Jun 25th, 07
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I follow Chip Ingram’s blog and he had some great practical advice today:
You really get to know someone a lot better working with them and trying to accomplish something bigger than yourselves than you do by just sitting around a table talking.
I have encountered two examples of this theory as of late. Over the last couple months my wife and I were stuck in our garage putting up a garage door opener and I learned that she has a great ability to organize her thoughts and visualize a 2d drawing into a real life project.
Then just last weekend I went on a 25 mile bike ride (Seattle to the Mercer Island Loop and back) with my neighbor and we actually had a great conversation about work, life, fatherhood, dreams for our marriages, and the beauty of the Seattle area.
I guess Chip knows a thing or two about connecting with people. I am going to strive to be involved in more activities outside of just sitting at a cafe or on the sofa with someone.
Here is the blog post I was referring to:
http://chipingram.typepad.com/blog/2007/06/do_something_di.html
Jun 16th, 07
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Well this weekend Kelly and I finally got our garage door opener installed. It took a good 2 months but we did it!! The whole experience turned out to be great for team building. She was definitely the project manager and I the laborer…
It feels great to have completed our first “big” home improvement project. Although I feel like there are many more to come, and oddly enough I welcome them… just don’t tell Kelly.
Jun 16th, 07
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I am no where near smart enough to come up with the insights Bob Harris came up with… so I won’t even try to steal.
Read his post and then re-watch the episode… some things are far fetched, but I do like the funeral theory.
Tony Soprano didn’t just get whacked; he practically got a funeral
Jun 8th, 07
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Took less then an hour on Craigslist…
Gotta love craigslist.
Jun 7th, 07
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Alright folks… if you live in the Seattle area and you want a Wii (you know you do) here is one to buy:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/347417585.html
Jun 4th, 07
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Tonight Kelly and I watched our wedding video for the first time. Kelly Cone and her boyfriend Fritz were kind enough to record and edit the video for us. Thanks you guys!!
As we were watching the video Kelly cried more then a few times… I think she really misses her friends and family. We now live about 800 miles from those close friends and it has been hard on her. What I didn’t realize is that I really miss my buddies too. I don’t know what has happened between my friend Tom and I. We were tight… he moved to Seattle and we had a hard time adjusting for some reason. I am going to make a huge effort to pursue him as he is one of the greatest men I have ever met.
As for Aaron (da chef) he was my co-worker at HCC and turns out he also got a job where I work now. I received a call from him a couple weeks ago that shook me up. He called me out on our friendship. He asked me point blank why we were drifting apart. I felt like a total hypocrite… I always thought of myself as the guy that would bring up stuff like that. Aaron — thank you and I will certainly work harder at our friendship.
Steve — stud at seminary (demanding the big stage) haha… j/k kidding Steve-o. When watching the wedding video tonight we came upon the best man speech and Steve was talking about the early days of our friendship (talking computers, football) and then he had to pause… almost to catch himself from crying (I know I was close), he started talking about our days in a small group at MVC. Those were days of growth and relationships that I doubt I will ever reach again. I miss Steve like crazy. He is certainly the brother I never had.
Friendship is so hard… why is that? People come in and out of your life so my advice to all of you out there is to really truly enjoy your current relationships. Relish each moment because time flies and they won’t always be there.
Jun 4th, 07
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This past weekend the church that Kelly and I attend merged with another church called Interbay.
I find this is be quite interesting due to the fact that you really don’t see a lot of churches in the inner city. Typically churches will close down there doors, sell the property to a developer that will want to build condos and then move the congregation out to the ‘burbs.
Not Quest and Interbay. They are going to continue to spread the love and grace of Christ to Seattleites.
A couple posts on the merger from Pastor Eugene:
an incredible legacy
we are one
It was also covered by one of the local papers:
2 very different Seattle churches decide to unite