Just the roadie...

(I know I am...)

Hey all - I don't link to many other blogs but this is one that I had to. I just realized that I have been praying for these guys for a while but have been very negligent in passing the story on and asking for prayer for the family. Basically, " Confessions Of A CF Husband " is the blog of Nathan and Tricia. The blog was started as a journal of the incredible adventure Tricia has had with cystic fibrosis for most of her life. She has been in need of a double lung transplant for quite a while and Nathan has been chronicling the ride since Labor Day weekend last year. Understandably, the blog had been about Tricia and everything involved with her journey with CF. Then the unbelievable happened. Tricia became pregnant. With everything else involved, their beautiful daughter, Gwyneth Rose was born 15+ weeks early. She has been a fighter from the word "go". There is NO way I can put into words how moved I am by their story. A family of faith, there is no doubt the...

Yup... I'm really thankful... for the writer's strike. At first I was pretty bummed because (for once) there were a few intelligently written shows that popped up on the Fall TV schedule. Most have run their course and now the "mid-season replacements", reruns, and reality "frap fest" has taken over. That's where I need your help. Between sales, birthdays, Christmas, and general "gifting", I have some reading I need to complete. And I need recommendations. You won't be able to tell me whether I should read my copies of Windows Forensics, Incident Response, IIS6 Administration, or Macromedia Studio 8 as I have to get through all of those for what is defined as "work". Nope, I need some cranial stimulation via my other unread gems. These include: Spy (Ted Bell) Quiet Strength (Tony Dungy) Stories of Emergence (Mike Yaconelli) ( may he rest in peace) Confessions of a Reformission Rev. (Mark Driscoll) God Is C...

Here are both of the holiday house light display videos that I took here in Rochester. The creator had to go back out on tour with Blue Man Group (did you know there are four BMGs?!) but I wanted to include both videos here. Enjoy!!

Wow, we went from freezing winds two days ago (when I shot the video at the end of this post), to pouring rains and 53 degree temps last night, to blowing and drifting snow in the 20's today. Welcome to Rochester, NY! I just wanted to drop in and wish everyone an amazing holiday season and especially a wonderful Christmas. This season gets torn apart from every side every year and it's such a sad situation when it does. For me, I really have nothing if I don't have Jesus in my life and I am so thankful for this time of year when I can celebrate all the friends (hopefully some of you reading this) and family (not sure if they ever get to this blog) God's given me and just the opportunity I have every day to let others know about this journey, this adventure, that God is taking me through. Not always happy, not always pleasant, but God is always present as I work toward what He wants me to be. He's the only one I've found worth trusting and hanging on to because H...

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My friend Shane shared this today on his blog . I really couldn't agree more ( doesn't hurt that I'm a pretty big fan of Mars Hill and Mark Driscoll, either! ) Enjoy - and feel free to defend the --ahem-- brother in Christ...