I am a little bit on a car kick right now. We are borrowing a 2006 Ford Mustang convertible (I know, its such a hard life) for the next couple of weeks. It doesn’t replace the Jeep but it sure does feel good to drive. Speaking of Mustangs, have you seen this commercial:

Also, did you hear about the three year old who bought a bright pink convertible on Ebay? His mother says he’s just a whiz on the computer. That will make you think twice about locking your computer when you step away, even at home. Read the story on Yahoo News.

I know I said before that I don’t like small cars. As a matter of fact, its one of my greatest fears. But I also don’t like to wash cars (that’s why I had a Jeep before. They’re suppose to be covered in mud). So when we do move to Germany, I think this is the car I want:

Have you ever read a book and when you were done just went “Wow”? “Painting in the Dark: The longing to be seen, to be heard, to be known” by Paul Thorson is that kind of book for me. Paul writes in such a way that you can understand. He admits his ADD and when he writes, you can tell. Which was great for me because that means he doesn’t write in an ongoing, boring fashion (like most of the required reading for seminary - sorry seminary professors out there) but skips from story to story, emphasis to emphasis quickly to make his point.

Probably the best way to describe this book is to tell you what it says on the back cover: “This book is about rocks being lobbed at people like you and me who have climbed some tree somewhere looking for safety.”

Paul Thorson talks about how when we come to know Jesus Christ, we expect our life here on earth to become this great thing but as the back cover says: “Yet for most of us - author Paul Thorson included - “new life” often looks like the old, and it’s irritating. Is it also futile? God, you left me here in a darkened, dangerous place, and I’d like to know why. It is a pursuit so mysterious, a question so nagging, that it continues to shake and surprise all who seek it. But hope lies closer than we expect…..”

If this sparks a cord in you, read the book.

Paul is a musician and has traveled the world speaking and performing. Currently, Paul is in Kiev, Ukraine starting a church for reaching artists and musicians. Paul, if you read this, I hope we can meet up sometime when I travel to Kiev. God bless.

Well, thought it was about time to add a photo album to this here website (more than just a few posts with pictures in them). So now if you look on the right, you’ll see some random pictures. If you want the whole album, on the right under Pages you’ll see a link to the Photo Album (or just click here)

Can you decipher this famous nursery rhyme?

A triumvirate of murine rodents totally devoid of ophthalmic acuity was observed in a state of rapid locomotion in pursuit of an agriculturalist’s uxorial adjunct. Said adjunct then performed a triple caudectomy utilizing an acutely honed bladed instrument generally used for subdivision of edible tissue.

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I think the only person who could get this is also the same person who keeps that business that makes “Word of the Day” toilet paper profitable. I knew what most of the single syllable words meant but that was about it.

I know we computer geeks sometimes speak a language that others don’t understand. (and are infamous for using it to scare co-workers) Sometimes I’ll be talking about computers and I’ll look at my wife who has that “deer caught in the headlights” look. That’s when I know I need switch gears and talk in a way that she can understand.

This is especially true when Christians are trying to explain why and what they believe to a person who has decided not to follow Christ. We use words like “Evangelical”, “Salvation”, “Sanctification”, “Born-again”, and many others that have totally different meanings to the world than to us. We use words that seem outdated like “Lord”, “King of Kings” and other references from Scripture that to a non-believer would seem like God wants to keep us in the Dark Ages. We quote Scripture as proof without explaining how Scripture has the authority to be proof.

As Krista and I have been preparing to move to Europe as missionaries (yet another term that is misunderstood by the world), we have thought more and more about the use of words to help lead people to an understanding what it means to become a follow of Christ. While we don’t have it all together nor are we saying that we know how to do it all, one conclusion we do have is: Why did we wait until we were missionaries to think about this? God has always asked us to share Him with others in this world way before He asked us to move to Germany.

So my challenge to you: If someone asked you why you are a follower of Jesus Christ, could you explain it using words that they would understand?