Re-evaluation and change is something I applaud. More quickly in others than myself perhaps… But as 2010 begins, I've resolved to the following commitments. I hope you'll join me. First, I've committed to calling it 'twenty-ten' or 'two-thousand ten'. But never anything 'oh-ten'. I'm pretty certain we won't refer to 2026 as 'oh-twenty-six', so give [...]
"The only thing you will ever know is what you see and what you read." In the past year, I've read (or re-read) a handful of books that are on my 'Keep These Close to You' books. 1. Worship Matters, by Bob Kauflin. Perhaps the best thing I've read on worship this year. Whether [...]
Today, December 3 marks the birthdays of two influential people in the culture of my life. I've sent them both birthday wishes… Ozzy Osbourne, rock icon… and Jim Richards, Executive Director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention To [...]
God has blessed me with in some crazy ways: the unyielding love of an amazing wife, 3 beautiful kids, an incredible church family, and a crew of dear friends I live, laugh, cry and worship with. Without them and Him, I would be without hope, without love, and without joy. But I’m also [...]
I used to run a little blog over here. (thank you, Zakk Wylde, for inspiration on the title). I took a little trip down amnesia lane this week and drifted through the pages. And came one click away from completely deleting it altogether. Parts of it are pretty embarrassing. Things I said. Propositions I argued [...]
I've been ruined. There, I said it. By the grace of Jesus I am realizing more and more how I'm being restored. I am being reclaimed. Redeemed. Learning how much of me is still cracked, but realizing that I'm not as responsible for fixing myself as i once thought. I am being fixed [...]
I commented via my Twitter a few days ago that the two greatest days in your life are (1) the day you are born, and (2) the day you realize why. I’m not sure where or when I first realized (or possibly, heard) that, but it resonates within me still. I’m incredibly blessed to know [...]
Sometimes we completely miss it. At our neighborhood amenity center, we have two pools: the deep, lap pool where the teenagers hang out and old guys do laps, and the shallow, zero-entry pool where the younger (and less serious swimmers) play and parents snooze. On our first visit, the smaller pool was overpopulated with preschoolers [...]
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that a funny thing happened on the way to the guitar shop yesterday. I was driving in south Austin on my lunch break when my fuel light came on. I noticed an old 7-Eleven about a block off of South Lamar and whipped in to get gas. [...]
Economic times are tough. While our boys love running to Barnes and Noble (or the local library) and picking up a couple of new books (like their dad), books can be expensive. The solution? Our 8-year-old designed and illustrated a book for our 5-year-old. The Alean Invation To: Dylan "On one pecful day the [...]