Worldly Holiness

Hubris

This is my bragging list.

Places we have lived. Some of these places were short-term while we were doing ministry:

Barcelona, Spain –September '06 to July '07 as Covenant Project Missionaries
Seattle/Tacoma area [multiple places and churches in multiple phases of our lives]. I was a pastor at Newport Covenant Church for 5 years.
Lakebay as Interim Pastor at Lakebay Community Covenant Church
Monterrey, Mexico –home for 11 years as Covenant missionaries
San Jose, Costa Rica in Language school as Covenant Missionaries
Chicago @ North Park Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California @ Fuller Theological Seminary and Pasadena Covenant
Waipahu & Manoa Valley, Hawaii with YWAM
Singapore with YWAM
Thailand…yes with YWAM
Leavenworth @ Circle C Ranch, a Covenant Camp of the North Pacific Conference until circa ´90

Interesting [or weird] things about me:

Animal noises I make really well: elephant, seal, monkey, pig, cow, lamb
I have saved 3 people from drowning. I was a lifeguard and swimming instructor as a youth and like water
I need a dog toenail clipper to trim my right foot pinky toenail
I often "balk tackwards" [you read it right!] and have other verbal difficulties connecting the brain to my tongue appropriately—when I’m under stress it seems to happen more. Sometimes I just do it for fun. When I don’t do it for fun [i.e. a mistake] my children usually catch me and have a great laugh. Working with another language sometimes multiplies the funny sounds coming out of my mouth.
I have terrible acrophobia but I also like to climb to high places (see photos to the right in my Flickr link)
I have done an 8 day silent retreat in Mexico with a Jesuit priest
I climbed Mt. Saint Helens before and after it erupted (I think a total of 2 times in each condition, see pictures of growing lava dome in my photos)
I tripped up some stairs once and put a hole the size of my head into the wall [see the “Lighter Side” for full story]
I broke a wall sized mirror in a video store in Mexico by walking into it [see the “Lighter Side” for full story]

Some things I like to do:

Contemplation and spiritual retreats
Doing Photography [see photo links]
Mountain climbing
Biking–mountain or city
Water sports
Skiing
Drinking good coffee with friends or alone
Getting to the high points [towers and buildings in a city, mountain peaks, etc. See the photo links for some ideas]
Journaling and Writing
Making cross-cultural friendships
Playing Risk
Playing NFL Blitz with my sons when they have enough patience with my slow fine motor skills
Reading “heavy” books [see list below]
Researching on the Web or in libraries
Studying maps–seriously–especially topographical maps
Taking “power naps”
Walking with Carol
Working Out

My favorite movies:

The Great Escape [remember that movie with Steve McQueen—this was my favorite as a kid]
Swiss Family Robinson
The Mission
Brave Heart
Gladiator
Good Will Hunting
Chariots of Fire
Die Hard movies [all of them]
Top Gun
Borne Identity
Schindler’s List