Is it possible for me to still maintain my Canadian citizenship despite the fact that I don’t like NHL hockey and I am increasingly becoming a MLB baseball fan? If the answer to that first question is yes, does the answer stay yes if I don’t cheer for the Blue Jays but am instead a [...]
February 27, 2008
Categories: Baseball, fantasy baseball, life . Tags: Canadian citizenship, Colin Cowherd, CRTC, fantasy baseball, MLB, NHL, sports tree, XM Radio . Author: benyamen . Comments: 2 Comments
I really enjoy coffee. I could say love here, but I’m really trying hard to use the “L-word” only in a proper context. After all, you can’t really “love” a cup of coffee. It shows no emotion and can’t receive any emotion or even any physical manifestations of love. You can’t really love coffee. That [...]
February 25, 2008
Categories: church, faith, life . Tags: coffee, Easter, fasting, Lent, Luther, Reformation . Author: benyamen . Comments: 2 Comments
Tonight I heard Dragonforce on the XM42 Liquid Metal station. My mouth still hasn’t closed, and that’s not just because I’m a mouth breather with a cold. I know a lot of music, and like I said a few posts ago, I’m re-embracing my metal side. Why have I never heard these guys before? Which [...]
February 20, 2008
Categories: music . Tags: Dragonforce, dumbfounded, Extol, Guitar Hero III, Lord of the Rings, Power Metal, XM Radio . Author: benyamen . Comments: 2 Comments
When’s an associate not an associate? When he’s the only one around! If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m the associate in quesiton here. My official job title may be as an associate pastor, but when you’re the only pastor around all those titles and job descriptions go out the window. For the forseeable [...]
February 19, 2008
Categories: church, life . Tags: hats, pastor, preaching . Author: benyamen . Comments: Leave a Comment
It’s true that these two things often go together, but in my case they don’t go together quite yet. They both just happen to be two things that are on the tip of my brain right now. You see two days ago now, while carrying Patyon’s swing home from the church, I missed the bottom [...]
February 14, 2008
Categories: life . Tags: massochist, pain, Payton, regrets, skateboarding, sprained ankle, ZERO . Author: benyamen . Comments: 6 Comments
For those of you who are worried by the title; no I haven’t recently had any pins or rods inserted into my body for any serious injuries, and no I’m not talking about metal in me like the iron in my blood. I saw what too much iron in your blood could lead to in [...]
February 9, 2008
Categories: life, music . Tags: Amos Lee, As I Lay Dying, Damien Rice, Extol, heavy metal, Metal Gear Solid, music, piercings, tatoos, X-Men . Author: benyamen . Comments: Leave a Comment
I read an interesting post on Erin’s blog a little while ago about a quiz to determine your theological worldview. I thought it was an interesting idea so I took it. It took a little time and a fair bit of thought (about 60 questions), but it in the end it came out about where I [...]
February 6, 2008
Categories: faith, life . Tags: emerging church, theology . Author: benyamen . Comments: Leave a Comment
Well, I’ve been inspired by David Crowder’s blog, and I’m now opening a “Questions” section of my own on my blog. I realize that he’s far more popular and well known, and lives a lifestyle which people may honestly be interested in, and I also realize that my life may not be nearly as interesting [...]
February 6, 2008
Categories: Random . Tags: David Crowder, inspiration, musings, questions . Author: benyamen . Comments: 2 Comments