From the monthly archives:

August 2008

promo video

August 30, 2008

scott rubin and i participated in shooting a little promo video last fall for MY FUTURE and MY CHANGES, the last two of the middle school survival series, which just released. weird to see myself 50 pounds heavier, and with that crazy long hair.

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and… we’re out

August 29, 2008

today is our last partial day in our old house. we sleep in the new one tonite. all the boxes are moved (thanks to a grip of friends yesterday), and the movers come this morning to take the furniture over. last night, being our last night in the house we’ve lived in for 7 years, [...]

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saint/celebrity

August 29, 2008

great insight on the usually funny, sometimes insightful blog indexed, the other day:

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lucas isn’t gonna change

August 28, 2008

two and a half years ago, when zondervan bought youth specialties, we announced it with this goofy little video. so, i got a great kick out of seeing this new video of lucas leys, our spanish director. actually, lucas just got a promotion: he’s now the vp of spanish ministries for ys, as well as [...]

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liesl will start attending a new private high school this fall that’s part of the school she’s been attending the last few years. it’s called the waldorf high school of san diego. it’s tiny to begin with — 14 students in the freshman class (which will be the only class this fall). but for those [...]

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cool new online ys catalog

August 27, 2008

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at the risk of jumping on the bandwagon, i think donald miller did a fantastic job with the closing benediction at the dnc. there’s one little bit of this video where the sound drops out, but it comes back…

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priceless

August 26, 2008

tickets to a padres game: free (thanks to michelle fockler, vp of events at ys) parking: $10 two slices of pizza, two diet cokes, nachos, cotton candy, a butterfinger, and a package of powdered donuts: $27 taking max to a padres game, when a home run in the 9th inning, with two outs and two [...]

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totem destroyer

August 26, 2008

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funny bit on the stuff christians like blog the recently about packs of teenagers and airport layovers. i’m sure youth ministry readers will resonate with this (as well as anyone who has been in an airport when there are roving mobs of teenagers traveling together): Does anything good happen on a layover at the airport [...]

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