There may be some overlap between this list and the one in the "who am I" page of the blog. The "who am I" paints more of a portrait of the things that burn on my heart.
- I've got to have greater intimacy with Jesus.
- Smoking weed was my #1 hobby from ages 17-23. I didn't know Jesus then.
- I thoroughly enjoy chewing Stride spearmint gum…when I choose to chew.
- I've been listening to Heidi Baker teachings for the last couple of days and my heart is stirred at the revelation of Love she has received and fallen into. I want more!
- I eat whole grain cereal (oats, barley, wheat, rye) with walnuts and bananas for breakfast every work day.
- I do not say "bless you" when people sneeze, preferring to acknowledge the sneeze with a simple head-nod instead.
- I am a Trader Joe's shopper. My current favorite buy is the Rice Drink, which I drink out of the carton 5 out of every 10 times I walk by the refrigerator.
- I lived in Santiago, Chile for 5 months and ate more hotdogs than you'd think a person would eat while spending 5 months in Chile.
- I do not have a smart phone, though sometimes daydream about how one would look in my pocket…it'd be bulky.
- I have a patch of white hair just above my forehead that came in when I was about 20. Natural.
- I have many freckles.
- I really like the International House of Prayer.
- I have a strong aversion to hot food items sitting on my lap.
- I like to rock climb.
- I don't have a TV.
- I currently have a healthy interest in high-quality donuts (not doughnuts).
- I met God on a plane en route to Costa Rica and accepted Jesus on a bus ride a month later. I got to know Him in the mountains of Costa Rica, just the two of us.
- I want to live a transcendent and supernatural life, fully in love with Jesus, fully aware that my citizenship is in heaven, fully aware of the reality of my sonship, fully aware of the inheritance I've been given, fully aware of and yielded to the actual presence of God within me.
- Jesus healed my pulled muscle on the spot last night, moments after it happened while climbing. Yippee!
- I have a wonderful mother and a wonderful father who I've been blessed to begin to know as friends over the past several months.
- I spend a significant amount of driving-time in silence.
- I have a dry sense of humor that sometimes is mistaken for seriousness.
- Though the hair upon my head may appear brown (with some white), I am in fact a red-head.
- I am the happy uncle of two lovely nieces.
- I enjoy discovering restaurants/shops that do something very well (mostly food/beverage) and sampling their specialties.
- I am a Google Calendar user, two years strong.
- I tend to have a mustache between the months of August and December.
- My current favorite song is "Wounded One" by Davy Flowers. It can be yours too. Look it up.
- Even since writing #4 above I'm still so excited about the reality of the freedom and joy and faith and hope and love that comes with being united to Jesus. Yoweee!
- I work with children who are on the Autism spectrum and I get to laugh every day…even the toughest of situations is one that brings a smile. So many of my students possess an innocence, a freedom to be themselves, and an honesty that is so rare among any group of people I've known.
- I have a BA in psychology, a minor in Spanish.
- I use an electric toothbrush and my teeth love it.
- I drive a Dodge Stratus.
- I journal but don't diary.
- I want to bike more…but don't have a bike.
- I live in Minnetonka, Minnesota with my dear friend Tim.
- I recently used a nail gun for the first time. Didn't even put one in my head.
- I have a desire to live in Argentina.
- I have a bookcase peppered with books I'm excited to read but may never have the time to crack (many purchased in a frenzy during the last week of my free Amazon Prime trial…free 2-day shipping!).
- I highly value times of solitude…see The Way of the Heart.
- I love to worship God in song.
- I want hone my guitar skills so I can facilitate impromptu worship times.
- I really like to write with Pentel EnerGel .05mm pens.
- I love to be up really early in the morning…I like it less when I've gone to bed late.
- I took a 3 wood to the eyebrow at a driving range when I was a kid. Wa-pidge! Ouch!
- I can speak a bit of Spanish and desire to be fluent.
- I'm very expressive with my face when I talk and listen.
- I like things simple – though this may not be evidenced by many of my current circumstances – my preference is simplicity.
- I never really stepped out of my routine or tried new things until I was about 26…I didn't know much about myself at all until I was 28 when God gripped my heart in Costa Rica. Since then I have learned much.
- I once wrestled an escaped giraffe into submission.
