Rachel

"So, how about telling the world how Rachel is doing these days?"  inquired an anonymous reader.  That's really a great question!  So, I've come up with some questions to ask the most amazing wife in the world and here are her answers:

1. How are you doing? I am tired, but I am doing great.  I am measuring 30 cm (bottom of uterus to the top) which is exactly where I should be at 30 weeks.

2. Are you going to get a job? No, I don't plan on getting a job.

3. What are your thoughts on this year's World Series? I think it is great that the Sox won it in four nights so that noone had to waste any more time watching.

4. Should Georgia Tech fire Chan Gailey? No, not yet.  Let him finish out his contract.

5. What is your favorite bread recipe? My favorite bread recipe is my whole wheat bread recipe from Eva, that I need to make today.

6. Are you hoping for a boy or a girl? I think the baby is a boy.  I will not say what I am hoping for.

7. Isn't David the most dreamy and amazing husband in the world? Absolutely!

 So, there you go anonymous reader, Rachel, in her own words.  My ultimate plan for the blog is to have a "His" side and a "Hers" side.  That won't happen until late november/december, so stay tuned!

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So, I guess you will have to suffer with those annoying little windows that appear occasionally by moving your mouse over certain words.  Just so you know - those are the words with two lines underneath.  The ones with only one line underneath are my links.  Sorry for any inconvenience, but I guess that's the price to pay for a free web-blog service.

Concert Friends

It's really cool when you go to a concert and end up meeting new friends!  I remember my second Third Day show ever, at Hills Alive in South Dakota.  That was over six years ago and our family is still in touch with the folks we met and spent most of our time with at that concert!  In fact, we're going to share Thanksgiving dinner with them this year.  God is so awesome!  Today, I'm going to visit a church in Knoxville after having met some really nice folks at the Jeremy Camp concert.  They invited me and of course, I wasn't doing anything else, so I'm off to visit them at their church this morning.   One friend I had met at the Third Day concert in Alaska was particularly excited to be there - she had flown all the way from Germany for a company trip and now she was standing next to me and my wife on the front row.  She tried all night long to catch one of the many picks that Mac, Brad, Tai and Mark throw out at the crowd, to no avail.  Well, I caught one (or picked it up, or something) and gave it to her.  Voila - friend!  It's that easy, folks.  God Bless!

Finally, a real blog!

Yes, I have finally figured out how to turn this mediocre web blog into a better than mediocre blog.  Thanks to blogsavy.com for providing the service that makes it happen!  Now I just need to fix the rest of my site. . .  Go ahead and try to send a comment and I'll see if I can figure this puppy out.  God Bless!

Welcome India!

That now makes visitors from two new countries in a week!  I'm happy to see that the world is starting to notice our happy little community.  

On Friday, after work, I went to the club with some co-workers up here and watched the first half of "Transformers" - GO AIR FORCE!  Then I chilled at a co-worker's home with another friend (all of our wives were out of town) and we had an acoustic jam session.  It was groovy. . . One of the dudes left and I was introduced to Guitar Hero: 80's for PlayStation.  I have to admit, I've never been a big fan of video games.  This game, however, ROCKED!  I had a blast - even though real skills at the guitar are next to useless to do well in this game.  Good rythem helps, as does hand - eye coordination, like any video game.

Today I vegged out in the rental car - a totally sweet blue PT Cruiser.  Yes, I vegged out in the rental for over 7 hours!  I explored all over the Smokies and hit Cades Cove and Clingman's Dome.  There was a brief intermission at a classy little dive - Mel's Diner - but most of the day was spent listening to Channel 66 on satellite radio (Spirit) and enjoying the essence of fall in Tennessee.  You might say, "But Dave, Tennessee's not really Alaska, is it?", as if to say it's not pretty enough.  Yes, you are right - Tennessee is not Alaska, thankfully.  I'm not sure I would have enjoyed my drive nearly as much at 30-below today.  I certainly wouldn't have made the mile hike up and back at Clingman's Dome to the observation tower.  Anyway, you naysayers can sit back and pretend your day spent watching college football was more rewarding than the half tank I spent cruising the Appalachians in fall.  You just do that. . .

Anyway, this blog entry is getting too long, so I'm going to cut it short.  Besides, my clam chowder is getting cold, the french bread is getting stale and Panera closes in 50 minutes.  God bless!

Jeremy Camp, Knoxville, TN

Last night I went to see Jeremy Camp in concert, with opening act: Mainstay. Both were awesome! I got in line at the ticket office (tix were on will call) about 15 minutes before they opened. By the time I got my tickets, I was pretty far back in line - stretching out in to the parking lot. It was pretty windy also and the line grew very long as the doors opened twenty minutes late! Anyway, being alone makes it easy to squeeze in with a group at a general admission concert and that's exactly what happened! So, I sat just left of center, in the third row! It was sweet! I think the best part was the second set, when Jeremy sang with his wife, who is also coming out with an album. Overall, it was an awesome experience. I've got a few more concerts coming up and I'll be sure to post on those as well. Additionally, I've decided that it's probably time I start a page dedicated to my favorite band: Third Day. I've got a bunch of great stories from the last ten years about this band and I can't wait to share some of them with you.

The "Columbus" method

The "Columbus" method according to my prof: "He didn't know where he was going when he started; didn't know where he was when he got there; and he didn't know where he'd been when he got back." That's how he described a friend's preaching. Nice.

Hey, thanks for visiting, folks! I'd love for you to drop me a line - just remember that my web form doesn't collect your e-mail, so please include your name in the message block so I know who's writing!

God Bless!

Instruments in Worship

"Am I dealing with human traditions, or am I dealing with divine traditions?" The use of mechanical instruments in worship is supposedly a human tradition and not a divine tradition according to my professor. I'm not sure what I think about the logic, as it leads me to think that this conclusion can only lead to a negative practice in my professor's mind. Now, some churches do not use musical instruments for reasons I don't plan on going into, but I'm used to it. It's how I grew up and I can't imagine a service without it. I also think that we would be hard pressed to see the lives turned around and the hearts changed that we have seen, if Christians far and wide had never picked up a guitar, learned to play "It is well with my soul" on the piano or led the beat on a bass drum. Things that make me go hmm.