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10.2.2008 — 2 Comments

Got tagged by Josh tonight on the latest blog meme. Here goes:

Meme Rules: Each player answers the question themselves.
At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

10 years ago (1998):
1. I was a Freshman at Indiana Wesleyan University.
2. I was single.
3. I lived in Marion, IN.
4. I worked at The Heart Center of Marion as a medical transcriptionist.
5. I was enjoying new freedom as a college Freshman, making new friends, and trying to study!

5 things on today’s “to do” list:
1. Work on my message for Sunday morning.
2. Catch up with Google Reader feeds.
3. Get packed boxes out of my office and brought to the house.
4. Watch VP debate.
5. Make a student loan payment.

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Anything chocolate/orange
2. Slim Jims
3. Oreos & milk
4. M&Ms
5. Wheat Thins & ranch dressing

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Pay off my parents’ home
2. Build some oversea fresh-water wells
3. Pay off my stupid debt
4. Invest, invest, invest!
5. Buy something fun

5 places I have lived:
1. Mukwonago, WI
2. Warsaw, IN
3. Winona Lake, IN
4. Indianapolis, IN
5. Marion, IN

5 jobs I have had:
1. Youth Pastor
2. ChaCha Guide
3. Denominational Department Intern
4. Swimming Pool Installer
5. McDonalds Employee

Now, I’m supposed to tag 5 others:
1. Jessica Sheets
2. Derek Carpenter
3. Shawn French
4. John Howell
5. Brian Holland

Would someone please make one of these for me, please?


I’m serious!

I know a guy who could do it, I think!

I have a few friends who, if given the opportunity, would’ve done the exact same thing!

Um. How cool is this?!

Thanks to “Ann” at the Naperville Library, I was able to get some scans of the article that she e-mailed to me and I put together into legible pages! Click each page to view the print-article as it was printed in the paper today! PAGE 01 | PAGE 02 | PAGE 03

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Jess and I were able to go on a double-date with Eric and Jennifer Parsons on Saturday to see the newly-released-in-theaters “Fireproof” starring Kirk Cameron and directed by Alex Kendrick – the guy behind “Facing the Giants” and “Flywheel” (still haven’t seen that one). He’s on staff at Sherwood Baptist Church – the church behind these three movies.

I walked into the theater not expecting much. I was impressed with Kendrick’s “Facing the Giants”, though it oozed “perfect Christian plot”. I was expecting much of the same but willed to watch “Fireproof” to support it on its opening weekend.

The first 15-minutes or so of the film were exactly what I expected: b-listed actors doing their best to act as distraught marriage partners.

I got over my “perfect movie expectations” and willed myself to enjoy the movie for what it was.

Then my emotions took over.

The movie had a plot that wasn’t “standard” and actually caught me off-guard in places. The Gospel of Jesus Christ was presented in simple real-life way and I even managed to get over the b-list acting to enjoy the movie entirely and joined the crowd in our darkened theater to clapped in applause as the final credits rolled.

I definitely recommend “Fireproof” to any married couple and to any person who plans on being married!

The movie makes a clear statement that Jesus, at the center of a relationship, is the unifying entity that makes weathering life’s storms possible.