A short film presented by Ikthus Student Advocacy and Activities Center (ISAAC) Ministry of BCCBIkthus. A ministry partnership with Compassion International.

Directed and Edited by BCCBIkthus Communications.

We would like to acknowledge Allen Pakalso, John Ledesma and Jun Alava for their participation.

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1. See The Star (Delirous? - Mezzamorphis)

2. The Appeal (Kirk Franklin - Hero)

3. Almighty God (Tim Hughes - it was a free download a while back on his website)

4. Live Agua (Cross Movement - Human Emergency)

5. On My Way (C.R.O.W. - Method of Attack)

6. Teaching on Worship (a recording of one of my class sessions while in Intro to IHOP)

7. Birthday (Canton Jones - Love Jones)

8. All I Want Is You (Anthony Skinner - Forever And A Day)

9. Amazing (Dan Macaulay - Captured Again)

10. Holy (Shane & Shane - Upstairs)

I do have a variety of music and teachings on my iPod, so I never know what I'll get when I choose shuffle mode.

Would you care to share your first 10 (or 3) songs that play on your mp3 player?

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It was quite a "Conner Sunday." The new worship leader is quite different from me in many different areas and I strongly debated whether I would try and keep this Sunday true to the changes she has brought, however, after many people asked if I was returning "the rock," I figured I would oblige and do what I do best. What I didn't know was how much God would speak through those songs in to what we were about to encounter with this hurricane. 
This Sunday was on the glory of God. That was great for me, as a huge Passion-head there are tons of songs on the subject of glory from many of my favorite artists. Here's what we did:

• Prelude - Not to Us - Tomlin
• O for 1,000 Tongues to Sing - Crowder version
• My glorious - Delirious
• You're beautiful - Phil Wickham

Then came all the meat in the middle: meet & greet, message, communion, etc.

• Glory in the Highest - Tomlin
• Oh Praise Him - Crowder

Like, I said, the theme and topic was great looking forward into the storm. Initially as I planned the service it went something like this: 
Not to Us as thematic greatness for sermon topic & 1 of my all time favorites ->
1,000 Tongues as a call to worship with the new chorus ->
My glorious looking at God's grandness and thematic goodness ->
You're Beautiful telling of God's story shows his grandness again!

The service ended with Glory in the Highest being a great pull out of communion with topical theme ->
Oh Praise Him being the celebratory ending!  

It ended up being a great service discussing the things that glorify and point to the great grandness of God, which includes nature! The earth! Sky! Sunrise! Sunset! I just couldn't shake My Glorious from Gustav: 

God is bigger than the air I breathe
God will save the day and all will say: "My Glorious!"

It truly was the most encouraging thing. It hit me in the face as we sung the songs the 1st service. I was glad we had 2 services that morning :) I was able to offer the words of encouragement I received from the song to the congregation! Hopefully, they had those lyrics singing in their heads as we took shelter the next day.  

I'll tell you, I've never seen the glory of God like when our typical 5 minute drive through our neighborhood to our house took nearly 20 minutes of winding and doubling back and going around all the fallen trees to turn on our street and see not a single downed tree! Then to find the top half of our tree square in our backyard missing my shed, our house, and the power lines that run above ground to the house from the back of the yard! I'm saying it: MY GLORIOUS!!

When I returned home, I listened to a Delirious? album named "The Mission Bell". Their song named "Take Off My Shoes" really ministered to me. I am amazed why Jesus would want to wash my feet.

Take Off My Shoes

I’ll take off my shoes, I’m coming in,
Untie this rope, I’m staying with him,
Love of my life, I’ll live and die,
Just for the moments for my king and I.

Why did you call, why did you wait,
For someone so guilty, someone so fake.
There are no words for my beautiful song,
Now I’m in the arms of my beautiful one.

Hold me, blow all the pride from my bones, with your fire.
Hold me, breathe on this heart made of stone, keep it pure.
Hold me, saviour of heaven and earth, King forever.
Hold me, love of my life lead me on, Through the fire, lead me on...

I’ll take off this crown and fall at your feet,
The secret of joy are the moments we meet.
How could a man with all of your fame,
Pull me from darkness and call me by name.

So hold me today, as I carry your cross,
Into the desert to find who is lost.
Look at my hands, they’re still full of faith,
God keep them clean till we finish the race.

Written by Delirious? ©2005 Curious? Music UK

"King" - Tree 63

"Rain Down" - Delirious

"From the inside out" - Hillsong United

"Love Song" - Jason Morant (the Mill Band version)

"How Great is our God" - Chris Tomlin (Chorus and Bridge only)

"Awesome is the Lord Most High" - Chris Tomlin (closing tune)

Also, just a reminder that we're doing a sat night worship gathering as well. Starts at 6:30 and so far it proves to be a fun, high energy service.

Let's get it started!!

Delirious was never known as being smooth with the opposite sex. Daizee Haze had an impeccable reputation in the locker room. She had never dated a wrestler. In fact, she was always seen as just one of the guys. Soon Haze and Delirious found themselves with some common rivals. They started to watch each others backs in matches. A friendship grew. Delirious then developed a crush on Haze. Many in the locker room thought it was cute as Delirious stumbled each time he tried to ask Haze out. Daizee, naive herself, was unaware of Delirious' infatuation. Then came along Rhett "Addicted To Love" Titus.

Rhett had gained a reputation in the locker room as a ladies man. In fact, there was no lady that he wouldn't go home with. Sometimes they were hot, sometimes not so much. One thing that was sure was that Rhett was out to score. He thought he could really impress his peers if he was the first wrestler to get with Haze. Titus did his best to manipulate the situation as seen in ROH Video Wires at ROHvideos.com and on recent DVDs. He played the nice guy while he continually managed to interrupt Delirious' attempts to ask Haze out. Delirious and Haze were no match for Titus when it came to the games of love.

It all came to a head at "Death Before Dishonor VI" in Manhattan. Delirious finally disposed of Titus and asked Haze out. However, Haze told Delirious that she wanted to remain friends. When you look at the situation and those involved closely you can understand Haze's point of view. She has never dated a wrestler. He reputation was unblemished. She was one of the boys and she wanted to stay that way. She never tried to lead Delirious on and if she did she didn't realize what she was doing. However, Delirious was hurt.

Meanwhile, Titus showed everyone that would watch a video he took on his cell phone. The video was finally made public in the most recent ROH Video Wire and it mentally destroyed Delirious. The video showed Rhett in Haze's bedroom, laying on Haze's bed while boasting that he is the first wrestler to make his way in between Haze's sheets. Since the video became public Haze has denied that anything happened. However, the damage was already done and Haze's reputation is tarnished. Her friends are saying that she is having a very hard time dealing with it. This will be a situation to keep an eye on.

Delirious now found himself alone and confused. Jimmy Jacobs, sensing a vulnerability, recruited Delirious into The Age Of The Fall. Jacobs is no stranger to the pain that love can bring and he convinced Delirious that he could relate to him. The result saw Jacobs get into Delirious' head. Delirious, now dark and disturbed, went on a rampage in his first weekend under the influence of Jacobs. He got his revenge on Titus by busting "Addicted To Love" open in a bloodbath in Cleveland. However, Delirious showed how heartless he has become when he ended the career of former partner Pelle Primeau in Chicago at the urging of Jacobs. There is only black where Delirious' heart once was. All this will be documented in a future ROH Video Wire.

The worst part in all this is that Haze now realizes she made a mistake by giving Delirious the "friend" line. It might be too late as Jacobs has a firm influence on Delirious. Daizee now finds her reputation in shambles and she has lost a friend. Delirious has become a monster in The Age Of The Fall. Innocence has been replaced by pain. There is no telling what the future brings for these changed individuals.

Watch this unfold for yourself at ROHvideos.com and on youtube:

-4/16/08 ROH Video Wire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJDWlE6qgpA): Delirious saves Daizee Haze from an attack from Sweet & Sour Inc.

-4/23/08 ROH Video Wire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj10giHAwAE): Daizee Haze has Delirious' back in a bout vs. The Necro Butcher (this is in the opening video)

-5/22/08 ROH Video Wire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1P0om92voA): Delirious tries to ask Daizee Haze out for the first time only for Rhett Titus to stick his nose in their business.

-6/25/08 ROH Video Wire Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn_C20r6XHg): Rhett tries to show that he is really a nice guy and sets up a training session with Delirious and Haze.

-7/24/08 ROH Video Wire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHSjdWtgs4M): Things don't go well for Delirious as this Video Wire features footage from the training session.

-7/31/08 ROH Video Wire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruIKTkRjZRs): Rhett starts showing off a video on his cell phone.

-8/14/08 ROH Video Wire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruIKTkRjZRs): Everyone is treating Haze differently after seeing the video. This is where you get to see the video yourself.

This will get you up to date with the entire situation, but there are many more details, incidents and happenings on recent ROH DVDs. Nothing will ever be the same again for Delirious and Daizee Haze.
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#4 - "Majesty" by Deliriou5?

Here I am humbled by Your Majesty,
Covered by Your grace so free
Here I am knowing I'm a sinful man,
Covered by the blood of the Lamb.
Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine,
Since You laid down Your life,
The greatest sacrifice.

Majesty, Majesty.
Your grace has found me just as I am,
Empty handed but alive in Your hands.

Here I am humbled by the love that You give,
Forgiven so that I can forgive.
So here I stand,
Knowing that I am Your desire,
Sanctified by glory and fire.
And now I've found the greatest love of all is mine,
Since You laid down Your life,
The greatest sacrifice.

Majesty, Majesty.
Your grace has found me just as I am,
Empty handed but alive in your hands.
Singing Majesty, Majesty.
Forever I am changed by Your love,
In the presence of Your Majesty.
Majesty.

Here's what I love about this song - it's simple and profound at the same time. I think that is what makes most songs special. Let's break it down:

Verse 1
Here I am humbled by Your Majesty,
Covered by Your grace so free
Here I am knowing I'm a sinful man,
Covered by the blood of the Lamb.

I love it here because these lines seem to put us in our place. Here we are - sinful, broken, and in need. But all of our inadequacies are covered - by his grace and by the blood of the Lamb. It's these concepts that can make our worship deeper and more in "Spirit & Truth" - when we realize the truth of our situation and our need for Him.

But my absolute favorite part is the chorus. It has a way of speaking from our spirit to God's in a powerful way.

Majesty, Majesty.
Your grace has found me just as I am,
Empty handed but alive in your hands.
Singing Majesty, Majesty.
Forever I am changed by Your love,
In the presence of Your Majesty.
Majesty.

I love "empty handed but alive in your hands" and "forever I am changed by your love."

Amen, amen, and amen. Let it be. Let us be changed.

(AA)

"We were on tour in India. We visited Prem Kiran--a humanitarian project in one of the red light districts in Mumbai, and it left us in shock. To see women enslaved in such circumstances is an outrage, but to see their own children growing up in such a completely hopeless environment was a tragedy. But there was hope. The team working at the project were taking the kids off the street and housing them, feeding them and giving basic education. They were working alongside the mothers, helping them find order in the chaos--a little peace in the storm. It's hard for a band to know how to respond to things like this. Mostly we just stood there with our mouths open and hearts wrenched out--unable to be put back the same. We knew we had to do something, no matter how small. And so we have committed to give part of our royalties to Prem Kiran. This money will primarily be able to put food in the children's stomachs but also help to provide school lessons and eventually re-house them and their mothers. Thanks for buying this CD and becoming part of the solution.  - D boys"

As I read this in the booklet accompanying Delirious?'s new album Kingdom of Comfort, I felt an immense sense of gratitude to the band. I was also humbled by the Love that motivates them to alleviate such pain.

These people in the "sovereign and secular" India live a life of hopeless despair and pain. The pain is so much that it numbs their hearts. All Indians know about this. The Indians who just get by hear it, see it and yet are unable to do anything about it. It desensitizes our hearts hearing it all the time. Such is life in the not-so-great parts of the Third World.

Then I got lost in thoughts of the people being helped....Thoughts the afflicted might be thinking as I got in to their mind...

As I was listening to the album I really liked the song "Love Will Find a Way". The lyrics capture some emotions one goes through when thinking about these things...

I thought I believed but I just turn away from these souls living in this hell today

Tears are falling on my face from face

Love, love will find a way to break through

This Love, finds a way to shine through....

I try to make sense of the things I've seen between the poverty and the five star dream..

Love will lead me to your feet

Love won't pass me on the street

Love will look me in the eye

Love won't leave me here to die...

To your arms I'm gonna run and escape what I've become...

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The Bad
The forecast is for rain this Sunday. Will keep you posted on the Yoyogi Park Hoop Fest!

And the down right silly
Dancing around naked, post fake tan lathering, in my apartment to David Guetta's Delirious when an earthquake hits! (Broke the record for clothes on, phone in hand and out the door action!)

Let us not forget the totally gorgeous!

The Briscoe Brothers vs. The Age of the Fall (Philedelphia Street Fight)
(ROH Take No Prisoners, 16/03/08)
Right, if I am watching a Street Fight featuring the Briscoes against members of The Age of the Fall, I want to see Jimmy Jacobs, not Necro Butcher and Joey Matthews. I quite liked Matthews in WWE (he was the lesser member of MNM but who wouldn't be next to John Morrison), and I don't even really mind Necro Butcher as long as he sticks to hardcore matches, so either of those two WITH Jacobs would have been fine. Instead, he spends this show in some 'undisclosed location' ripping off Fight Club to a bunch of random followers. Anyway, my man-crush on Jimmy Jacobs aside, this was still enjoyable. Necro can really give and take a hell of a beating in these type of matches, he's not shy about just getting his head caved in. Speaking of which, Mark Briscoe's head is literally pissing blood. Blimey. I like the Briscoes, both in crazy "loads of double-teams" tag team matches, and as angry redneck brawlers. A really cool thing in this match is the Briscoes going for the spingboard Doomsday Device on Necro, who just swats Mark out of mid-air by just punching the fuck out of him. The end is awesome too; after Jay Briscoe gives Matthews the Death Valley Driver through a table setup in the corner, Mark does a massive splash off the scaffolding onto Necro Butcher and another table, and the Briscoes are victorious. Yay!

Raven vs. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Chris Benoit (Triple Jeopardy Match)
(WCW Uncensored, 15/03/98)
I was on a bit of a Raven kick recently, he might be a bit of a fat washed-up clown now, but that doesn’t change how awesome he used to be. This match is really fun, introducing a lot of three-way spots and sequences that we’ve seen a lot of now, but back then it was something fresh and new and seemed genuinely chaotic. Same thing with some of the weapon use; the old “everything INCLUDING the kitchen sink!” line was killed dead in the WWF Hardcore division, but this was the first time I remember seeing it. The three of them keep making and breaking alliances, which is cool, and they do a courageous underdog thing with Page, after he gets completely killed on the outside, but crawls back to the ring and actually manages to win after a top-rope Diamond Cutter through a table on Raven. I also liked Raven using Lodi’s cardboard sign as a weapon, but GASP there’s a metal stop sign hidden inside it! Good match, watch it.

Raven vs. Diamond Dallas Page (Bowery Death Cage Match)
(WCW Slamboree, 17/05/98)
This is basically a Last Man Standing match in a cage with a roof on it, with weapons already inside the cage. The wacky name is a good sign that Raven came up with it himself after a night of PCP, bisexual orgies and Pearl Jam. I was never a big DDP fan, but WCW crowds at this point obviously were, he’s so fucking popular. To be fair to him, he does a good job in this match, which is basically show charisma while beating someone up with weapons/getting beaten up with weapons, and DDP could always do that. He tries to hang Raven from the roof of the cage with a noose, which is quite mean, and later a VCR gets used, allowing Bobby Heenan to make plenty of jokes. Raven has a riot squad with him for some reason, and two of them get into the cage and attack Page, revealing themselves to be members of Raven’s Flock (Horace Hogan and Billy Kidman). This sets up a great bit where Kidman is hanging from the roof of the cage and DDP swings him by the legs straight into a Diamond Cutter. DDP ends up winning the match after another Diamond Cutter (possibly on a chair, I can’t remember). Raven in WCW was swank.

The Age of the Fall vs. BxB Hulk & Shingo Takagi
(ROH Dragon Gate Challenge II, 28/03/08)
I went out of my way to watch this match because I’m becoming a fan of BxB Hulk and Shingo Takagi after seeing them a few times, and because the Age of the Fall are represented by Tyler Black and Jimmy Jacobs, instead of Joey Matthews and Zach Gowen or some other idiots. I wasn’t disappointed, I REALLY like Jacobs in violent brawls but I haven’t seen enough of him and Black in fast-paced tags, so this was cool, and if you’re going to have a match like that, getting some Dragon Gate people is the best possible step. Basically they go back and forth, busting out a load of sweet double-teams (my favourites being Hulk and Shingo’s missile dropkick/backdrop suplex, and Jacobs and Tyler’s torture rack/senton/kick to face combo), as well as Age of the Fall obviously taking the chance to pick on effeminate anime character Hulk until Shingo got to make the save and go wild with suplexes and lariats and all manner of tomfoolery. There’s plenty of other cool stuff that happens, as it’s a really fun match, but I really need to limit the amount of times I stay up until past 3 am watching/writing about wrestling, so I’ll just say that I very much enjoyed this match and I was impressed by everyone involved; I already knew how awesome Jimmy Jacobs was but I’m now fully convinced about everyone else too. Hooray!

Bryan Danielson vs. Delirious
(ROH The 100th Show, 22/04/06)
Bryan Danielson is clearly great, Delirious has entertained me the times I’ve seen him. I keep reading online that his act has gotten really stale now, but I haven’t seen him enough for that to happen, and this is before all that anyway so whatever. This was during Danielson’s “Best In The World” heel gimmick, and it’s really good as a showcase for that. Delirious doesn’t even get an offensive move in for seven or eight minutes, it’s all just the American Dragon caving his head in, putting him in various submissions and basically prawning him. This was during the whole ROH vs. CZW feud, so there’s some CZW rubes in the crowd who are heckling the match (not enough light bulbs and/or forward rolls I imagine), and you can tell Dragon loves playing up to it and just being a dick to them. This isn’t a total squash, it sets up that Danielson is clearly ranked well above Delirious, but Delirious is gutsy and what not, so eventually he does make a comeback and it’s pretty fun. However, it only annoys Danielson, who throws him into the ringpost head-first, then rips his mask apart and bites the wound. What a fucking prick. Delirious manages to make another comeback eventually, and actually has Danielson in trouble with the Cobra Stretch, but after a back superplex (in which Delirious apparently sliced his hand open pretty deep on ROH’s shabby corner posts), Danielson gets him with the repeated MMA elbows to the head and just fucks him up until the referee stops the match. This was a pretty cool match, as expected.

You see, early on in the evening I spotted a couple of security guards watching the England vs Cameroon World Cup quarter-final on a 12'' black and white portable TV. I could see them from my seat, but I couldn't see the game itself. "I'm just nipping down to see what the score is," I said. "I'll be five minutes".

I ambled down to the foyer and asked the score. It was still o-o at that point, so I thought I'd just give it til half-time and see if England scored. £40 we'd forked out for these tickets to see an artist who toured once every five or six years.

Two hours later, after Gary Lineker's second penalty in extra time had secured a victory, there must have been three hundred blokes and two security guards jumping all over each other, hugging and cheering as England progressed to the semi-final against the old enemy, and with Paul Gascoigne in the team and playing well, England were a shoe-in for the final...

Delirious

Grade: C+
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon
Director: Tom DiCillo
Rated:
Runtime: 107 minutes
Release Company: Peace Arch
www.delirious-lefilm.com

Some are pretty and/or blessed, while quite a few more people inhabit less prestigious social rungs - and it sucks to suck.  So observes Tom DiCillo (Living in Oblivion, The Real Blonde), well-to-do MediocriVille inhabitant.  With a thoughtless smear of jet black, "kinda-funny-lookin" Buscemi's character Les is painted - a misanthropic scavenger of celebrity, a paparazzi photographer.  Aside from being, like us all, a human being, he has not one redeeming quality.  Les encounters a charming, self-effacing young vagrant named Toby and takes him on as an assistant, letting him just-adequate closet space for sleep.  To no great surprise, seeing the two men stand side-by-side in public illuminates Les's complete lack of character, kindness, and patience, especially when other warm bodies instinctively gravitate towards Toby.  Les gives Toby plenty of reasons to better-deal him, which Toby naturally ends up doing through no fault of his own (as he is virtually faultless).  Wannabe actor Toby is inevitably spotted and becomes involved in a perfect cover-story union with a perpetually cleavage-baring pop diva, performed well, as usual, by Alison Lohman.  The question becomes how can the utterly bitter Les go on living, having now had a true taste of the celebrity he's whored himself for for years?

Really, celebrities, pretty people, happy stories, beauty personified in others – its why many people go to the movies in the first place; the vicarious experience of celebrity, fame, beauty, lust, adoration.  Could it be that those who view art, and don’t create it, are nothing more than paparazzi of a different nature?  Delirious is successful in its choice of subject matter – beyond that, it’s about as piercing as a TV movie.  The film is like the character of Toby - decent, earnest, but rather simple and ineffectual.  Alas, DiCillo.  He illuminated a world in which a select few are born into adoration and talent - God save the rest.

There's nothing else I want, nothing far greater...
I am nothing without you, but I am everything with you...
I have been transformed with the purest love, the purest adoration -- and I cannot live without you, Jesus!!!

From the song "Take Off My Shoes" by Delirious?

"Why did you call, why did you wait,
For someone so guilty, someone so fake.
There are no words for my beautiful song,
Now I’m in the arms of my beautiful one...

...I’ll take off this crown and fall at your feet,
The secret of joy are the moments we meet.
How could a man with all of your fame,
Pull me from darkness and call me by name."

((CSS reference, anyone?))

but anyway.

last night i went to church to go practice for retreat worship. we played through about 4 songs in...about 2 hours? so that's not bad at all. and i was kind of reluctant to do it with the team i got traded into just because i feel really intimidated by certain people, but it was alright. i guess i just have to deal with the fact that i'm not as outgoing as other people, and that i have my own talents and i needn't compare myself to other people. yeah?

anyway, it was really fun last night, i really like just being part of a team, which i've probably mentioned in an earlier entry...(-_-);;; anyhow, i cannot wait to play at retreat. even though i know i'll be super nervous :) but. i was listening to some new music this morning, ((ONE OK ROCK!!!!)) and i was researching some of their info, and the bassist of ONE OK ROCK (so coool orz) uses this sexy bass.

like honestly, could a bass LOOK any better? gosh. such an attractive bass. and i dont even ilke basses. like seriously. ;_; omggggg OTL

sadly, i have a bunch of zipped albums in my downloads folder because i havent had time to unzip and load them into iTunes. and even if i did, i rpobably wouldn't have time to listen to it. i have to focus on retreat music.. but that's nto bad. like our theme song will be HISTORY MAKER by Delirious? below is the live version, which is seriously like. not bad at all

the beginning is so epic. the bass part is so cool. and he does a riff during verses 3 and 4 which i have to learn by tomorrow afternoon. BUT ITS SO COOL OTL. i cannot wait to hear kevin play it though, haha. i wonder if he'll rock out? and since steven's not with me at practice i feel really insecure all the time because if i turn up the bass i'm afraid they'll yell at me, and if i dont play loud enough i'm afraid the audience wont be able to hear me but the band won't care. -_- but i guess i shouldn't worry about silly things like that.

]]> http://scegligesu.wordpress.com/?p=799 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:15:53 +0000 scegligesu http://scegligesu.wordpress.com/?p=799 Vorresti tanto un vero amico ma in fondo non credi che l'amicizia esista, ti sforzi di fidarti di chi ti sta attorno ma hai avuto soltanto delusioni, continui a vivere nella tua freddezza e indifferenza perchè dubiti che esista qualcuno capace di amare davvero!

Io ero come te prima di conoscerlo e fare "amicizia con Lui", si proprio AMICIZIA! ;)
IN LUI HO TROVATO L'AMICO PERFETTO! :D
MOLTO PIù FEDELE DI CHIUNQUE ALTRO, ANZI.. FEDELE E BASTA! :P

è vero, è difficile essere degli ottimi amici, ma io non ti sto parlando di uno qualunque..
TI STO PARLANDO DI GESù!

What a friend I've found
Che amico ho trovato
Closer than a brother
Più vicino di un fratello
I have felt your touch
Ho sentito il Suo tocco
More intimate than lovers
Più intimo di un amante

Jesus, Jesus
Jesus, friend forever
Gesù, Gesù
Gesù, amico per sempre

What a hope I've found
Che speranza ho trovato
More faithful than a mother
Più fedele di una madre
It would break my heart
mi spezzerebbe il cuore
To ever lose each other
se mai ci perdessimo

My all time favorite "worship band" Delirious? are calling it quits. The Lord has used their songs in so many ways in my life. With so little recognition most people have no idea who Martin Smith is and yet his songs have made their way into so many congregations across the world. They will be missed.

I have found out now that if I put off doing the work of updating my blog, I end up doing more work as I try to write all of my news at once. I should have learned by now, but I'm afraid that I am incorrigible. (I like that line from The Sound of Music.) So I shall probably continue to procrastinate for a month and then, in a frenzy of good intentions, try to write everything at once, as I am doing now. Oh well, if you don't like, I guess you'll just have to leave. (Wait! I didn't really mean that! Come back!)

I'm going to start out by introducing you to a very important person in my life. I would call him my boyfriend, but we've never been out on a date, (a fact that we plan on remedying very soon). I wouldn't say that we are courting either, though it seems to be a popular thing nowadays. We do have a difficult time defining our relationship by modern standards, but I like that. I'm not the kind of person who wants to be categorized. Suffice it to say that it seems our paths will cross (and join?) in the future. But right now he lives 1,889 miles away. So for the moment, our interactions are confined to phone calls and letters. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. I feel that God has worked it out this way for a purpose, and I can't wait to see what He's going to make out of it. It's going to be beautiful and unique. So without further ado, my dear readers, I introduce you to Evan, my beau.

The last few weeks of June were an adventure for my family. We made an 11 hour drive up to north-western Wisconsin, and stayed for 10 days. For my dad, it was a business trip. He had developed a computer database program for a friend of ours who runs a Christian retreat/campground. Dad spent the whole time diligently installing the new system and familiarizing them with the differences. He didn't get a whole lot of relax time in on this "vacation", poor guy. But the rest of us had the run of the campground. It was a pretty big place, but we walked most anwhere we wanted to go. We were blessed with perfect weather the whole time we were there; not hot enough to discourage spending time outside, and not cold enough to keep us from swimming. I forgot to add that we used to live in north-west WI, so it was extra special seeing some of the places and faces so familiar from when I was growing up. We went canoeing (which was a blast!) hiking, and swimming almost every day.

Hehe, now that you are all sufficiently jealous, I'll tell you the bad news. I was swimming one day in a pair of shorts that I had been wearing earlier, and suddenly realized that i had forgotten to take my cell phone out of my pocket before jumping in the lake! You may laugh, but this happens to me all the time. I have got to be the most absent-minded person I know. So my phone was submerged for at least twenty minutes. Technocide. My brother tried CPR, but it was too late. It was officially dead. So do you remember that guy named Evan? The one who lives 1,889 miles away? The guy I can only talk to over the phone? Yeah, him. You can see what a blow this was.

Thankfully when we got home, my mom found a solution. My brother Ronald dropped his phone in a lake a couple months back. (I guess it runs in the family.) Well, it hadn't worked after that, so he bought a new phone. My mom never throws away anything that might be useful, so she kept his old phone. When we got back, she turned it on, and lo and behold, it worked! I guess it dried out and that was the only problem. So I have a phone again, which is more than I deserve. So coming out of an experience like that, I hope that I have learned a valuable lesson. I have earned the nickname of "Phone-killer", from my good friend Paul (so sweet of him).

Another great thing about life right now: Ronald bought me a Switchfoot CD! He got me The Beautiful Letdown and I seriously haven't stopped listening to it since I got it two weeks ago. I think I would call this one of my all-time favorite albums, ranking right up there with Delirious?, which is saying a lot coming from me. I have listened to these 11 songs over and over and still do not tire of hearing them. Switchfoot has such a unique sound: rocking electric guitars paired with some funky electronic vibes and brought together by Jon Foreman's soothing vocals. It makes me wish I had the money to go out and buy every one of their CDs plus Jon Foreman's solo stuff. Too bad. I am content. :)

Seems to me like the days are getting longer
For everyone there's no fun when there's no time to sleep
Working on and on for a day in the sun
Counting down the days to it stops (every day)

Can you hear us?
Watch the sun on my skin
And the world that I'm in
Makes me delirious

Can you hear us?
With a smile on my face
And it's far to complete
I'm delirious

Can you hear us?
Watch the sun on my skin
And the world that I'm in
Makes me delirious

Can you hear us?
With a smile on my face
And it's far to complete
I'm delirious

Take me away make me a holiday!
Delirious
Take me away make me a holiday!
Delirious

Under the sun I feel I'm getting stronger
Time to rewind my mind and recharge my batteries
'Cause it takes so long
And too soon it's gone
Holding back the days to my reality (yeah)

Take me away, make me a holiday
Take me away, make me a holiday
Delirious

Can you hear us?
Watch the sun on my skin
And the world that I'm in
Makes me delirious

Can you hear us?
With a smile on my face
And it's far to complete
I'm delirious

Can you hear us?
Watch the sun on my skin
And the world that I'm in
Makes me delirious

Can you hear us?
With a smile on my face
And it's far to complete
I'm delirious

Ohh yeah yeah
Ohh
Delirious
Ohh ohh
Ohh yeah
Yeah yeah yeah

Can you hear us?
Watch the sun on my skin
And the world that I'm in
Makes me delirious

Can you hear us?
With a smile on my face
And it's far to complete
I'm delirious

Can you hear us?
Watch the sun on my skin
And the world that I'm in
Makes me delirious

Can you hear us?
With a smile on my face
And it's far to complete
I'm delirious

-1. delirious calls it quits. crazy after i just saw those guys just a few wks ago. here's the link for their farewell message

-2. really cool article from ricky merrefield who does pro presenter (mediashout for mac x10) at revolution church. he offers really cool insight, even though it's seen as a small job, it's one of the most important on the production side of things. read it here.

ncaa out tomorrow. actually at midnight. can't wait