Blogging Ventriloquist - Aaron Havens
January 28th, 2008 @ 5:13 am
The Mad Church Disease deadline is fast approaching. As a wise man and fellow author encouraged me, you must “vomit words.” So, I am taking this week to vomit. :) And as you can tell, my writing habits as of late have forced me into a natural (or unnatural) state of capitalization. ::Scary::
So, I’m not sure what FlowerDust.net is going to look like this week…but, I do know what it’s going to look like today. Meet Aaron Havens. Aaron is the Director of Student LifeGroups at LifeChurch.tv. My husband has a man crush on him. I think he has a man crush on my husband. They look cute together.
Visit Aaron’s blog here - but show him some FlowerDust love in the comments. Aaron writes,
Off to Work I Go
As I drive to work I occasionally have moments of clarity where I believe God is desperately trying to open my eyes to truth and I slowly begin focusing on what He is showing me. Somewhere in the ritual of listening to the XM satellite radio, talking on my cell phone, while sipping on my Starbucks “grande carmel macchiato†this was one of those moments many thoughts went through my head. I’m for sure in the top percent of the world’s wealthiest people, and very much massively extremely spoiled. What do I do with my wealth? With all the blessings God has given me do I show others the love of God? Do I stand out in this world as one that is passionately committed to God, or do I just blend in? At what point am I so much a part of this world that I just blend in?
Today are you passionately committed to God, or just blending in with the world we live in?
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Carol said,
January 28, 2008 at 6:49 am
Passionately committed to God to show ladies love and concern that there is a better way than being “pushy” to get their way.
Scott Williams said,
January 28, 2008 at 7:33 am
Sometimes passionate, sometimes blending and sometimes passionately blending.
Kyle Stickens said,
January 28, 2008 at 7:50 am
Trying to live my life so others will see Jesus…I fail alot!
cool dad said,
January 28, 2008 at 8:02 am
I want to decommit myself from things, so that I commit myself to God’s work, and by extension, others. I’ve been feeling the fat of excess, so it will take some hard decisions at some point. But as I type that, I realize the absurdity of saying these choices are “hard”. These decisions include things like:
- should I sell our Wii
- should we stop eating out as much
- should we give away these clothes that we MIGHT wear once in the next 6 months
I’m tired of devoting time and money to meaningless pursuits. Got me really thinking - thanks!
Jenn Cady said,
January 28, 2008 at 8:27 am
Who knows! It is too exhausting and stressful to try and figure out what degree is ENOUGH! That will put me in a stress frenzy!!! AHHHH ! I only know God honors us when we are “WILLING” and have Faith. I try and keep my radar antennae up on my daily walk and look for ways to “Get out of the Boatâ€.
MooseMan said,
January 28, 2008 at 11:51 am
Today I quit my Job to become a full time youth pastor that doesn’t get paid. I am definitly feeling passionately committed.
ryanb said,
January 28, 2008 at 11:52 am
Your gonna have to ask my wife and daughter about that.
Anna Meadows said,
January 28, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Aaron,
It’s so cool to see you on here! I know what you mean… God is stretching me in this area as well!
gina said,
January 28, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I wish I didn’t blend as much as I do. I’ve got the mini-van, soccer mom look with ipod, crackberry and starbucks mug. we call it being culturally relevant… but is it really?
aaron said,
January 28, 2008 at 9:44 pm
i know it’s odd posting a comment on your own post, but it’s all good. Thank you everyone for your comments today, also thank you for the support you give Anne in her adverntures of writing. Thanks Anne.
Zach said,
January 28, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Anne..I know what you mean…I have had a mancrush on Aaron Havens for over a year now. Coincidentally I have only known Aaron for about a year now! I am honored to be the recipient of Aaron’s depth and knowledge on a daily basis as he sits in our office with his fake candles and African headdress drapes that hang from his personally welded steel statues! If you ever want some inside scoop on Aaron, stop by the office!
Anne Jackson said,
January 28, 2008 at 10:49 pm
zach-oh my gooooshhh….i am cracking up at your comment. love it!!!!
aaron said,
January 29, 2008 at 6:34 am
thats it Zking.
today our office is only allowed to talk about music and art…no sports.
also everyone must eat my cucumber/tomato salad for lunch!
jud Epting said,
January 29, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Has anyone ever thought how many third world people we could feed daily on the $4 we are willing to spend on Starbucks coffee? I’m not the biggest boycott person, do with this as you wish. The $4 we spend on one coffee goes somewhere… I know one of those places is Planned Parenthood (Starbucks is one of their largest corperate sponsors)
Kind of a daily $4 double whammy.
Anne Jackson said,
January 29, 2008 at 11:19 pm
jud- thanks for your thoughts!
aaron said,
February 20, 2008 at 8:56 am
yea, since this post I have decided no more starbucks. I’m doing local coffee shops now.