Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Abiding in Baoding
Brothers,
I just want to ask you all to pray for a project I'm working on.
Recently, I've been writing a book called Abiding in Baoding about my time in China. It is basically a simple tale of true events and real moments where I saw God moving through the Spirit in Baoding (the city where I lived) during those two years.
I'd love you to pray for:
* Diligence in this project (300 pg. double-spaced is my goal by April 1).
* My heart in the of writing this.
* Sharing it with people when its done.
That's it and that's all, dear brothers. I love each of you a lot!
In the words of Kevin Hughes, "Hearts and Farts",
Ryan
I just want to ask you all to pray for a project I'm working on.
Recently, I've been writing a book called Abiding in Baoding about my time in China. It is basically a simple tale of true events and real moments where I saw God moving through the Spirit in Baoding (the city where I lived) during those two years.
I'd love you to pray for:
* Diligence in this project (300 pg. double-spaced is my goal by April 1).
* My heart in the of writing this.
* Sharing it with people when its done.
That's it and that's all, dear brothers. I love each of you a lot!
In the words of Kevin Hughes, "Hearts and Farts",
Ryan
Monday, January 24, 2011
Props fer Beamer and company
A major compliment to coaching is when recruiting classes begin to outperform expectations on a consistent basis. Virginia Tech is the best example of that.
Virginia Tech, despite being No. 21 in recruiting, has a .752 winning percentage with four ACC titles in its seven years in the league.
"No question Virginia Tech is recruiting players for their system and sometimes that means they'll pull a two-star or three-star that fits like Jarrett Boykin (3-star) or Rashad Carmichael (2-star)," Brian Mohr, publisher of HokieHaven.com, said. "Their recruiting classes have drastically improved over the past five years and they have always targeted the top players around the region, especially in-state."
Found this article on Rivals talking about how recruiting rankings do not mean a win all. Pretty sweet. Thought I'd share are love for dem Hokie footballers.
Word,
Kev
Sunday, January 23, 2011
go hokies!!
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.break.com%2Findex%2Fenter-the-kazoo-man.html&h=dc5e5
Friday, January 21, 2011
funny
TEXAS BEER JOINT SUES CHURCH over LIGHTNING STRIKE
ONLY IN TEXAS ...
Texas Beer Joint Sues Church In Mt. Vernon, Texas, Drummond's Bar began
construction on expansion of their building to increase their business.
In response, the local Baptist church started a campaign to block the
bar from expanding with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up
until the week before the grand reopening when lightning struck the bar
and it burned to the ground.
After the bar burning to the ground by a lightning strike the church
folks were rather smug in their outlook, bragging about the power of
prayer, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the
church" was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building,
either through direct or indirect actions or means".
In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all
responsibility or any connection to the building's demise.
The judge read through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's
reply and at the opening hearing he commented, "I don't know how I'm
going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork that we have a
bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church
congregation that now does not."
then
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/prayer.asp
ONLY IN TEXAS ...
Texas Beer Joint Sues Church In Mt. Vernon, Texas, Drummond's Bar began
construction on expansion of their building to increase their business.
In response, the local Baptist church started a campaign to block the
bar from expanding with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up
until the week before the grand reopening when lightning struck the bar
and it burned to the ground.
After the bar burning to the ground by a lightning strike the church
folks were rather smug in their outlook, bragging about the power of
prayer, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the
church" was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building,
either through direct or indirect actions or means".
In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all
responsibility or any connection to the building's demise.
The judge read through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's
reply and at the opening hearing he commented, "I don't know how I'm
going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork that we have a
bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church
congregation that now does not."
then
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/prayer.asp
Thursday, January 20, 2011
To the haters!!
http://thedailywh.at/post/2403467852/epic-meal-of-the-day-the-epic-meal-time-gourmands
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
frater
I remember the first house we lived in when we moved to Kernersville in '89. I cant really remember anything before living in that house. I think the earliest I can remember is getting our dog Rudy that first Christmas in Kville. There were some girls down the street to play with but that was about it. So since I was scared of girls, I hung out with my dog in the woods mainly. I think dogs appreciate having a little boy around. For some reason I remembered the first friend I ever made today. He lived down the street from us and after we met we hung out all the time. I remember that strange new feeling of having a friend. it was cool experiencing that for the first time. It was a unique flavor, like the first time you ever have watermelon on a summer day. Or pizza. Anyhow, it definitely left its mark. thanks guys. Hope you are doing well.
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
john 15
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
john 15
Luke 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAFif1t7Uhs
23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Whoppaheads, be yourselves
Stephen: Fine speech. Now what do we do?
William Wallace: Just be yourselves.
Hamish: Where are you going?
William Wallace: I'm going to pick a fight.
Hamish: Well, we didn't get dressed up for nothing.
Lewis: Mere C.
“At the beginning I said there were Personalities in God. I will go further now. There are no real personalities anywhere else. Until you have given up yourself to Him you will not have a real self. Sameness is to be found most among the most ‘natural’ men, not among those who surrender to Christ. How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been; how gloriously different are the saints.
But there must be a real giving up of the self. You must throw it away ‘blindly’ so to speak. Christ will indeed give you a real personality: but you must not go to Him for the sake of that. As long as your own personality is what you are bothering about you are not going to Him at all. The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self (which is Christ’s and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.
Does that sound strange? The same principle holds, you know, for more every day matters. Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you are making. Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original; whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and and favourite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life.
Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. but look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.“
Luke 9:23 (New International Version, ©2010)
23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Get. Some.
William Wallace: Just be yourselves.
Hamish: Where are you going?
William Wallace: I'm going to pick a fight.
Hamish: Well, we didn't get dressed up for nothing.
Lewis: Mere C.
“At the beginning I said there were Personalities in God. I will go further now. There are no real personalities anywhere else. Until you have given up yourself to Him you will not have a real self. Sameness is to be found most among the most ‘natural’ men, not among those who surrender to Christ. How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been; how gloriously different are the saints.
But there must be a real giving up of the self. You must throw it away ‘blindly’ so to speak. Christ will indeed give you a real personality: but you must not go to Him for the sake of that. As long as your own personality is what you are bothering about you are not going to Him at all. The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self (which is Christ’s and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.
Does that sound strange? The same principle holds, you know, for more every day matters. Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you are making. Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original; whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and and favourite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life.
Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. but look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.“
Luke 9:23 (New International Version, ©2010)
23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Get. Some.
James Ryan
Hello!
James Ryan deployed today for 6 months. He will be working on the reactors of an aircraft carrier the whole time. Here is his email if you have a minute to drop him a message. Just any random stuff about fishing, hunting, the hokies, whoppaheads, chicken wings, red snapper, and of course the gospel.
this is his favorite quote from "God's and Generals" as well. might want to chuck it in there to make him smile
As a Christian man my first allegance is to God, my second... is to Virginia. - Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals
ramesjyan@gmail.com
he is pretty pumped to be out there right now and he will be stopping at multiple ports. first is portugal in 2-3 weeks.
thanks brus
James Ryan deployed today for 6 months. He will be working on the reactors of an aircraft carrier the whole time. Here is his email if you have a minute to drop him a message. Just any random stuff about fishing, hunting, the hokies, whoppaheads, chicken wings, red snapper, and of course the gospel.
this is his favorite quote from "God's and Generals" as well. might want to chuck it in there to make him smile
As a Christian man my first allegance is to God, my second... is to Virginia. - Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals
ramesjyan@gmail.com
he is pretty pumped to be out there right now and he will be stopping at multiple ports. first is portugal in 2-3 weeks.
thanks brus
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Awesome!
http://www.diynetwork.com/home-improvement/awesome-rooms-from-man-caves/pictures/index.html
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Prov 4
Proverbs 4
Get Wisdom at Any Cost
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get[a] wisdom.
Though it cost all you have,[b] get understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[c] paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
Get Wisdom at Any Cost
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get[a] wisdom.
Though it cost all you have,[b] get understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[c] paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
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