The Non-Essential Adventures of D'Art
Happy Intercalary Year!
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In case you forgot, today is the day we celebrate Intercalary Year or Leap Year. It only comes around every 4 years or so. I have done a lot of study on this phenomenon, and I have found several different unknown facts about leap year. Would it be OK to share some of these facts with you? Here we go.
Seemingly Unknown Facts about Leap Year:
- Julius Caesar was the brilliant mind behind leap year.
- The game Leap Frog was created on leap year
- A year that is not a leap year is called a “loser year”
- 98% of Australia is closed on leap year day.
- February 29th has little man syndrome, since he’s not as old as all the other days.
- Before Y2K everyone worked for free on leap year day, due to a computer glitch.
- In Ireland leap year day is better known as “Debauchery Day.”
- Julius Caesar was eventually killed because of his creation of leap year.
16 Things I Can’t Stand.
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- Liver & Onions. Yuck.
- Cabbage.
- Slow drivers driving in the left lane. MOVE!
- When drivers don’t use turn signals.
- Inauthenticity.
- Arrogance.
- Airline seats that are designed for midgets.
- Religious people.
- Conference speakers who say things for shock value only.
- Brussel Sprouts. Which are mini-cabbage. Nasty.
- New England Patriots.
- The house being to hot.
- When people say In-N-Out Burger is “not that good.”
- Insurance companies. They are a scam.
- When people try to argue that their PC is better than my Mac.
- Abuse.
Off the Chain
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I love Jesus. I got the opportunity this week to worship at a couple of different churches that were amazing.
Sunday night I got to bring my praise to Jesus at the International House of Prayer — Atlanta. This place has been praising Jesus 24 hours a day for the past 2 years non stop. It was amazing, when I walked in I could tell that Jesus was there. It was like the oven was already pre-heated. The service lasted about 3 hours. Now usually that’s a long time. But it wasn’t Sunday night.
Monday and Tuesday I got the chance to hang out at a church planters conference. Mountain Lake Church’s worship team helped set the atmosphere for the main stage speakers. I was challenged by Shawn Lovejoy who talked about the Healthy Leader, he punched me in my big ole’ gut. Thanks Shawn. Then Steven Furtick spoke…no, he preached on when the Sun stood still. He talked about the Audacious Leader. And challenged us to pray big prayers and act big actions. I felt exposed.
I’m daily amazed that my Jesus is off the chain.
An Attempt At Subtle Coercion
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In my desire to figure out who is actually following my non-essential adventures, I will attempt a technique called “subtle coercion.” Will you click this button? (more…)
The Desert
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The Desert speaks of a silent, barren place. A place where God seems to be silent. A place where all hope can be lost. A place where Moses turned down God’s offer for greatness. A place where Jesus was tempted. A place that strips us down to who we really are. A place of aloneness. A place of brokenness. A place of unworthiness.
The Desert tends to be a place we stay away from. A place we avoid. A place for punishment. A place of disgust. A place of dishonor. A place we don’t want to talk about.
“But then I will win her back once again.
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her there.” Hosea 2:14
The Desert a place for lovers? A place for romance? A place for relationship? A place for genuine conversation? A place for our undivided attention with the Most Holy One?
Lord invite me into the desert. Speak tenderly to me.
Family is Awesome!
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Ten things my family members can do that I can not do.
- Yodel. My uncle Bill is a yodeling fool.
- My brother had “Top Secret” clearance. How cool is that?
- Scuba Dive. My sister and her husband are scuba maniacs!
- Fly a Jet. My dad has piloted an A6 Intruder when he was in the Navy.
- My wife can fold her tongue in half. Ooh, la, la.
- Shoot even par. My uncle is a golfing machine.
- Tattoo. My cousin-in-law-kinda can give a mean tattoo.
- Build a House. My Opa (Grandpa), at age 78 built a house.
- Sew. My sister-in-law is a fabric genius.
- Play the Banjo. My uncle is a pickin’ hotrod.
All my Mac People
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For all my Mac people out there, you’ll appreciate this. If you have an iMac, you may want to pick one of these up. Trey Cool.
You can find other cool stuff at: www.macessity.com
How is it possible?!?!
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Here are the Facts:
- Tonight we had Chinese Take-Out (CTO) food for dinner
- We have never been to this particular place before
- We love CTO food
- Every CTO you can see the Wok if you look around the cashier
- There are picutres of food on the order menu, but look nothing like the item when it comes out
- Every single CTO place has the same menu
Here is the crazy thing. The picture comes from a CTO in Flordia, tonight I ate at a CTO in South Carolina, and I still have a menu…THE SAME MENU from a CTO in Georgia that I ate at a couple of months ago. How is this possible? Is there some kind of CTO start up kit that has a step by step process? This is freaking me out a little bit.
Are your feet?
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Kellie, the girls and I went for a walk today on the beach. We had fun chasing the waves, feeling the cold water, playing tag, and watching the kite surfers. After playing for a little while we discovered that we were a good ways from where we parked our car, so we decided that it was time to get back. On the way back Dahson and I were kicking sand and carrying on a conversation, you know the 5 year old and Dad kind of conversation. She looked at my feet and said, “Daddy you have big feet.” I agreed, I mean even a 5 year old knows that size 14 are considered boats in most third world countries. We walked on a bit more, then out of the blue she said, “Daddy, are your as big as Jesus’ feet?” I asked her what she meant, waiting for that 5 year old innocence to come out. “I don’t know,” she said. “I was just wondering.” Then off to the next subject.
The truth is that I haven’t thought of Jesus’ feet in a long time. But because of Dahsons’ innocence, today I did. My mind took me to that old cheesy poem, Footprints. And today it gave my soul rest. Here is how it goes:
walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the
sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he
noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one
belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When
the last scene of his life flashed before him, he
looked back at the footprints in the sand. He
noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed
that it happened at the very lowest and saddest
times in his life. This really bothered him and he
questioned the Lord about it. “Lord, You said that
once I decided to follow you, You’d walk with me all
the way. But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life, there is only one set
of footprints. I don’t understand why when I needed
you most you would leave me.” The Lord replied,
“My son, My precious child, I love you and I would
never leave you. During your times of trial and
suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it
was then that I Carried You.”
A New Day, A New Look
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I thought that I would change up my blog space a bit. So welcome to the new look. Change is good for the soul. It’s also good for a few other things, now my list.
Change is also good for:
- Oil in my car…that reminds me, gotta change that.
- Socks. You are nasty if you wear your socks for multiple days.
- Toll roads, I know you are always looking for that $.50 when pulling up to the toll booth. Different kind of change but change none the less.
- Deodorant. I read that if you wear the same deodorant for so many years, your body adapts to it and it stops working, so change your deodorant already.
- Diapers. Those of you with kids know what I’m talking about.
So try changing things up a bit. It’s a new day.
