Snapshot January 2017

Welcome to the first edition of Snapshot! The purpose of these posts will be to give you just small view of the media I consumed throughout the month of January. I will write a paragraph about my reaction to the media and offer up other similar media that I consumed during the month. My hope …

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New Direction

Back in August, I completed a project by bringing all my posts from different blogs onto this page. What I thought would happen next is I would start writing once a month but sadly this did not occur. I become frustrated and disappointed with myself. I thought I was not only failing myself but you the …

Looking Back to Move Forward (Part 2)

This is the second Part  Click here for Part 1 In my last post, I discussed my desire for blogging and poetry. Where I left off was making the decision to abandon poetry and replace it with a different desire, my love for movies. I begin to believe my poetry was not worth reading. Also …

A Lost and Found Poem

When I was reorganizing my blog posts, I found a poem on Blogger that I did not post. I believe I know why it was not posted. This is a very personal poem about dealing with habitual sin and I was not ready to be this personal in public. This is still hard for me …

Looking Back to Move Forward (Part 1)

Since this past January, I have been thinking and praying about my desire to blog. To help you see into my heart a bit, I'll tell you - I'm a philosopher theologian. I spend my time contemplating the "why" of things. I seldom want the "do" of things; to take action. That is why I …

The Year of Gungor

I love discovering and listening to music. On average, I listen to a new album every week. This increased this year due to the fact of my discovery of how helpful listening to music is for emotional and spiritual life. Thus it has been a big year in music for me personally. I have listened to …

The Election

It has been a week since the election ended and I have been wrestling with what to write about it. And I have decided to get a little more personal then I originally thought I would. So this post may seem a little more random then I normally will write on this blog but I …

Deconstruction of Politics: Part 1

Deconstruction is usually a scary word and one I really don’t like to use. But I believe it explains how I got to where I am today with my political views. The idea behind deconstruction is you tear an idea or set of ideas down in order to rebuild them. It can be dangerous depending …

Forsaking an American Idol

2 Chronicles 33:15-16 “And he took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside of the city. He also restored the altar of the Lord …

Favorite Albums So Far

For those who know, they know I love to listen and discover new music. They also know I listen to albums not just songs. I typically keep track of the ones I listen to in a year on Spotify. I wanted to highlight my favorite one so far and at the end I will mention …