Welcome to what clangs around in my head. As a thinker and teacher, not all my thoughts and reflections have a platform of expression. This is a place to get them into the light of day where they can become uncluttered, critiqued, and developed into useful ideas. Some might find the topics here a little eclectic for their tastes. Others might think, “I am not the only one who thinks in such a crazed manner.” Whatever my thoughts, I will strive to write with a tone of love and respect, even when critiquing, so that I don’t become another cymbal clanging out meaningless communication in an already noisy world (I Corinthians 13) . Here is a bit more about some things that make my neurons fire more rapidly . . .
Favorites in no particular order
author: Thomas Watson and other puritans
teams: Liverpool FC, Dallas Cowboys, Texas Longhorns, US Olympic
ride: my two runs down Innsbruck Bobsled track (see about page bottom)
preachers: Alistair Beg also John Piper
ancient preacher: John Chrysostom
exercise: rowing/sculling/erg-rowing
upscale restaurant: Saint Emilion, Fort Worth
downscale restaurant: Fuzzy Tacos, Baja Mexican/Taco H
rock music you’ve heard of: Ani Difranco, Radiohead, Alanis Morissette
music you might not have heard of: check out good listens section
jazzers: Avishai Cohen Trio
composers: Prokofiev, Shostakovich and other Russians,
classical piece: Sonata for Violin and Piano II: Lento (d.2 trck.2) (A. Copland)
futbol players: Fernando Torres, Landon Donovan, Steven Gerrard
guy who needs a beatdown: Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather
Stats
family: Piper and three kids (girl, boy, girl)
current calling: Pastor of Teaching, NorthWood Church (11 years)
past callings: worship and communications pastor NorthWood, leader of dropknee worship band, singles minister, college minister
other jobs: swimming coach, distance runners coach, triathlete (back when the knees were young), driving range golf ball picker-upper
