Greetings!

Well you are here because part of you cares about me. C'mon, admit it. You wouldn't be here if you weren't just a tad curious about what I am doing, saying, or thinking these days.

For those of you with whom I have not spoken since college, high school, or even before let me say that I am sorry for the severe lack of communication but if you have gotten here by way of email invite (or forwarded email invite) then I am glad you are here and look forward to hopefully communicating with you more personally starting.........now

Please look for the next post "Recent Life Synopsis" for what I am up to these days. This will be showing up in a couple of days from now. Such a post is meant to clear the air so that if we are ever to hang out we won't have to go through the akward "So what are you doing these days?" Ya know, what you have to repeat a billion times during graduations, weddings, and family gatherings. I always felt I should just wear a sign to those events that had my name, where I lived, why I lived there, if I was in school, what I was studying, where I worked, and why I was not a baseball player yet. The "Recent Life Synopsis" post is meant to be that sign. This post is a welcome and summary of what is to come.

So, why do I like these three things?












Well, if you don't know Him, I would recommend trying to do so once in a while. When I was an earlier teenager Jesus became extrememly important to me after I realized that His death is the only thing sufficient to wipe my sins away and that He defines life's most true and pure forms of hapiness and fulfillment. I'm certainly far from perfect and screw up everyday. Unfortunately Jesus is too quickly equated with one bad experience at church, one jerk on TV or in your life who claimed they loved Him, or a number of bad representations of Him. But the true person of Christ, the Lamb of God, truly dismantles all those impressions and hopefully my life will reflect that along with His love and grace for all people.

Baseball is the just about the coolest thing ever. A true team endeavour, deep with endless statistics, and the best game dynamics of any sport. Oh I know there are haters out there, and that is cool with me, I don't expect everyone to enjoy it. But I've found baseball games to be the most entertaining events to attend or to watch on TV and I enjoy it all year round. And being from Minnesota I love my Twins. Thankfully my fantastic wife puts up with this obession.

Coming in a close second to just about the coolest thing ever is a nice cold frosty brew. I enjoy such things because they bring people together. It's about community, life together, friendship, commitment, laughing and fun. Over a frosty brew people spill their feelings, their joys, their souls. Over a bottle of wine a group of people catch up on days gone by. Of course beer is not the only catalyst for such things and here it is really a symbol. Please don't mistake my enjoying a beer with enjoying drunkenness. These things are best in moderation for sure. If I went out with you to enjoy a Leinie's I would care infinitely more about you than what is in my glass.

So, sorry this post is mammoth....it's my first blog post ever.....so that means that it can only get better from here on out. I plan to share tons of funny stories and commentaries on life, let you know what I think about the current state of the Twins, share what I learn in class and in life, and generally just blab away. I hope that you enjoy it.