My friend, Danielle, posted this on her blog, and I really enjoyed it...thought I'd share it with y'all. This vid raises some great points on worship as an art vs. worship as Christian propaganda. Check it out...

I'm in the process of recovering from quite an exhausting week.  It was one of those weeks where I was working much the same schedule as, say, an O.R. doctor...insane hours...no spare time...needing to be in six places at once...

Ahh...college students are returning to the UI campus. The city seems revived with a buzz of excitement. I heard the marching band practicing outdoors earlier this past week...I had goosebumps. Our church gatherings were completely packed today, and the excitement buzz is here too. Amazing what happens when the city's population increases 150% upon the students' return. It's GO time!

Got my ears pierced today. Been wanting them pierced for the last seven years, but I was five years enrolled with a private Bible college and later worked with a four-star hotel--both of whom prohibit piercings on males. Now that those time periods are no more, I thought now would be a good time to be impaled by the cold steel.

My fantasy football off-season has officially ended. Today begins a six-month venture into the pro football realm (essentially my hobby for the fall months). This is my third year playing, which, for a football player, is his breakout year, so I'm anticipating a crazy seventeen weeks this fall.

I spent the entire day today preparing myself for the coming season--reading up on NFL player and team news, checking fantasy stats from last year and projections for this year, and getting ready for the draft(s) that will be happening within the next month. My brain feels somewhat swollen from the crazy amounts of info I've put in it just today.

So...anyone interested in playing? I'm hoping to join or even start a league here in Iowa.

I had to take this test...especially after an espresso the other day cured a fierce headache. The remedy convinced me I had resurrected my coffee addiction from college. So here's the figure...

Every now and again, I get hooked on one specific song.

This time my ears are featuring the sounds of Mac Powell and Fernando Ortega in Our Great God. I'm a total sucker for 6/8 time signatures, and this dandy is a SLOW 6/8. I also melt at the sound of borrowed minor IV chords...geez what a gorgeous sound from the tonic. If I could boast any more about this song, let me not fail to mention the lyrics...more than fitting for Divine veneration...