapel Hill resident and carpetbagging non-Southerner, I greatly enjoyed this perspective on my fair city.
Hats off to Elizabeth Cooper (who included a great Thomas Wolf quote in her post)
You got that right about basketball… ;) But I do...
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“Even true things, once said on Fox News, become lies.”
– Family Guy
Sociability
Tonight, I’m hopping around to the Wesley Christmas party, the Pathways House Christmas party, and a friend hangout at a bar. Tomorrow, I’m supposed to get together with folks from undergrad. Monday night is the Delta Rae concert. Tuesday night Johanna’s having a holiday party. Wednesday night is the Vespers party. Hollerrrrr.
The Book of Mormon: A Musical from the Creators of... →
I anticipate this being one of the most offensive things ever.
“We’re not going to meet for too long today, because I have to go home and...”
– My very pregnant Hebrew instructor
November 2010
15 posts
The ick persists. Amazingly, I was able to get an appointment at Student Health for Wednesday, and I could have gone as early as tomorrow morning if I were in town. I’m taking an approach that has become customary: make an appointment, and if you feel better by the time it rolls around, cancel it; if not, at least you don’t end up making an appointment for a week out when you’re...
I was reflecting yesterday on the fact that Thanksgiving break is probably the best time to get sick, if there is such a thing. I don’t have anywhere to be, and I can still get schoolwork done while not moving from under a sleeping bag on the couch. Of course, this will only stay true if I get better in the next 24 hours. If I have to go to dCOM like this, and if I take this cold/cough/sinus...
WatchSuper dorky but AWESOME.
We had 3 pies and a cake. Duuuuuude.
Tonight, I had most (but not all) of a beer, and now I’m super sleepy. I must be getting old.
Laundry and room-cleaning: two things that have been on my to-do list since Monday and are just now getting done.
A Very Potter Musical?!? →
My worship professor told me that Advent in a contemporary worship service is the hardest thing to do. I believe him, and am inspired to rise to the challenge. Working on an arrangement of two Advent hymns that involves re-written lyrics and slightly adjusted time signatures (not necessarily tempo, though I guess that would depend on how you’re used to doing these particular songs). If it...
I was really excited about not setting an alarm this morning, but I found myself wide awake at 8 a.m. and out of bed by 8:30. Hm. Then again, I did turn in around 10:30, so that’s still a good bit of sleep.
I have 2 ideas for directed studies I’d love to make happen 3rd year. First, I would love to do some sort of hymn writing and arranging something with Jeremy Begbie. And today I decided that I want to try and do something on worship and ethics in the Old Testament, hopefully with Stephen Chapman (er, Chaps). I will be spending next semester sucking up to both of those professors. :)
October 2010
21 posts
“If there’s something you’re challenging me with, could you make that...”
– Kevin Lindley to Ron Beaton
“Green means go. Red means stop. Yellow means slow down and be gentle with your...”
– A friend’s daughter on traffic lights.
“One must, in the religious realm, pursue truth earnestly, all the while...”
– Roger Williams