Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Ode To The Yellow Pages


(On Saturday, Wanda and I made the hard decision to get rid of our phone book and Yellow Pages. We never use them because we look everything up on the www. Here is a tribute to the social icon that is the Yellow Pages.)








Oh yellow pages yellow pages
You're big and yellow
Oh yellow pages yellow pages
Can only be lifted by a strong fellow

All of your listings
Are in very small print
If I want to see them
I really have to squint

14 CD's
Or a bowl of bon bons
Will fit on the bookshelf
Now that you're gone

Oh yellow pages yellow pages
In the recycling are ya
Oh yellow pages yellow pages
I bid you sianara

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Surveys, I Love Surveys

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Paul
Birthday: August 19, 1970
Birthplace: Grand Falls, Nfld
Current Location: Vancouver
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown (grey??)
Height: 6'4''
Right Handed or Left Handed: Lefty Loosy
Your Heritage: Newfie
The Shoes You Wore Today: Asics
Your Weakness: Blogs
Your Fears: Bad Coffee and out of tune guitars
Your Perfect Pizza: Meat. Lotsa meat!!
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Finish my business plan
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: g2g
Thoughts First Waking Up: My back hurts
Your Best Physical Feature: Facial hair
Your Bedtime: 11pm
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi (I'm from Nfld)
MacDonalds or Burger King: MMMcD's.
Single or Group Dates: Single dates with Wanda or group with DMac and Le
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Snapple
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Cap unless you're at Starbucks then coffee
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: Heck yeah
Do you Sing: for a living
Do you Shower Daily: yep
Have you Been in Love: I AM
Do you want to go to College: been there done that sort of (WPBC)
Do you want to get Married: I AM
Do you belive in yourself: Not as much as my wife does
Do you get Motion Sickness: All the time. Especially on the bus
Do you think you are Attractive: No
Are you a Health Freak: No
Do you get along with your Parents: Better now than ever
Do you like Thunderstorms: I live in Vancouver of course I do
Do you play an Instrument: A few
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you smoked: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Not of my own free will
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: 6 (YESSSS!!!!!)
In the past month have you been on Stage: At Church????
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: some would say that I got Wanda to marry me would imply some sort of felony.
Ever been Drunk: July 1st, 1987. That will be the last time
Ever been called a Tease: I'm much to blunt for that
Ever been Beaten up: Been over 6 feet since grade 7. You figure it out
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: In bed cuddled into Wanda
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A Coffee shop owner/pastor
What country would you most like to Visit: South Africa
Number of Drugs I have taken: None
Number of CDs I own: 209
Number of Piercings: None (and probably too late to start now)
Number of Tattoos: None
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I was mean to my sister when we were growing up.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

I'm Addicted To Blog Surveys

You Are an Espresso

At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic

At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung

You drink coffee when: anytime you're not sleeping

Your caffeine addiction level: high

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Leave a Comment


In reference to the church, I heard a great quote last night:

"It's not WHAT WE DO together, but WHO WE ARE together." - Mark DeHoog

Any thoughts??

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

I Don't Get It




There's something about this picture I don't understand but it really draws me in. i'm not sure I even know what it is. What do you think?

Monday, March 13, 2006

WORD OF THE WEEK (for me anyway)

Lately I have found great comfort from these words. It makes sense to share them with you, my friends:

Lamentations 3:22-25

NIV
22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;


MESSAGE
22 GOD's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up.

23 They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!

24 I'm sticking with GOD (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left.

25 GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Coming Clean


At Conference On The Ministry I made the following statement:

"When you start something new in ministry, you measure success differently"

A friend asked me to unpack this statement a little bit and I thought I'd address it through a post just in case someone else heard me say that and needed an explanation:




I'm not sure why I made that comment because in retrospect I actually don't measure success any differently. I was probably saying it to make myself feel good.

OR, I have always measured success improperly. Maybe I've always cared about what I think success is. Maybe I've been too caught up with "closing the deal" with an unsaved person.

OR, success is a term that is totally incongruent with the gospel. Maybe the heart is not a measurable thing.

Or maybe I'm afraid of failing. Maybe I'm so consumed with the need down here that failing will absolutely devastate me.

I'm not sure.

Friday, March 10, 2006

A Word Picture Of My Mission Field - Part 1

The smell of dried urine / Suits / Canuck fans sad / Lions fans drunk / No sunlight / Beautiful mountains / "Hey baby, do you want to party?" / Good sushi / "Can you spare 40 cents" / "Nice place you got here" / Close to everywhere / 15 minutes to drive 3 blocks / "Hi how are you? Fine. How are you? Fine." / "Hey buddy watch where you're going." / Good coffee / "Where do we store this?" / Pay for parking / No grass / Justice for the oppressed / Faith for the faithless.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

What Have We Been Up To??


Well We've been around. We went to Alberta and helped out at a youth conference that some of our old youth put on in Slave Lake. Of course that meant we got to spend some time with family which is always good. We got back and headed right into a couple of conferences. We lead worship at Timeout which is a relationship first conference for next generation leaders. Then I was a presenter at our denomination's Conference On The Ministry. I got to talk about our downtown ministry and how life looks different for us.

Tonight I'm sitting at home and reflecting on the last 2 weeks. I'm not really awake enough to draw too many conclusions but here's a couple:
1. God's only measure of success is faithfulness.
2. The church needs to embrace it's community and investigate other ways of "GO"ing.
3. We are so blessed with great friends.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Posting Video


Video Sharing at DropShots.com


I think I found out how to post video. Here's a short video that tells a little bit about what Historymaker does. Thanks to Dawn Block for the tip.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Whew!! I'm OK??

You Are 16% Abnormal

You are at low risk for being a psychopath. It is unlikely that you have no soul.

You are at low risk for having a borderline personality. It is unlikely that you are a chaotic mess.

You are at low risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is unlikely that you are in love with your own reflection.

You are at low risk for having a social phobia. It is unlikely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement.

You are at low risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is unlikely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer.