Ok, a lot of things have happen, and I am not much of a writer, but I try. Lately I have been working on promotion video for the High School Ministries at Church. I have been working more, and I have been living life, thinking about the future. I have been looking at the cross, and have been thinking about Easter and what that all means. I have also am trying to get over a little bug that I had, but am now over.
So that is up with me thus far. More later.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
What should I say?
My mind thinks about many things, but I have the hardest time putting things into words, so if anyone out there would like my opinion on any subject I will be happy to respond, by writing a blog about it. As for now I think I just have a case of bloggers bloc.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
A crazy week
Let see, it has been an interesting week. First, my parents went to their home and have left the country and are now back in Bulgaria. We had our last family meal for a long while on Tuesday, it has been nice to spend some good quality time with them the last few months. Also this week I started volunteering working with a youth group doing some of the media, and working with teens, and I am beginning to try to start a side business doing media and videos for people.
So with all those things it has been a crazy week.
So with all those things it has been a crazy week.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Daylight Savings (You Got to be Kidding Me?)
I think I might go move to Arizona, because it is now the only state that doesn't do the daylight savings switch. I understand why you should have more daylight time to do business and other work, and I guess it saves money, but with the world become much more of a 24 hour society do we need it.
I do like the fall back in October, and the extra time to do things, but now in the spring I like to complain because I have one less hour to get stuff done. Not to mention when I worked the graveyard shift, it was always a pain because we had to stay later or get off earlier, but what do you do with and extra hour on sunday morning, it's not like you could do much before church. So I am just writing and complaining on my blog because I can, even though writing it I am just wasting more time then is being taken away.
I do like the fall back in October, and the extra time to do things, but now in the spring I like to complain because I have one less hour to get stuff done. Not to mention when I worked the graveyard shift, it was always a pain because we had to stay later or get off earlier, but what do you do with and extra hour on sunday morning, it's not like you could do much before church. So I am just writing and complaining on my blog because I can, even though writing it I am just wasting more time then is being taken away.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
A New Day
Everyday that I wake up, I am glad that I am alive. Each new day is a gift that God gives us. It is not a guarantee that we will get tomorrow, so it is nice to live in the present, plan for tomorrow, and remember where I came from so that I can make tomorrow better than today.
The last several years have not been easy for me, but I have had a recharge lately, and I am excited for the possibilites of the future. I am glad of the lessons that I have had, and how much they have matured me, and I am excited for the lessons that I will learn ahead. However, today is an optimistic kind of day. The sun is shining, and it is a beautiful day.
The last several years have not been easy for me, but I have had a recharge lately, and I am excited for the possibilites of the future. I am glad of the lessons that I have had, and how much they have matured me, and I am excited for the lessons that I will learn ahead. However, today is an optimistic kind of day. The sun is shining, and it is a beautiful day.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Life
How can I put life into words? I am not much of a write, but sometimes life happens, and you don't know how to describe it, life just happens. Lately I have been just a blank canvass ready to add the paint, just blank and preparing for the artist to paint a masterpiece.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Living up to Expectations
Everyone has expectations as to how they want or see there life going. For me I have always thought that I would do great things. I guess everyone hopes to do great things, but I am not, at least I think so. Maybe I just need a boost of confidence, or something else. I still want to do great things, but I am starting to ask myself how can I do great things. Now that is the tough questions.
Each of us have our own level of expectations, and most of us fall short. However I do believe this, if my expectations are getting in the way of what God has in store for me I hope my expectations fail, because I believe that God has far better things then I can ever hope and dream of, and I hope I don't screw it up. I think big and have big ideas, but I want to be an instrument of God. And if that means my plans are thrown out the window then so be it.
Each of us have our own level of expectations, and most of us fall short. However I do believe this, if my expectations are getting in the way of what God has in store for me I hope my expectations fail, because I believe that God has far better things then I can ever hope and dream of, and I hope I don't screw it up. I think big and have big ideas, but I want to be an instrument of God. And if that means my plans are thrown out the window then so be it.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Snow
I enjoy the snow. It is one of the things that I really missed when I lived in California. Now yes I could go to the mountains and see it, but it isn't the same as when it falls from the sky and you can see it all around you. Now some may say that I am crazy, and I might be just a little crazy, but living in the warm weather in California, I really missed the four seasons. Yes that even includes winter.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
A Little bit about me
So this is what I have been up to the past few months.
Dec.
I surprised my mother and father in the middle of December in Greenville, IL. Meeting them at the Kendalls, and then I traveled with them across the Midwest as we visit family for Christmas.
Jan./Feb.
I have left California quit my job at walmart and Moved to Temperance, MI which is right next to Toledo, OH. I have been working part time, and looking for full time work, or free lance work.
I have been adjusting to a different life than what I have been living. It has been an interesting transition, but it has been good.
Dec.
I surprised my mother and father in the middle of December in Greenville, IL. Meeting them at the Kendalls, and then I traveled with them across the Midwest as we visit family for Christmas.
Jan./Feb.
I have left California quit my job at walmart and Moved to Temperance, MI which is right next to Toledo, OH. I have been working part time, and looking for full time work, or free lance work.
I have been adjusting to a different life than what I have been living. It has been an interesting transition, but it has been good.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Need for Community
Why can't a man be happy just being alone? Why do we always want to do or have something to keep us busy or entertain?
The answer is because we weren't made (or hardwired) to be alone. In the past few months and days I have been discovering more and more the need for people to be together. In a crisis people come together for help because we need each other. According to Genesis in the bible it is why God created Eve. (Genesis 2:18).
It is funny how in an age with technology that can reach across the globe, and the popularity of social networks like facebook or myspace, and yet we still don't know our neighbors or reach out to the people we see or pass by everyday. We love to be in our little groups, and even then are we being really real with those people or are we putting on an act.
I know for me, it isn't easy stepping out and branching out into a new community group, but maybe that is what I should be doing. We love to talk about the lasted new thing in fashion, music, sports, movies, and televisions, but we are scared to talk about the stuff that truly matters in life. Why are we as people so afraid? What do we have to fear? Yet I still run to my shell and hide, because it is easy to hide, but hard to be vulnerable to people.
What if people (if christians) could be come a people that shared who they are instead of trying to pretend to be perfect. What if we became honest and true to who we are. What if we were real, do you think we could change the world?
Maybe I am just a radical thinker, but maybe this world needs some radical thinking. But it can't be done if just one does it, but it can start from just one.
The answer is because we weren't made (or hardwired) to be alone. In the past few months and days I have been discovering more and more the need for people to be together. In a crisis people come together for help because we need each other. According to Genesis in the bible it is why God created Eve. (Genesis 2:18).
It is funny how in an age with technology that can reach across the globe, and the popularity of social networks like facebook or myspace, and yet we still don't know our neighbors or reach out to the people we see or pass by everyday. We love to be in our little groups, and even then are we being really real with those people or are we putting on an act.
I know for me, it isn't easy stepping out and branching out into a new community group, but maybe that is what I should be doing. We love to talk about the lasted new thing in fashion, music, sports, movies, and televisions, but we are scared to talk about the stuff that truly matters in life. Why are we as people so afraid? What do we have to fear? Yet I still run to my shell and hide, because it is easy to hide, but hard to be vulnerable to people.
What if people (if christians) could be come a people that shared who they are instead of trying to pretend to be perfect. What if we became honest and true to who we are. What if we were real, do you think we could change the world?
Maybe I am just a radical thinker, but maybe this world needs some radical thinking. But it can't be done if just one does it, but it can start from just one.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
If Only Life Was Like A Video Game
Growing up I enjoyed playing video games with my brother, then only thing on certain games if things weren't going well, or the if outcomes we would want to happen were not a reality then we would hit the restart button.
It seems these days with the economy and life many people are trying to find a restart button, to get there life back to the way it used to be. Only life is not a video game. and there are no restart buttons.
We love the idea of restarting and starting anew, just look at how science fiction loves the idea of being reborn, and coming back to life, but that isn't possible. I myself, have done a bit of a change, I can never restart, but I can change, and start a new, not restart, but a new path.
There is however one restart we can have on this earth, it is not a physical restart, but a spiritual one. It happens when we except Jesus Christ into our life. It is where the past sin is forgot and we can start a new, fresh and clean. If only life could be that easy.
As for me, I am enjoying the journey in my new transition and I am trusting the Lord to guide my path in life. I have no idea where it will take me, but I am excited to be on the adventure.
That's all for now.
Bmel
It seems these days with the economy and life many people are trying to find a restart button, to get there life back to the way it used to be. Only life is not a video game. and there are no restart buttons.
We love the idea of restarting and starting anew, just look at how science fiction loves the idea of being reborn, and coming back to life, but that isn't possible. I myself, have done a bit of a change, I can never restart, but I can change, and start a new, not restart, but a new path.
There is however one restart we can have on this earth, it is not a physical restart, but a spiritual one. It happens when we except Jesus Christ into our life. It is where the past sin is forgot and we can start a new, fresh and clean. If only life could be that easy.
As for me, I am enjoying the journey in my new transition and I am trusting the Lord to guide my path in life. I have no idea where it will take me, but I am excited to be on the adventure.
That's all for now.
Bmel
Friday, February 06, 2009
25 Things About Me
1. I recently moved from California back to Michigan. It was my second time moving across the country.
2. I like to ask a lot of questions. I like to sit and try to figure out the answers to life's questions, Which ends up with me asking more questions.
3. I am trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I don't want just a job, I want a career, but I am still trying to find it.
4. I want to plant a church someday, or at least help start a ministry, or go on the mission field. I am just wait for my orders from God.
5. I like European Cultures (Irish, English, German, French, Etc.)
6. I would like to live overseas and travel. I would like to see the whole world, but I don't think it is possible but I can dream.
7. I am shy person, so I don't meet a lot of people, unless I work with them, go to church, or some other social activity.
8. I have a deep fear for the unknown, and I hate taking risk, but I am learning to take more calculated risk, but I could use some help/
9. I have a huge heart for people, and I want the world change for Christ.
10. I like to ice skate. I don't go nearly enough, but I enjoy it when I get the chance. My dream is to play a hockey game on the ice, I have never done it but have always wanted to.
11. I am not rich, and I don't think that I ever will be, but that is OK with me, I just want to do what the lord may have for me.
12. I love God. Jesus is my savior. I am not perfect, but I try to live my life the best way I know how.
13. I am learning more and more how life is best when spent with a community. I often spend to much time alone. I wish I could find the person that would want to spend the rest of her life on an adventure with me, but I haven't found that person. I may never find that person, and if I don't I will be glad for what the lord has given me. because through him life is good no matter what we may want.
14. I can really be a slob, but I am trying to improve in this area, my goal for this year is to dress for success, and have a better appearance, though I still need some help in some areas.
15. I like sports, in particular hockey and football. I have always want to go see a Red Wings Game in Detroit, it would be Amazing, and I also like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but who wouldn't want to go see a game with a pirate ship at the end of the field.
16. I have been to several countries outside of the US, they include...Portugal, Switzerland, France, Cambodia, Thailand, and Canada.
17. I like the color green, (I also like blue and purple), but my favorite color is green. I nice rich green.
18. I would like to live in a city in which I could ride the subway or walk to work, a car is nice, but not having the financial burden of a car is a lot nicer, I am thinking Chicago or New York.
19. I have studied film, and video in college, and was a pretty good editor. I know I will never be great, but I am good. At times I think it should be a career, at others not. There is a part of me that would rather teach video then ever make my own. I just enjoy the teaching, of it then the creation of it myself.
20. I was born in Portage, Wisconsin, and spent the first year of my life, up at Sky Lodge Christian Camp.
21. I have traveled to over 35 States, and have lived for a good length of time in Seven states.
22. I am good with wires and technical things. Just give me wires, duct tape and I am good to go. I have come to realized that not everyone has this ability and there are a very few that understand how to run a sound board and audio visual equipment well, and I am one of them. You could say it was a gift, but sometimes I get tired of being at the back of the room every Sunday morning.
23. I made the first two video yearbooks for spring arbor university.
24. I rode my bike almost everyday to middle school when I lived in McPherson, KS.
25. I played the Baritone Horn in middle school, and high school. I also was in Marching Band, and was the head of the loading crew. (Chief Roadie).
2. I like to ask a lot of questions. I like to sit and try to figure out the answers to life's questions, Which ends up with me asking more questions.
3. I am trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I don't want just a job, I want a career, but I am still trying to find it.
4. I want to plant a church someday, or at least help start a ministry, or go on the mission field. I am just wait for my orders from God.
5. I like European Cultures (Irish, English, German, French, Etc.)
6. I would like to live overseas and travel. I would like to see the whole world, but I don't think it is possible but I can dream.
7. I am shy person, so I don't meet a lot of people, unless I work with them, go to church, or some other social activity.
8. I have a deep fear for the unknown, and I hate taking risk, but I am learning to take more calculated risk, but I could use some help/
9. I have a huge heart for people, and I want the world change for Christ.
10. I like to ice skate. I don't go nearly enough, but I enjoy it when I get the chance. My dream is to play a hockey game on the ice, I have never done it but have always wanted to.
11. I am not rich, and I don't think that I ever will be, but that is OK with me, I just want to do what the lord may have for me.
12. I love God. Jesus is my savior. I am not perfect, but I try to live my life the best way I know how.
13. I am learning more and more how life is best when spent with a community. I often spend to much time alone. I wish I could find the person that would want to spend the rest of her life on an adventure with me, but I haven't found that person. I may never find that person, and if I don't I will be glad for what the lord has given me. because through him life is good no matter what we may want.
14. I can really be a slob, but I am trying to improve in this area, my goal for this year is to dress for success, and have a better appearance, though I still need some help in some areas.
15. I like sports, in particular hockey and football. I have always want to go see a Red Wings Game in Detroit, it would be Amazing, and I also like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but who wouldn't want to go see a game with a pirate ship at the end of the field.
16. I have been to several countries outside of the US, they include...Portugal, Switzerland, France, Cambodia, Thailand, and Canada.
17. I like the color green, (I also like blue and purple), but my favorite color is green. I nice rich green.
18. I would like to live in a city in which I could ride the subway or walk to work, a car is nice, but not having the financial burden of a car is a lot nicer, I am thinking Chicago or New York.
19. I have studied film, and video in college, and was a pretty good editor. I know I will never be great, but I am good. At times I think it should be a career, at others not. There is a part of me that would rather teach video then ever make my own. I just enjoy the teaching, of it then the creation of it myself.
20. I was born in Portage, Wisconsin, and spent the first year of my life, up at Sky Lodge Christian Camp.
21. I have traveled to over 35 States, and have lived for a good length of time in Seven states.
22. I am good with wires and technical things. Just give me wires, duct tape and I am good to go. I have come to realized that not everyone has this ability and there are a very few that understand how to run a sound board and audio visual equipment well, and I am one of them. You could say it was a gift, but sometimes I get tired of being at the back of the room every Sunday morning.
23. I made the first two video yearbooks for spring arbor university.
24. I rode my bike almost everyday to middle school when I lived in McPherson, KS.
25. I played the Baritone Horn in middle school, and high school. I also was in Marching Band, and was the head of the loading crew. (Chief Roadie).
Friday, January 30, 2009
Traveling Across America
Well the past few days I have been traveling from California to Michigan. Over the past few weeks I have sensed that my time in California was coming to a close and that I need to move back to the Midwest. I am now starting a new journey with new challenges, and I am excited to see where they lead. I am excited to get reconnected with old friends, and meet new ones. I am sad to go out of California, but I know it is the right move in my life at this time. I thank the people who I leave for the time I had with them and for the love that they showed me. I thank you for your prayers and I would ask that you would continue to pray for me in the weeks ahead as I start a new adventure.
I had a safe week of traveling, and good weather as I drove across the US. As new and exciting things happen, I will keep the readers of this blog up to date, so feel free to read as I post in the next few weeks.
I had a safe week of traveling, and good weather as I drove across the US. As new and exciting things happen, I will keep the readers of this blog up to date, so feel free to read as I post in the next few weeks.
Monday, January 19, 2009
New Beginnings
With the inauguration of Obama this nation has a new beginning. In my life I am experience new beginnings. I am both excited and scared. With Obama as president there is a series of unknowns that are about to happen. It has been one of my fears of that of the unknown. Part of me is afraid of risk, but in life without risk there are not rewards, at least rewards with having involved risk. Why am I so disabled by my fears?
Obama does scare me a little bit, and I don't have a good reason why he should, I just don't know but there is something weird about him. Obama will be president and I would acknowledge him as my president. However in the trouble times, I am scared of what the government will do and how this will effect the future.
But yet I trust in God. It is God who will take care of me. I hope that I am changing for the better, and this next part of my life may be the most exciting yet.
Obama does scare me a little bit, and I don't have a good reason why he should, I just don't know but there is something weird about him. Obama will be president and I would acknowledge him as my president. However in the trouble times, I am scared of what the government will do and how this will effect the future.
But yet I trust in God. It is God who will take care of me. I hope that I am changing for the better, and this next part of my life may be the most exciting yet.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Home Church
Many people call their church home, but what makes their church home. What is a Home Church? Jesus said, “Were two or three are gather in his name he would be there.” Is that what the church is to be about. Can a church home change? If it is your home church now will it be a year from now? What makes a church home? Is it the people? Is it the place or area? Is it where your heart is at?
These are just some questions I have had lately. Feel free to comment if you have any thoughts or ideas.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Changes
Well it’s time again for another post. I am not really good at keeping it updated. But I will try to do it on a more weekly basis.
Well what is going on in my life is I have been living in California. It has been good living here, but I have been sensing for sometime that it is not the place for me. I am in the process of preparing to move back toward the Toledo, OH area. I have enjoyed my time in Los Angeles, and California. I will miss especially my friends at One Voice Church . (http://onevoicechurch.com) I am exciting in what god is going to do in my life, and the new chapter that is starting. I hope that you can pray for me through this transition and that God will show me his plan in his time.
That is where I am at, and I will try to share more details as they happen.
Brad M.
Well what is going on in my life is I have been living in California. It has been good living here, but I have been sensing for sometime that it is not the place for me. I am in the process of preparing to move back toward the Toledo, OH area. I have enjoyed my time in Los Angeles, and California. I will miss especially my friends at One Voice Church . (http://onevoicechurch.com) I am exciting in what god is going to do in my life, and the new chapter that is starting. I hope that you can pray for me through this transition and that God will show me his plan in his time.
That is where I am at, and I will try to share more details as they happen.
Brad M.
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