Entries from February 2010

February 25, 2010

Aunt Patty

Tomorrow is my aunt’s funeral. I’m officiating, and I’m still up late the night before trying to figure out what to say. I have PLENTY of great things to say, and the best part is that I don’t have to embellish any of it. There are lots of cheesy Christian t-shirts and stickers that say [...]

February 17, 2010

Lent 2010

I’m not really fasting from much this Lent. I’m not going to drink any soda, but mostly because I think it’s time that I cut back. I can pound a hundred ounces of Diet Coke down in a day without any trouble. Don’t judge me. I’m entering this Lent season interested more in what God [...]

February 13, 2010

14 years ago today.

I was 17 years old. I had run away from home. I was staying with some cousins after being kicked out of two friends’ houses for being really disrespectful to them and their parents. I was hanging out at Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale in a music store on February 13th, 1996. I looked around, [...]

February 12, 2010

welcome back

I grew up partying with a bunch of great people. We had a good thing. I left the whole scene because I needed to. I wanted to follow Jesus, but I was too weak to do that AND hang around the bars and whatnot. I was just too controlled by my desires, so I had [...]

February 3, 2010

Concert at Mission Church!

I’ve NEVER put a concert together in my life, so I figured I’d put together a ridiculously good one to kick off my concert-planning career. Sleeping at Last is on tour with a guy named Jeremy Larson, and they’re coming to Mission on April 23rd! S.A.L has been one of my favorite groups for the [...]