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Wednesday, March 11, 2009  I'm back! Not that anyone cares in particular, but after over a year of mostly neglecting my poor blog, I'm back and hopefully more committed to it. :)   These are still random musings...I don't have much direction for the blog other than to be an outlet for thoughts I'd like to share.  However, I've been considering the possibility of shifting the blog to a more focused range of topics. In the meantime, I'll try and catch you up on the highlights of the past year. First and foremost, Kristen gave birth to our second son, Brennan Miguel on October 10th.  He's a beautiful boy with a winning smile and laugh.  He loves to be tickled and held, and seems to favor being in motion at all times.   He doesn't like when the car stops driving or his swing stops swaying...it's adorable. Lately most of my spare time is dominated by my guitar practice schedule.  I still play in the Younger Generation worship band at the Arlington SDA Church, and it continues to be a blessing to me.  I've grown as a musician, but I've also learned a lot about what it means to serve God.  I know I still have much to learn, though. I've fallen away from my previous time wasters of choice: Halo and World of Warcraft.  Don't get me wrong;I still enjoy those games, but I just don't have much time for them at the moment.  I am, however, trying to make more time for programming in my spare time.  I feel that doing so used to keep me on top of my game, so to speak, and having not done much programming at home in the past 2 years, my programming skills have taken a bit of a hit.  No worries, though, I'm trying to think of a project or two to entertain me for a little while and hopefully exercise my mental muscles a bit as well. Last but not least, I am looking to revive my devotional and prayer life, which are all but dead, I'm sad to say.  Any suggestions on a good Christian read or two would be nice.  I'm currently reading "Lion and Lamb" by Brennan Manning (who, by the way, was the inspiration for naming our son Brennan).  A good read, but I am already ready to read something else. Labels: Brennan, God, Programming, YG Church 10:27 PM | Yay, you posted! I'm so glad! I wish that there were many more hours in the day, as I, too, have so many things that I want to do. Posted by  Kristen | 3/12/2009 4:05 PM    I recently started reading The Love Dare and I highly recommend it. It is a 40 day challenge and each day you are dared to do something. The first day talks about patience and holding your tongue so the day 1 dare is to say nothing negative. The reading is really good and even if a marriage is perfect this book is still a great tool. It is from the movie Fireproof, which I also recommend watching! It all has a Christian theme and is really good. Posted by  Casey | 3/17/2009 5:09 PM    Casey, that sounds like a very interesting book! And I've heard good things about that movie! Thanks for the suggestions... Posted by  Román | 3/19/2009 8:32 AM    Post a Comment Monday, February 18, 2008  Passion D/FW 2008 Two blog posts in 1 month...what's the world coming to? Well, I just had to post about the Passion conference I attended on Friday and Saturday this past weekend (the 15th and 16th). The event was comprised of 4 sessions, each complete with live Christian music from contemporary artists and a talk by a dynamic speaker. Chris Tomlin, one of my favorite Christian recording artists performed there a number of times, as did Kristian Stanfill and the David Crowder Band. The music was uplifting and inspiring. The talks by Louie Giglio and Francis Chan were full of truth and spirit. The whole experience refreshed me spiritually, and I truly felt that the Holy Spirit was present. At the conference we were asked to pray for the students at Northern Illinois University and Union University, each having recently experienced disasters on their campuses. As part of a relief effort for the latter, the conference attendees were asked on Friday night if they would be willing to give of the clothes they'd brought to the conference so that students who'd lost most every material possession would have clothes to wear. The response was instant and the next morning volunteers at the Passion conference filled a 26' truck with bags of clothes donated to the cause (including 2 shirts and a pair of jeans that I happily contributed). It felt good to see the students respond in such a way. A few things I took away from Passion '08: 1. Worshiping God involves more than just singing songs. Giving generously and unselfishly to those in need is an act of worship that God loves. 2. The best way most of us will ever spread God's fame and enlarge his kingdom is by living a life that models Christ's (something I have not been doing, but which I am changing) 3. God wants to send us the Holy Spirit...we just need to ask and be willing to accept Him. That's it for now! Labels: Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Francis Chan, God, Holy Spirit, Kristian Stanfill, Louie Giglio, Northern Illinois University, Passion, Union University 6:28 PM | Post a Comment	In My Ear Phillips, Craig & Dean Lincoln Brewster Frightened Rabbit The Appleseed Cast My Lala.com Forecast Profile: Romonster Archives May 2004 December 2004 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 March 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 September 2007 November 2007 February 2008 October 2008 November 2008 March 2009 June 2009 October 2009