Month: June 2005

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judas

I wonder what Judas was thinking.

Did he know his betrayal would lead to death?
Did he know at the beginning the final result of his road?
Did he think the authorities would flog Jesus,
just to get him back into line a little bit,
and then release him?

Could he have ever truly grasped the depth of the role he would play in God’s eternal plan?

Part of me thinks the betrayal of Judas wasn’t quite so sinister as we often believe.
Part of me wants to think that Judas thought it wouldn’t be “that bad”.

But at the core I am troubled
because my betrayal of Jesus
sometimes seems very innocent.

When I betray him
it doesn’t seem “that bad.”

And I wonder
if that’s what
Judas thought too.

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in other other news…

i got my new toy in today – a nikon 80-200 f2.8 lens that i picked up for $379 on keh. the quality was surprisingly good for a “bargain” lens – i think i would definitely order from them again.

the lens is huge… it’s hard to actually put into words how big and heavy this thing is. it easily weighs 3 times what my d-70 weighs. i’m excited about getting out to take some shots with it, hopefully in the next few days…

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sonic

as i possibly posted earlier, sonic changed their menu a couple of weeks ago. the new menu is a complete travesty, with my primary beef being that the chicken club toaster combo is strangely missing from the combo meals…

in my first trip back to sonic, i managed to snap a picture of the new combo’s on the menu. terrible, i say.

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the body of Christ

“the body of Christ, broken for you.”
“the blood of Christ, shed for you.”

Such old, simple words;
yet words that convey a depth of meaning and personality to a sacrament as old as Jesus himself.

And each week we take comfort
in a body broken
a blood shed
for me
and for you
for each and every person
who would come forth
and receive it.

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zydeco

so i’ve come to the conclusion that zydeco is quite possibly some of the funnest music there is. tonight we went to (spent 5 hours at) a buckwheat zydeco concert, and it was awesome… definitely worth it if you can ever find a good zydeco group in your area!

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coth crucifixion pictures

if you’re ever in the area of marble falls during the summer around 7:00 on a thursday night, i highly recommend stopping by camp of the hills to view the crucifixion scene. i’ll probably head out there at least one more time over the summer, but here are some pics from last night… view all the images here.

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do you love me?

a wonderful scene from Fiddler on the Roof between Tevye and Golde his wife:

“Do you love me?”

“Do I what?”

“Do you love me?”

“You’re a fool.”

“I know. But do you love me?”

“Do I love you? For twenty-five years I’ve washed your clothes, cooked your meals, cleaned your house given you children, milked the cow after twenty-five years, why talk about love right now?”

“Golde, the first time I met you was on our wedding day. I was scared”

“I was shy.”

“I was nervous.”

“So was I.”

“But my father and my mother said we’d learn to love each other and now I’m asking, Golde:
Do you love me?”

“I’m your wife.”

“I know.
But do you love me?”

“Do I love him?
For twenty-five years I’ve lived with him fought him, starved with him twenty-five years my bed is his if that’s not love, what is?”

“Then you love me?”

“I suppose I do.”

“And I suppose I love you too.”

“It doesn’t change a thing, but even so, after twenty-five years it’s nice to know.”

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podcasting

so it seems the new thing is podcasting. i’m wondering if it’s worth actaully doing… i suppose i have an ipod (which incidentally DHL left on my porch this morning, despite there being a big “signature required” label on it) and a microphone for it, so why not actually put some sort of podcast something on there… short, sweet and to the point perhaps. of course, the real problem being that i’m not sure i actually have things that are all that interesting to say, other than reading random thoughts that you could read for yourselves with much more meaning anyway.

i guess part of the trouble with reading for you is that sometimes you get far more richness when you are forced to struggle with what it *could* have meant, rather than reading my (vocal) interpretation into it.

anyway, if someone wants to put some thoughts down on whether or not it would be worth it, then i’m certainly open to listening – and giving anything a try.

of course, well broadcasted podcasting could bring a lot more traffic to the site…