Philippe Starck and Gospel-Centered Design

French designer Philippe Starck is done with design. The world-famous designer of everything from hotels to household objects lamented to the Die Zeit weekly newspaper the stark truth of his profession.
“I was a producer of materiality and I am ashamed of this fact.”
He continued.
“Everything I designed was unnecessary.”
But the most striking and lucid sentence [...]

Carranza, Mexico Trip

This past weekend I was privileged to drive down to Mexico with my church to help out another church that we partner with. We built a fence, put on a fair-type thing in the park, ran the children’s program on Sunday morning, and a bunch of other things.
It was a great time, albeit exhausting, and [...]

Jay and Janelle’s Engagement Photos

My good friends Jay and Janelle are gettin’ hitched in just a few months on June 7, a week after my little sister’s wedding (it’s going to be a busy summer), and shot their engagement photos the other day with another good friend, Billy Blakey.
I met Jay and his brother Casey during my first days [...]

Open Mic Night, again

Another Open Mic Night this past Saturday night. My roommate and good friend James and I were supposed to only play for about 10 minutes, but wound up playing for nearly an hour! It was great fun and we had a great time proclaiming the truth through lyric and melody.

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My ISP Team

I have the great privilege of co-leading an ISP (International Service Projects) team through Cal Baptist to the Middle East this summer. We have trained for the past few months, and will continue for a couple more before departing in July.
From left to right (above)
Top Row – Kyle, Jessica, Gaby, Me (I have a bad [...]

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Occasionally I listen to a few rock radio stations in my car to see what kind of crap they are feeding to stupid young men such as myself. Yesterday I heard this gem:
Ever wonder what I been thinking about?
I been thinking bout throwing you out
I’m so happy about you. I’m fed up, so get [...]

Preaching the Gospel to Yourself

Over the past few months I’ve tried to daily preach the gospel to myself, but not in a way that makes it routine information recall, but rather a discipline throughout my day to engage everything I do from a gospel-centered, God-glorifying way.
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace,
…preaching the gospel to ourselves every day reminds us [...]

Open Mic Night

I played at the Open Mic Night on Saturday night at the It’s A Grind near our house.
My roommate James and I will play there this Saturday, probably around 9 p.m.