NODNARB

Luke Warm

2010-02-17T21:06:00.000-06:00

For at least the past 4 years I have been a luke-warm Christian. I am tired of learning about, and experiencing, God by accident. Two weeks ago I attended a mega church in the Twin Cities where I thought I could blend in and not be noticed. However, what ended up happening is that I noticed God, and found myself not wanting to be on the sidelines of Christianity and decided to do something about it. A couple things have drawn me to continue to call Grace Church in Eden Prairie my "churhc home" for the next 5-6 weeks. The sermon series that started the first week I went was on Nehemiah and his leadership. This topic is very important to me because I consider myself to be a leader and I know there are many lessons I need to learn. Also, during the announcements before the sermon a pastor pointed out the spiritual disciplines class that was starting that week. I read the description and decided that it would be a good fit for me and something I believe the Lord spoke to me he wanted me to do. That Monday I registered for the class, ordered the book, and told Sarah what I was doing. The really cool thing about it is that the timeline this class runs was exactly the same amount of time I have left in the twin cities as a resident. I have set a goal for myself over the last 4 months that I would not move to Iron Mountain without correcting my "luke-warmness" and establishing strong habits and disciplines so I could lead my family in its quest for Christ-likeness. I need and want to be the head of my household and for once I am doing something about it. Here's where you my reader get to take an active involvement.
Since most of the people I know on the blogging world are from the church where Sarah and I spent the last 4 years, I am counting on you to help me keep accountable to this goal and hope to interact with you and share my experiences from the next 5 weeks. This post will be my introduction and I hope to at least sum up the lessons I am learning from each week as I grow in the disciplines, if not -- and hopefully -- more frequently. So please pray for me as I try to establish life-giving habits that will produce a walk with the Lord that I have desired since my salvation. The hardest thing about that last statement, is that there is nothing magical or extremely significant about this opportunity. I am just devoting myself to "work" at being disciplined. More to come about all of this in my next post. For now, the Dunn Brothers (by far the coolest coffee shop I've been to. [pictures above] I am at is closing for the evening.

2009-02-24T08:44:00.000-06:00

This is how I feel sometimes

2008-03-09T19:43:00.001-05:00

What I mean is, this student has found the easy answer because they do not know how to find "x" after all. That or they are complete idiots, and think they have actually solved the problem. Either way, that is how I feel sometimes. Either like a complete idiot, or a smart alec loafer jsut trying to coast by life with the easiest route selected regardless if it's the best one to take!

snoitadnemmoceR

2007-08-08T21:04:00.000-05:00

I have discovered the things you do not want to do in the same 2 month span.

1.)Get a new Job
2.)Have a new baby
3.)Move
4.)Take college classes

Fortunately, through prayer and lots of support and help from friends and family we made it!

I love my job

2007-07-16T20:56:00.000-05:00

Today a colleague shared with me what the Vice President of Academic Affairs stated about me.

"The school has hired an industrial strength bookstore manager"

I also got my name on my office today.

Thanks be to God!

Sdrawkcab Gniggolb

2007-06-11T23:19:00.000-05:00

So a friend of mine from Sweden has raised the bar on creativity. She commented on one of my posts while spelling her name backwards (which I caught), but I did not catch that the message was typed out completely backwards. She is Swedish, so I naturally assumed that she accidentally switched into her Swedish language while leaving a comment. My wife, Sarah Ann, figured it out before I did, and we had a good laugh about it. I think I spent 20 minutes trying to find a Swedish-English translating tool on the web before I gave up prior to that. So what started out as my simple little marketing theme for my blog name and address, is now an international movement. .rettes dnert a saw I wenk syawla I

Spihsnoitaler

2007-06-10T00:34:00.000-05:00

One of the areas in my life that I want to work on is strengthening my relationships with all of my friends and family. Sometimes I wish there was so much more of me to poor out, but I do run out of Brandon to get to everybody. I love the relationships that I do have that I can start up right where it was last left off, but even those deserve more attention. Sorry everybody and I will try harder. The picture is only a spoonful of the people that matter to me.

...Kram Ym Gniveal

2007-06-06T00:35:00.000-05:00

I recently attended a funeral service that carried the best tone so far of any funeral I have ever been to. It was a service that was arranged to truly celebrate the return of a soul to God. This man left his mark on the people around him and it was clear and precise what kind of impact he had.
The main reason I am posting about this is because, when you experience the impact of someone's life that you didn't know, but could tell what kind of person he was just by the message delviered by the pastors in an hour, you know it was legit. It caused me to think about what my funeral would be like, and helped me remember how much further I want to grow in all the areas of my life. The mark I would leave right now would be adequate to my standards, but I want it to be more to His intentions for me. Please guide me towards leaving my mark so that when I come Home, I can hear You say, "Well done, good and faithful servant."

Niotcudortni

2007-06-05T23:59:00.000-05:00

This blog is for me to spill out my thoughts and speak candidly about what I am thinking. It is going to be very raw and unedited. If you don't want to hear what Brandon's thinking, than hit the button that takes you as backwards as NODNARB is.