Commune

Why not start a commune...  No, I don't mean the kind from back in the day or those polygamist freak-fest things... I'm talking about a group of young friends all moving to a new place, planting a church and setting up shop for a great life together.

Now the back story...  I went up to play a camp with my college band this past weekend, and now that we have all been away from graduation for close to two years, people are starting to think future and get itchy.  We miss each other, the growth, friendships and love.

The general consensus is that we should leave So/Nor-Cal where we are all parked for now and travel to a distant land to set up shop and start a great life together.  We are all pretty mobile, so it could be realistic, certainly in the next couple years.

Possible landing spots: Austin, Nashville, Colorado, Boise...

Never hurts to think, talk and pray... Anyone else want in?

Peace, NcB.

Stretch Yourself

I have been linking to this below for a week or so, but I wanted to rep it a bit more for the mainstream.

Lindsey Trozzo, is a great friend of mine as well as a spiritual mentor, specifically in the areas of worship, spiritual discipline and the study of the Word.  We played music and graduated from BIOLA University together

She is a graduate student at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, CA and she has started a new blog called A Great Many Things. 

There she will be posting regular short articles about, "Thoughts and questions on life and spirituality."  

Read these articles, involve yourself in the discussion, stretch yourself.

Peace, NcB.

All We Are

All We Are  (N. Brown)

You have fire in your eyes

And water on your tongue

Raging lion in the night

And a lamb to lay it down

You are everything we are and want

In its greatest form

And I give all I have to you my Lord

Come like a thief in the night

The tower stands ready

Your people are crying

"Give us the king, give us the king of glory"

You are everything we are and want

In its greatest form

And I give all I have to you my Lord.

You are beautiful

You are all we are

You are beautiful

You are, you are... beautiful

How long will we sing this song

How long to the great beyond

How long till we are all we are

How long...

You are beautiful

You are all we are

You are beautiful

You are, you are... beautiful

I Think I've Earned The Right

Yes, I think I've earned the right.  The right to post short blogs with no significance to anyone but me... So please, indulge me.

Straight up... I am in Eau Claire, WI, the town of my birth... and it's... hold your breath... 20 below zero outside.  Yes, California, that "zero" as in that number below all the other numbers you've never heard of.

I have never frozen my a$$ off like this before.  And I mean that literally.

Oh... yeah, and for those of you with "young eyes" I think my icy behind gives me the right to cuss with a currency cover-up...  Wow, was that pointless.

Peace, NcB.

We Made It Through

Here in SoCal, every once in a while, you really question the sanity of those who are around you.

About a week ago, New Years Day or so, we started hearing about the monsoon season that was approaching over the weekend.  I have never seen newscast here in LA focused on anything other than crime or celebrities, but... oh yes... BUT... last week, Dallas, Johnny and all the other aptly named meteor-alities were finally getting their face time and were of course drooling at the chance to blow the storm of the century WAY out of proportion.

Last night, I watched the back-to-normal 11:00 news and sure enough, the top headlines followed:

1.) Presidential primary in NH.

2.) "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" premiers.

3.) Dr. Phil goes to see Brittany in the looney bin.

4.) BCS National Championship game.

... oh... yeah... and an afterthought... The largest rainfall in the area was in Claremont which got 6.5 inches...  6.5 inches...?  I have lived in three places that have gotten that in a hour...

You have to love SoCal.

Peace, NcB.