It’s a beautiful world we live in. Beauty from nature, culture, individuals. I have always believed that part of God’s image that we hear is our ability to create. We are co-creators with God, able to make new things from old things, and contribute to the growing beauty of this world. I have often feltContinue reading “The Call to Create”
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Pedal build
I built a guitar pedal for my friend Tom Patitucci, a MONSTER guitar player/teacher/guru. The process was…..fine. Once I started over after 4 months of being annoyed. Once coming up with a (better) plan, starting over, and not destroying anything, I completed the pedal in about 8 hours. Much better than 4 months. It’s calledContinue reading “Pedal build”
Conditioned Response
Have you ever noticed that certain things, places, or activities tend to cause you to have a subconscious reaction? Like Pavlov’s dog and the bell? He rang the bell when he gave them food, which caused them to associate the bell with food. After a while, he would ring the bell without food, and theContinue reading “Conditioned Response”
Complete
If you haven’t figured it out, I tend to have a stream of consciousness approach to these posts. Rarely do I know what I am going to end up saying before I say it. For me, that is a part of this exercise. Daily (or not quite daily) emptying my brain of it’s thoughts helpsContinue reading “Complete”
Fun
It’s interesting the different activities or things we think are fun. It is sooo different from one person to the next! I had the chance to do three unrelated fun things today. They may or may not sound fun to you. I started the day playing super Mario world. On super Nintendo. Oh yeah. MyContinue reading “Fun”
Cluttered mind
Yeah I missed a day. Sue me. This is what my desk looks like. At one point there was a third laptop there too. How am I supposed to empty my mind when it has no where to go? I’ll try to not let it happen again. Please note I cleaned a bit after IContinue reading “Cluttered mind”
For Such a Time as This
Ever feel like all your life experience, all your hard work, all your preparation, all your obsessing over details, all your fanaticism has been leading up to one opportunity? One moment in the sun, one glorious display of your expertise. The moment you have been waiting for, the moment that you made a difference. IContinue reading “For Such a Time as This”
Music and life
Or for me, more accurately, music IS life. There’s a certain part of all of us that is our…how do you say…biggest part? Most consuming passion? Obsessive hobby? Obviously there are many pieces and parts of what makes up a person: physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual etc. But I would say for most folks there areContinue reading “Music and life”
Content
There was a lot I experienced today that pointed to contentment as a theme. Church message on money, me being terrible at disc golf but still enjoying it, watching my son toddle around a park, having a great meeting of leaders with wonderful people. But me on the couch with my wife after a longContinue reading “Content”
Day one
So I only have a moment, as I am on PJ duty while Paola is at work. He happens to be sleeping at the moment, so this post will be as long as this blissful silence remains. Its Saturday, my day off before the Big Dance, AKA Sunday morning. I feel like Sunday always comesContinue reading “Day one”
Peter Gothold 