Fish Wrap

2009-02-03T06:46:00.001-08:00

Long Time Coming

2008-10-29T17:34:00.000-07:00

So i have these dots
and these dots are ideas
and thoughts
and actions
and dots are connecting
and i see it
and i like it
and its all because of the God of the Dance
in endless harmony with each other
in a divine way he captures my heart
and is connecting my dots

One of those weeks...days

2008-03-07T20:34:00.000-08:00

So for what ever reason this week has been "one of those weeks". The kind of weeks were everything drains you and you feel like your already running on empty.
I think i will blame my bed this time. yea, i think what made this week that kind of week is the fact that i don't wake up rested. yea, that will be excuse. plus exams, and allegros, and chamber choir, and the MARCH freakin 9 concert.

yea, i feel better. not because i complained on the Internet but because to day has been "one of those days" where everything you expect to go wrong doesn't and things work out.

That's the best kind of day. But they always getting me thinking...pondering...

Josh calls this the "Passionate Tired Branden" and he likes it a lot.

Who knows why...

Crappy Building

2008-03-04T14:49:00.000-08:00

I need a crappy building that can fit, like 361 people in it.

i also need huge amounts of cardboard....

and paint...
and permanent markers...
and hemp...
and a PA system...

and a lot more stuff...

but most of all i need you to give your blessing on it all.
Because if we aren't doing what you want, none of this matters. And nothing will fit into its place.

It's all yours.

2008-02-24T21:13:00.001-08:00

New!

SHORT ARMS :(

2008-01-17T20:27:00.000-08:00

I am pissed!

I just want to do something.

For a long time i have said "i want to take over the world". It was code for i want to do something big. I want to change the world. I want wisdom and knowledge. I want to care for those who aren't cared for. I want to be a tool Jesus.

So, I'm sixteen without a car or job.

Taking over the world isn't in my reach.

I have short arms and I'm pissed.

HOWEVER, I'm not giving up. and though it may be 586487648 times more frustrating, I am going to try. God has this funny way for making impossible things possible.

Bring on the frustration, Bring it!

Christians vs. Hippie?

2008-01-09T20:55:00.000-08:00

NOPE!

i think we should take some pointers!

we need to get radical, we need to change things.

however, we dont need the drugs or casual sex.

They were a powerful group that really could have changed the world. They did to a sort. But they really could have done a lot more.

Christians = Gospel + Social Activism

Christians = Faith + Deeds

LEARN FROM THE HIPPIES!

Yep

2008-01-06T13:32:00.000-08:00

I am going to take over the world.

It was a Good Decision

2008-01-04T09:01:00.000-08:00

I was once told to rid anything that got in the way of your relationship with Jesus.

So it was a good decision.

Dang it.

Reading?

2007-12-29T21:51:00.000-08:00

Yep i now read.

please read:

Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller
Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborn
Revolution by George Barna

Yea, these are good.
Reading them one after another with the ideas of each still floating in my head made me discover things i wouldn't ordinarily discover.

I think I'm going to take over the world....

Christmas

2007-12-27T20:36:00.000-08:00

Christmas is Crazy!

Time to explore different people!

So i talked with my good friend Megan last night. We did the usual "catch up" stuff, the "how you doin" and "how's life". because it's christmas we get to ask "How was your Christmas?". I told her mine was fine and she said hers was fine. Nothing out of the ordinary. then, bc they went well, we ask why. She asked if i got everything i wanted and i told her yes, if not now than soon (my mother takes back what i dont like and gives the returened money to me to buy what i do want). I asked her the same, she said that she got a lot of stuff she didn't want. Which lead her to say that she didnt like gifts, that she had everything she needed. Why on Jesus' Birthday are we giving gifts we don't need. Shouldn't we be serving people? Shouldn't we be giving these gifts to people who actually need it? She told me it started a conversation/argument with her mom that ended in tears. She ended by telling me she got some pans that she will end up needing and a new purse that is long over due. Again, she said it was a good Christmas.

Hmmm

Then you've got my sister...who openly said these words "Mom was really skimpy on the presents this year." Wow, opposite. She was completely unhappy with Christmas. The make-up (that she didn't need, she has far to much already) wasn't the stuff she wanted, the shirts weren't cool enough, there wasn't enough. Her thirst for stuff was not quenched. She needed MORE. This is probably b/c my mother takes her on frequent shopping trips that she receives more than 2 Christmases of this years caliber. She's spoiled. I think. again, her Christmas was not good.

Hmmm

Is whether or not we got all we wanted for Christmas the scale we measure Christmas' Goodness by?

Apparently for Megan, no. Emily, yes.

Hmmm

I think there are more Emily's than Megan's. and i think that needs to change.

I think we need to think about what Christmas really means.

Hmmm

I'm not saying that Megan is perfect, but i think she has a better positioned heart than my dear sister.

and im not saying im perfect, i just noticed the difference between them and am trying to position my heart accordingly.

New Computer

2007-12-26T20:40:00.000-08:00

YEA...it'll be different.

with this new computer, it'll be different.

i promise.

mark my words, it will be different!

....

who am i kidding, it won't change...

it doesn't go away.

...

but i promise i'll try.

mark my words, i'll try!

YEA, with this new computer, i'll try and be different.

...

it: the most disgusting thing in the world; the most degrading thing in the world; the lamest thing in the world; the most unattractive thing in the world; the most dangerous thing for me.