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Name: Neil
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Gender: Male
Interests: jesus, mountain biking, climbing, guitar, jesus, photography, electronics, soccer, rugby, jesus, kristi rogers
Expertise: putting my foot in my mouth and saying the wrong thing at the totally wrong time
Occupation: Military
Industry: Engineering
Message: message meEmail: email me
AIM:  trnsprntsoldier
Member Since:
8/28/2004
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| i have a new blog... please update your links/feeds: http://206soldier.blogspot.com why? many reasons, but maybe i just wanted a change of pace... a ctrl+alt+del for my blogging. hopefully, i'll be updated more frequently. | | |
| "he can't remember who he is! he has pneumonia!" -wifee
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| reasons why i'm thankful for my wife:
1. always pointing me back to Jesus
2. letting us buy a motorcycle
3. letting me ride aforementioned motorcycle
4. riding aforementioned motorcycle with me
5. planning a sweet triple date with jason, rachel, mindee and ben
6. taking care of Christmas presents
7. encouragement in desperate time of need
8. accountability to keep me straight
and many, many more....
what are you thankful for in your special person?
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| ok, i'm not one to use this blog as a promotion board, so you know i wouldn't do this if i didn't think it was worth it...
what - beau bristow live
where - garage 1919 (springboro)
when: this saturday, 28 Oct, 8pm
how much - $6
will it be worth it? - yes!
and yes, i'll be there.
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| the questions i'm asking myself these days is: have i forgotten? have i forgotten what it means to be human (thanks josh pavon)? have i forgotten that life exists outside of the church, as do real people with real lives, with real problems, with real needs? although i would like to answer this question with a definitive "no," closer examination of my life indicates that i may have...
have i forgotten that we are not religious machines constrained to serve people within the context of the four walls of a building? have i forgotten that Jesus lived and breathed and bled and hurt and cried and felt deep joy and confidence? have i forgotten that He did not have an identity crises or feel broken inside, like (as donald miller puts it) a gasoline engine running on diesel? have i forgotten that there's no pressure on me to perform a certain number of "acts of service" or be involved in a certain number of activities?
have i forgotten who i am? have i forgotten what it means to know the peace that transcends all understanding? have i replaced that with a manufactured joy complete with automated responses and, at best, semi-transparent pleas to God for help with everything except what's really wrong?
in this moment of brutal honesty, i confess that i may have just forgotten everything about why i live and breathe and move. i may have allowed myself to fall into an identity crises in which comfort is the aim of life and complacency is a better choice than obedience. i have looked into the mirror and walked away, forgetting what i look like. i may even have forgotten what it is to be obedient. but i have tasted that again tonight and realize that it breaks out of any mold the institutionalized American church would try to create. it can't be manufactured, quantized or even explained on a practical level. and that, perhaps, is the best part about it and i almost missed it....
now that was better than any Bible study i've ever forced myself into (just for the sake of checking the box)...
 | Currently Watching
The Last of the Mohicans (Director's Expanded Edition)
By Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Maurice Ro�ves, Patrice Ch�reau, Edward Blatchford, Terry Kinney, Tracey Ellis, Justin M. Rice, Dennis Banks, Pete Postlethwaite, Colm Meaney, Mac Andrews, Malcolm Storry, David Schofield, Eric D. Sandgren
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