Hubris
This is my bragging list.
Places I have been this last year for longer than a day:
Places we have lived. Some of these places were short-term while we were doing ministry:
- Barcelona, Spain –September '06 to July '07 with the Covenant Church
- 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 with the Covenant Church
- San Jose, Costa Rica in Language school
- 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
What’s on my MP3 Player [a bit of an eclectic list]:
- Andrea Bocelli
- Bryan Adams
- Coldplay
- Jars of Clay
- Jack Johnson
- Jennifer Knapp
- Mana
- Pink Floyd
- Sheryl Crow
- Third Day
- Tom Petty
- U2
- Dire Straits
- Paco de Lucia [Spanish Guitarist]
- Phil Keaggy
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Rodrigo & Gabriela
- Wallflowers
Things I want to do before I die:
- Learn how to windsurf
- Write a book
- Go back to school—I love the stimulation of the classroom
- Read more fiction
Favorite Authors [in order of preference]:
- Lesslie Newbigin
- Henri Nouwen
- David Bosch
- Eugene Peterson
- Andrew Walls
- Brian McLaren
- Philip Yancey
- Parker Palmer
- Dallas Willard
- Justo Gonzalez
- Annie Dillard
- Stanley Hauerwas
- John Grisham
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Robert Fisk on the Middle East
- I need to read more fiction
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