On this day, Saturday October 7, 2006, we remembered and honored Grandpa at his funeral and memorial service. Many many people showed up to show their love for grandpa and our family. I am amazed at how many people loved my Grandpa. I for one know I will miss him many times over. I will always remember what he taught me in my character and love. He was a many who was always enjoying himself, loved humor and loved God. You can read grandpa’s biography at the Taslim.org website.

We had a great time in San Diego! I haven’t had that much relaxation since, 1982! An update on life. Had this great talk with Maxine and Ben the other night after worship practice. It’s not often that you find people in this world who really connect with your heart. Talking is good, but talking to people who you know don’t just talk but will do something about what they talk about is extremely Good! Currently reading Ezekial, Romans, Knowledge of the Holy and “The Life and Death of Mr. Badman”

Well, I finally migrated a bunch of entries from my old old blog onto this site. I will put my xanga stuff in here soon too. But thats that.

I started re-reading a book called “Knowledge of the Holy.” I’d read it the first time and was blown away by it. But then after a few months I forgot just how blown away. So far I’ve gotten to chapter two and it’s great! Tozer opens with Ezekial 1. And in all honesty I can’t remember the last time I read Ezekial. I know I’ve read it, but when is another question. So I decided having just finished Romans that I would trot over to Ezekial.

Tozer’s biggest claim so far is that the failings of most Christians (in relation to their walk with God) stems from a wrong view of who God is. And after reading Ezekial 1, I must say, I do agree so far. Ezekial stumbles over his words again and again in an attempt to describe God. I can’t say I’d do any better than Ezekial. But his stumblings give us an amazing picture of truly how Awesome God is. Check this out “This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.”Â

I will write more about this as I learn more and discover more about it. Onto other life. I started more diligently reading the dictionary. Yeah I know, it sounds uber geeky. But my word power is pretty weak. Not nearly as strong as it could be. So I put dictionary.com word of the day on my google start page. Cool stuff! The need for eloquent speech has never been so severe. F bombs seem to replace silence. S*** seems to be the universal descriptor for good and bad things. I don’t get it. I suppose it’s just a personal thing. But thats one quest.

Today I’ll be leading music out at the State Capitol for some youth ralley called battle cry. And this is my life at present in a nut shell :-)

This past weekend I started thinking about my friends, the qualities that make up each friendship, and how much I really value the friendships. A couple of happenings really got me thinking about the topic. The first was the highschool group at my church (LIFE). This month we are doing a series on friendships. We are covering things such as, The qualities of a good friendship, what to do when friendships go bad, how to develop good friendships, how to witness to your friends and others as well.

Another thing that added to my thoughts on the topic was hanging out with my buddy Mark. He was considering taking a job in another city. It made me think of the benefits for him but also the disadvantages of relocating. The job was one that I think would have suited him well. However, yesterday he called me to tell me he is not going to pursue the job anymore. He decided that he would stay in town because of the relationships and community he already had here. I agree with his decision. I think his reason for staying is a valid one. Especially after time in prayer and giving the decision to God. I am glad he’s staying.

I’m not really good at keeping in touch. Especially over long distances. But lately as I get older (not really old), I realize more and more the need for good friends. I realize that developing a community of good friends is not easy. It takes work to develop good friendships. I’m sure I’ll have more on this subject some other time, but for now, thats all I have to say.

After about 2 years of not having a blog, here I go, launching into my first blog. I don’t want it to be just a place where I ramble every day. I want it to be thoughtful. With this in mind I probably won’t be posting every day. But I will try and post when there is something of significance that happens in my life. So lets get started. You’ll see the look and feel of this blog site change rapidly over the next two weeks or so. I want it to be able to accomodate photos too. Cheers!