Halloween Again

Well its that time of year and Ethan and I were out to up the anti this year. He wanted to go as a snow trooper. being on a tight budget we creatively combined cardbaord, foam, thrift storing, found items etc. to come up with our snow trooper. i am pretty psyched on it. It was a fun project for us.

Hope you had a good night of fun as well. Whats up with all the empty lights out homes around here....LAME!

From Ship of Fools

OK, we're jealous. When did you last hear of Baptist Bitter? Or Pentecostal Pilsener? Or even Lutheran Lager? Like, never. So if you're in search of a truly divine beer, you'll have to cross the denominational divides big time, and head off to He'brew for "the best (and only) Jewish beer in America".

He'brew, "the chosen beer", offers four different brews. There's Genesis Ale; there's Messiah Bold ("the beer you've been waiting for", ha ha); there's Genesis 10:10 (brewed with pomegranate juice); there's Monumental Jewbelation, and there's even a beer in celebration of Jewish comedian Lenny Bruce. "This Chanukah, candles won't be the only thing getting lit!" says one of the brewery's many inspired sales blurbs.

He'brew: a beer so blessed, you'll wish you were circumcised. Click here for the He'brew website.

Depth

I am not that deep. I'd like to think I am...but I'm not. At least lately.

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

One of the coolest movies I have ever seen

This guy took a regular digital SLR camera and created a series of time lapse sequences and edited them together to music. Some really cool shots!

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Five things you did while MySpace was down

too funny

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To all my nerdy homies!

This is how I roll...

They're Right!

After watching this video of the family guy I decided all the critics are right. We really dont need more Churches and Christians teaching, living and loving the real Jesus, Everyone already understands God, his creation and his kingship.

Northern Lights

All of nature speaks of a creator.

OHHH NO YOU DIDNT!!! OH YEEEAAHHH!

E-mail is for old people...

Teenagers increasingly prefer instant messaging to e-mail.

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Magic of Freeride

awesome madness

Growing Up...Sadly

25 Signs you are getting older...sheesh so true.

CHURCH

Our Church is growing. Check the web site for more information on our new second bible study.

The IT Crowd

This show makes me laugh a lot.

Mexicans and Mermaids

I like Mexicish food and I like Fish. So I really like FISH TACOS!
I would just like to share how glad I am for MOE's a new place here in town that is finally a place for me to get fish tacos. YES! and the best part is. Its cheap. It aint Wahoos but hey this is Joplin. God's grace has shown it's face in my city once again!

Here comes Hockey!

It's almost October and you know what that means. It's fight...I mean Hockey season again! Yippie! I was introduced to Hockey about 10 years ago now...wow. I was hooked after attending a Dallas Stars Chicago BlackHawk game. It was intense, fast, gracefull, loud, manly, rough, elloquent....it had it all. I cant say enough about how everyone who does not get hockey needs to go to a live game. You will be hooked. So put on your sweater, crank up the TV, crack open the Molsen It's Hockey time!!

NERD, GEEK or DORK

Find out what you are Nerd, Geek or Dork.
I tested Joe Normal. I was on the verge of both Nerd and Geek, be equal in both.

SNAP!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

Humans, the stupidest species on Earth!

Oh my...danger danger...turn away...but I cant!

Disney Pics 2

These are two of my favorites. The re was a very eire full moon one night looming over the magic kingdom. I could not get a good shot of the moon over the Haunted Mansion so I settled for this one over the castle jsut before the fireworks started. Very cool with the the thin clouds and all. Much cooler in person, but I like this pic.
This image I took at 8:15am as we rose up the Mountain on the Mount Everest Ride in the Animal Kingdom. My daredevil daughter Abby and I got up bright and early to ride this ride before the crowds hit and it broke down again (as it had done the privious day we tried to ride it!) SUCCESS ended in a great ride (we did it twice) and a beautiful picture as well. Looks like a real mountain dont it.

Disney Pics 1

Here are some random pics form our very first family vacation! It was incredible and I would like to thank our friends at The Bridge so much for loving my family and giving us this wonderful gift.

WEEEE'RRRREEEE BAAAAAACK!

We are back from Disney Thing and it was GREAT! More to come.

MY CRAZY FRIEND

I have a friend named Morgan. He is really good on a little bike. I have known him for some time and whether I am watching him in person or on TV he makes me so excited to ride and so scared for his life. He is the epitomy of nuts and skills. Along with riding well he is one of the best guys you will ever meet. Next time you are looking in the magazine section at Barnes & Noble or flipping through some XXXXXTREEEMMEE stuff on the TV look for the nutty kid doing smoothly what no one else would imagine or attempt- thats my friend- Much love for the Captain!!

Check out Some Nutti-ness HERE.

RAWK 2!

It aint the cast from the movie, but the last post reminded me of this sweet event several months ago. More bands should take themselves less seriously.

SW RAWK!

Shout out to MD for Emailing this Poster to me.

FREE DEREK WEBB

Derek Webb, one of my favorite Christian Singer Songwriters is making his Mockingbird album available for free download starting on September 1st. Go to freederekwebb.com. Donwnload and enjoy all for FREE. I recommend finding a nice quite, sunny spot, putting on your iPod and a good cup of tea for best results. Beatiful and sad all in the same breath. Check out and buy his other albums as well.

Fun with Plagues!

There is NO DOUBT about it. KIDS LOVE the story of the 10 Plagues...

Order these now!

Moon 650

I took this photo a week or so ago. The moon was full and bright staring down on us. Clouds starting rolling and and making it extra cool. I got out my sons telescope and we all looked at the goodness of Gods creation through it. You could see the whole thing-craters, "rivers and oceans" it was so clear. I got the idea to try and take a picture of the moon through the telescope just before the clouds enveloped it completely. What I got was a neato artsy pic of the moon. I think I will call it "brilliance veiled by technology". Enjoy.

Steev

YES!

I did this Super Hero thing and I was soo stoked to get SpiderMan as the character I am most like. He's always been a favorite. Now where did I put my tights.....
Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 75% Green Lantern 70% Superman 70% Iron Man 60% Robin 50% Hulk 50% Catwoman 45% The Flash 45% Wonder Woman 35% Supergirl 35% Batman 30%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

BUY SOMETHING

Ok, as a church planter I aint got much money. But you could Help. Notice the sweet new links all over this page. I am linking my self out without care or concern for my well being. You could click on them and I could make like a few cents or something. Help a brother out. If you use my Amazon links to buy books I can gain valuable credit at Amazon. Trust me I need this and you need to read so it all works out.

thanks

Steev

Sweet Jesus!

Ok so he aint a geek after all. He's Dog the Bounty Hunter's Brother!

I think Jesus is a Mac Geek

This shirt is just too good. It's just so rare for something to speak to both the Christ Follower and the Geek in me.

I would wear a medium just incase someone thinks i would look good in it. ;)

Steev

Skulls are real popular

Tattoo nation: Survey says nearly one-quarter of Americans between the ages of 18 and 50 have at least one tattoo

Everything Made Metal!

Metalocalypse

Dont try this at Home.

When i was younger this could have been me. Thats proably why its so hard to get out of bed some mornings...sheesh. Watch those ankles kids.

"I love my Church, and I'm a Catholic who was raised by intellectuals, who were very devout. I was raised to believe that you could question the Church and still be a Catholic. What is worthy of satire is the misuse of religion for destructive or political gains. That's totally different from the Word, the blood, the body and the Christ. His kingdom is not of this earth."
--Stephen Colbert in TimeOut New York

Random Photos

HISTORY

If you just missed the xgames you missed history. Check YouTube tommorrow. Travis Pastrana with a MotoCross DOUBLE BACKFLIP....Oh my goodness. Heart pounding history. Chalk that up with Matt Hoffmans non handed 900 and Tony Hawks 900. man o mman o man. Good night.

SNAKES!

So I am going out to the Shed last Saturday to do my oh so fun yard work. I open the door and something falls past me face brushing up against me. Landing with a thud on the ground I ask myself "what's that" barely surprised. Then as it is SLITHERING AWAY into the darkness of the storage shed I answer my question....IT'S A FRICKIN SNAKE!!! ALL THE HEEBEE JEEBEE CREEPIES shoot coursing through my body. I am really freaking out here!! I do the dance. My heart beats like crazy and then I start getting flashes of Samual L Jackson shooting through my head...oh man that was good...Anyway I then deside in my Head to "get these snakes off my plane...oh I mean shed. So the hunt begins. Lurking and hissing at me and showing me its FANGS! Yes FANGS. I find him behind a bunch of paint cans in what seems to have been a mouse nest (past tense). Granted he helped with the mouses, but Snakes is snakes and for the love of my wife and my own masculinity it must go! Grabbing the HOE I got all SL Jack on it. It was rough, but it was time to DEPLANE and he did not have a boarding pass. I was redeemed and I got this sweet tale to tell. Behold the evidence below. Thats right...uh huh.

Jesus

I know so many people who never really give anyone a chance. There is for whatever reason, distrust, mistrust, suspicion, cynisicm you name it something keeps us away from others. It no different as a Christian ya know. I also know many people who just cant or wont bring themselves to hear Jesus out. Granted as Christians we have screwed his image up. But lets look past us and at him. I know I myself am a professional hypocrit most of the time, but lets not put my actions on trial now. Lets move past the perceptions and look at Jesus. I think most everyone in the world would agree he was different and I dont know many people who when looking at Jesus' words, deeds and teachings would claim hypocracy. WIth that said can I say He just isnt who we all claim him to be in one way or another.

He suffered. From the time he was born he was on the run from someone trying to attack and kill him.
He hurt. His family, friends, followers...all failed him. Al questioned him. All in some way sold him out.
He longed. He wanted it to be different. He wanted it to be better. He hated the brokenness of life.
He lived the life we live. He was tempted by everything we are temped with. Lust, power, anger...life.
He died. Not just died, but was killed. Horribly. He was beaten, mocked, scroned by people who days earlier claimed to worship him. He bleed. He could have used some asprin, a band aid, a hug. He knew torture and pain.

Jesus was not without understanding of our lives.

You know, every other religion in the world has this long long list of how I have to live and what i need to do to make God like me, let alone even think about loving me. Every other school of thought pounds and presses me to push myself, better myself and gain for myself. BUT Jesus is different. And I loose this so often. I forget so many days, that He is not like that.

Jesus is unique. His life shows us the God of GRACE. The God who knows I am lowsey and messed up. The God who knows I can never fulfill what he requires. THe God who knows I am not holy or righteous or any other pias word. He realizes i would fail his test thuroughly. I would not qualify for anything he has to offer.

And so there is Jesus, who scriputre calls the image of the invisible God. There is Love, which is exemplified in dying for someone else-especially your enemy. And there is Grace-unmerrited, unworthy forgiveness and love.

I am a Christian and yet I forget about Grace. I forget who I worship. I forget what He knows about me, that he suffers along side me, hurts when I hurt, longs when I long, lived through my experiences and more and died the death that I deserve. I forget that he first loved me and not with words but with truth and deeds.

What a difference that message makes from the lies we inadvertanatly spread. What a difference it makes in me.

Forgive me for finding my identity in anything other than you. Forgive me for my idolatry, for worshipping myself, and a false representation of you.

I remember my first love. Jesus...the one who loves me enough to remind me.

Stephen

Crawley kids in a tilgate park

What sounds like a good idea...ainnt always a good idea. but it makes a good video...

man oh man.

I shoulda never...

I figured out how to blog YouTube stuff....OH SNAP!! Get out tha way!
(I act like I am all cool and stuff but its really easy....)

Steev

Vader Sessions (Episode 1)

This is Funny Stuff.

Darth Steevious

Stop & Drop

I saw this this morning. It made me snicker. Go buy the shirt if you like it.

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I dont feel like it...

This week has been weird. I have done some work, played around, gotten some reast but i jjust dont feel like doing anything. I couldnt even muster enough to write this out...well almost couldnt.
Myabe its cause my family is gone and I am lonely? Maybe my perfectionist procrastination is kicking in big time..I dont know. There is so so much to do with the church plant and i am really feeling overwhelmdeed with it all. I will be driving down the road thinking of all i have to do then get where i am going and not want to do it. It like pulling teeth to even make a phone call. sheesh.
I tend to tie up my hopes in things, events, people. Like not i am tellingn myself it will be better when my wife gets home, but will it? Really easy to question everything when I fell like this. I just want to run away, or sleep it away or...I dont know. Heck even writing this which was hard enough is just an excuse to not being doing something else....crap.
Ever feel like this? Anyone?

oh well. I got things not to do.

later.

My Race Name

PLAN

" I have a plan so good it's retarded!" - Peter Griffin

What the Carp!

OH MY GOODNESS. Now that's a Catfish!! Caught in Tailand I think. Local fishermen have agreed not to catch anymore of these endangered fish. Good thing too cause my son would surely want me to take him there to continue his fishing career. (see previous post awhile back)

Soul

“You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.”

C.S. Lewis

Bible Study

The Big One

FIrst time fishing and he reals in a 3-4 pound catfish on his own! it was like watching on of those deep sea fishing shows. I dont know who was more excited my son or my redneck friend Nate!!! hahaha

FUN

The Kids were Playing with clay the other day. Here are some of their creations. Ahhhh to have the imagination and thinking of a child. To create without care and mold into existance the impossible. To smile at our creations and share them with freinds and family. Brilliant! They are simply Brilliant! They will grow into artists and thinkers. Theologians and Teachers. They will sustain in me in my old age and I will find much joy in them.

They also informed me its tastes good too...

CRAZY TRAIN

So many treasures buried out there if ya know where to look...or if your friend gets married in a barn by a meth house!

MYSTERY

if you aint been here go...its pretty much everything i am up too lately.
Mystery Church




steev

Sad Truth

"Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people you hate." Hooptyrides

Rockin' Poopin' Hippo

the family and i were at the zoo. a sweet hippo decided we should get lost and tried to dismiss us by turning himself into a whilring poop shooter. he rolled over and over in his pool squirting the stuff everywhere. he failed to notice that he was dealing with two guys (my son and I) this behavior only caused to us stay and watch. laughing out loud, pointing and as evidenced here snapping pictures. so instead of making us leave he jsut filled his home with poop. and it did not even phase us...well it did but not the way he intended.



my son called this photo "rockin pooini hippo"

hippos rule.

But This is Me Too

I have mulitple sides. I am like a diamond or maybe just a card board box. But i have sides and this is one of them.
YeeeeHaaaaaaa!

This is Apparently me...

my friend matt's blog sent me to this quiz site. Apparently this is me theologically.

You scored as Reformed Evangelical. You are a Reformed Evangelical. You take the Bible very seriously because it is God's Word. You most likely hold to TULIP and are sceptical about the possibilities of universal atonement or resistible grace. The most important thing the Church can do is make sure people hear how they can go to heaven when they die. Reformed Evangelical 68% Neo orthodox 57% Fundamentalist 57% Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 54% Emergent/Postmodern 54% Roman Catholic 29% Charismatic/Pentecostal 29% Classical Liberal 21% Modern Liberal 4% What's your theological worldview? created with QuizFarm.com

Pics

Here a couple pics of the New Bridge Building. Right now thats most of what i do. Try to get it all finished up and looking good.

brad

i am sitting here watching hockey with my friend brad. we are also nerding it up on the computers as we watch the best team sport ever HOCKEY. you can try and deny it but its true. sorry. so brad says i need to update my blog so here it is. i will think of sommething wise later, but for now its just making my friend happy and me a little less guilty.
GO STARS!

darth steevious

South Bound Cemetary

I came to a place of death early as the sun rose into the stinging cold. Warmth dawned in my heart. Around me they slept my soul awakening. Under my feet they slumbered my eyes resurected in wonder. Beauty strolled among the tombs its young spread out in her wake. Light broke though bare outstretched limbs and blinded me to the sight of soaring freedom. Life fed from deaths covering. The journey is long and hard. The world it groes cold and growns the pains of mornig awaiting warmth and renewal from the sun still coming. My heart is lifted high in praise and swells in awe and adoration. -Amen

Wood

I was watching a show about henry ford, the car guy, this weekend with my son. over one of the many fireplaces in his masive home he carved this: "if a man cuts his own wood he'll warm himself twice". i liked that.


"Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding." - Proverbs 4:7

Links

Just put some more links in my favs file over to the side.
-steev

vanity

i dont like many pictures of myself. not sure why. false humility? Vanity? Poor sefl-esteem? i dont dont either way i do like this picture that was taken by a friend named neil. it appeals to me, not in a vain sense but i like it artisticlly and there is somthing about it that says a lot about who i am.

man oh man

sheesh its been what like a year since i posted? man this is hard stuff. seems all my spare time has been spent trying to find spare time :)
i am working on a very detailed halloween costume at the moment and its kinda fun. all my kids are getting into it as well. it will be a family affair for sure. i will post pics.

well thats it. so much for anything meaningful or life changing here.