Brett's Blog

24 Days of Luke

2011-11-28T11:43:00.000-08:00

Back in full effect after a Couple of year hiatus from the blogosphere, I am diving in head first. Here is what is going to happen On Thursday Dec. 1 I am going to start blogging everyday until christmas eve on my thoughts of reading a chapter of the Gospel of Luke each day. Been doing this for a couple of years now, posting stuff through Facebook but that is old, and figured I could us twitter and blogging more effectively. So what i will do is each day post my thoughts key verses I picked out, maybe a and application question, and something I am praying from the chapter I choose. What you can do is read my blog, comment, ask questions, basically let me know you care which ever. I pray this can be fruitful to you, I know it is to me each time I do this over Christmas/Advent season.
Brett

Married

2008-12-21T14:34:00.001-08:00

So I have been married for 8 months and it has been alot of fun. We enjoy spending time with our dog and spending time with friends. I am going to be posting more just was making sure this blog was still up and running. Look for more big news to come

Softball

2008-04-12T05:52:00.000-07:00

So today is the start of the softball season, I look out my window and see flurries, and wind, cannot believe that we are going to try and play. Karen is being wonderful and letting me play one game this morning before we finish up the final wedding plans with her parents and mine.
I really enjoy softball, but this is crazy to be playing in the snow, but hey anything to get a few swings in, it should be interesting. I wish that I was living in the south right now then I could be playing softball all year round. when I was student teaching in San Antonio we were playing softball during the 3rd week of december it was crazy.

Paintballin

2008-04-07T15:57:00.000-07:00

Ok, if you have never ever paintballed before, I suggest you do it, it would be most fun if you get a group of 20 to 25 of your buddies and got at it, this past weekend for my bachelor party 13 of us headed to a paint ball park in Greene, Iowa. It was a ton of fun, running through the woods, high grass, crawling through a creek. At the park the put you through different scanrios from protecting a terriost to just basically shooting at anything and everyone. It definitly was a work out, but amazing we could not of wished for a better day, and we finished it off with coming back to my house and watching the ncaa basketball tourney and grilling out.

Spring Break

2008-03-26T05:40:00.000-07:00

So back from New Orleans, so I thought I would let everyone know what that was like. Let me first say that it was quit humbling just to drive into town and still see many houses destroyed or gutted out. It really puts katrina into perspective when you look at a house and see in person the picture of the X that they put on the houses that let you know when they went through it, how many pets died in the house and how many people were found dead in the house. Quite sobering, also while down town under an underpass at the interstate there were these tent communities that people were living in, it was crazy.
Now on the bright side we worked with lutheran disaster services, what a great organization, well organized and the food was amazing. My work group was assigned to a guy by the name of Kevin George, Kevin told us that he stayed on the second floor of his house for 13 days while the coast guard dropped off water and mre's to eat. Talk about some will power, he told us he would close his eyes and image his favorite resturuant while eating those meals. We built him a privacy fence. For me it was great because I felt like I learned how to do something. I also was able to hang some drywall, talk about a patience builder.
While down there spiritually I think the Lord really taught me patience, as well as a greater desire to truly seek him and the truth of his word, not sure how why or how this came out of a trip like no other I have been on, but through our small groups it was revealed to me that many of us, myself often times included, often times are waiting on God to prompt me or give me a feeling, rather than myself to truly go after Christ without question. Instead of waiting on God it's about opening the eyes of my heart to see that he is already there, I just have to reach out and open my eyes. Hope all is well with those of you who read this.

One Month

2008-03-09T18:11:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am getting married in one month, I was hoping the two guys that read this (Sharp and Jer) could come. Sharpy I know you live really far away, were going to send you and invite but I don't have your addy, shoot me an email. Jer? Anyways I am really excited about marriage, if definetly will be a change, even being engaged has been an adjustment, I quickly have realize that being single for so long you become a little selfish and sometimes I don't plan things in my life remembering there is another person that should be involved with the plan. I have been really trying to figure out what a husband should be, one of our verses for the wedding is ephesians 5, and that traditional wedding passagae has really made me look in the mirror and ask myself do I love Karen like Christ loved the church. Quite a sobering question sometimes, the great thing about this relationship is I am learning alot about myself and alot about my finace.

Self Loathing

2008-02-26T05:11:00.001-08:00

So I have me convicted of self loathing, thanks to sharp and Jer, i realize that someone does read my blog, and i need to quit feeling sorry for myself. So my pledge is to update this a little more often. For you readers out there, check out marshillchurch.org, it is a church out in Seatle, WA. Mark Driscoll is the pastor of that church, he is really good, probably my favorite teacher right now. Check out some of his sermons, and if you want to know what some of his better ones are(they all are good) just let me know I will show you a few. You can also get the sermons on itunes, "death by love" is one of the best i have ever listened to. hope all are having a great day.

Vintage Jesus

2008-02-20T05:52:00.000-08:00

Not sure if anyone reads my blog, I probably would not either except for the fact that it is my blog, and for the fact that I don't write very often, i guess that doesn't help a whole lot. anyways i have just started reading Mark driscoll's new book Vintage Jesus I would say that if any of you out there are reading this blog pick it up, funny insightful and you can really learn alot about christainity.

Snow Day

2008-02-06T13:56:00.000-08:00

Well I haven't blogged in forever, and i am not sure if I am quite the blogging type, i mean I don't have the patience to sit and blogg much, but today we had a snow day, and I have been spending over hour scrapping snow off the drive way cause i drove over it a couple of times, so it was my fault, and then i was listening to my ipod and it ran out of batteries, i know boo hoo but it was a great Mark Driscoll talk that i wanted to finish, oh well. Anyways that was a good chuck of my snowday, along with some madden while listening to the bible answer, man, then waffles when my finace came by and tried to watch the movie "balls of fury", its ok but i would wait for it to come out on 1 doller rental. the rest of the day, probably read something at some point maybe somemore madden the new bible answer man just came out, and something to do with they wedding per orders from the boss.

CWS

2007-06-24T19:03:00.000-07:00

Two years ago, went back to the cws for the first time in like 6 years, I love it, watching the OSU tonight and also watching the other games with Irvine I quickly remember why I love the game of baseball, and why I love college sports, these guys love the game, and they make the game fun to watch, I watched a triple A game this weekend and there was no emoition and it didn't seam like a team. I am a fan of the game.

When is it time to give up?

2007-05-09T05:28:00.000-07:00

I sit at my computer this morning trying to figure out how best do I write what I am thinking. Maybe I am not really sure, but lately I have become more and more dispondent with the church that I have been attending over the past 7 years, truly it is because I am not sure I am 100 percent on board with the direction things are going their. At first I was somewhat concerned with my feelings because I wasn't sure I should feel this way. However after talking with some of my friends I am beginning to find out many of them are feeling the same way. It's hard because so many of my fondest memories of my christian life were thru something at this church, and change is always difficult.

The biggest thing I have trouble with is when I first started attending this church people went there because the wanted to worship God, and hear Christ's word preached, and I generally felt that when I walked out of that place on sundays. Now some sundays I find myself figuring out what I should do in the mornings, I don't feel bad if I miss a sunday or two because of a softball game. I hate feeling that way. So I return to my question in the title.

8 Seconds

2007-05-06T20:16:00.000-07:00

This is a shot of me and Jebe, Jebe is the mule if you were wondering. This is the closest I have come to being in a rodeo, rode him for about 3 secs, wanted another shot but my buddy almost killed himself on Jebe so we thought better of doing it again. This is out in Wyoming, one of the best trips I have been on. I love the open outdoors where no one is around, all of God's majesty.

My First Blog

2007-05-06T19:31:00.000-07:00

So anyways I just spent 20 min. typing a intro and erased it, so I already hate my blog, but because I love anyone that is reading it, i will type a shorter version of it. What do I hope to accomplish with by blog, well I guess I always admired doogie howser for having a computer diary, and I don't have word on my computer, blogs are free so i figured this was easier. I guess I also just felt like i have ramdom things to say, and felt like a blog would be fun to have.

About me, i am a phys. ed teacher at a school in Waterloo, Iowa, the one thing i can truly say about my job is I love the kids that go to my school. I may want to pull my hair out somedays because they make me mad, but there is just something about the way the look when you show them some love. Many of my kids come from broken homes, and school is the safest enviorment they have, so I just give them some love and teach them the finer points of dodgeball, and floor hockey.

I coach baseball and wrestling, and in my spare time I love playing slow-pitch softball. Some may say i play to much, and i think the jury is still out on that. I truly try and use my time at the softball diamonds as ministry time, it is quite hard because I do get caught up in the moment at times, and may say things that don't refelect my goal when I am out there, but i feel like God is really working on my heart while I am out there. I will say this in the 9 years I have been playing softball, I have changed dramtically, and I feel like god can use my love of christ and sofball for good.

So I will use this blog to basically post about life, cause I guess that is what you are supposed to do, I love jesus and I am sure that I will talk alot about him, I am always trying to learn more about him, and what others view of Christ is so feel free to share with me what you think, I am always up for seeing the perspective of christians, and non- christians, so i may not agree with what you are saying I am sure I can learn something from it.

Later