Austin Cookie Lounge – a different kind of cookie
A few weeks ago I was in Austin speaking at a camp, and as I was heading out of town I got a tweet from my good from Dave that said;
I asked him what “The Cookie Lounge” was and he said;
“think Cold Stone, but with cookies.”
That’s all you had to say! My wife and I went – and we’re glad we did! This place is awesome!!! It was just like my friend Dave said – it’s basically Cold Stone – but with Cookies. You choose your own dough type, choose your mix ins, and wait for them to freshly bake your cookie – it’s awesome! I’ve never seen any place make cookies like this place makes cookies! {Not to mention it’s a cool looking place, and the staff is really nice!}
If you are ever in Austin you need to “hit up the Cookie Lounge! If you go, or have been, be sure to come back and leave a comment!
Click play above to check out some footage I took during my visit!
{You can connect with the Cookie Lounge via their website, or their twitter!}
{By the way – this entire video was shot with my iphone 3GS!}
God sure does make really cool stuff….like Laminin….
By now I”m sure you’ve seen this clip – but if you haven’t you need to. (I’m blown away every time I watch it.) It’s a talk given by Louie Giglio about you, me, God, laminin, and how incredible He [God] is.
If you’re not “into” “church talk” at least skip to 4:03 where Louie starts talking about a molecule called Laminin(picture to the left) – it’s amazing. Wow – God really knows what He is doing….
God is…..Triune
A few days ago I asked my friends on twitter and facebook this question;
“If you had to describe God in one word; what would it be.”
(not that any amount of words could ever adequately describe God)
Here are some of the many replies….
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Awesome
God
Love
Indescribable
Unconditional
Word
Holy
Good
Father
Daddy
Hope
Faithful
Perfect
Amazing
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While most of these are great adjectives for God; I was saddened that no one described Him as the one quality that is His, and His alone – Triune. It is this quality that sets God apart, that sets Christianity apart from any other religion. If you have the other qualities, but not this, then you don’t have a Biblical picture of God. Why is this not one of the first things that comes to people’s minds when then think about the One, True, God? Why do so many “Bible Teachers” neglect to talk about God in Triune (Biblical) terms? Why do we not teach our students (let alone our adults) about the face that God is Triune? That if God wasn’t Triune, if Jesus wasn’t fully God and fully man, then His death wouldn’t have mattered? Why do so many neglect this?
I’m so thankful that God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – and that each is fully God and there there is only one God.
This is so vital because
“What a person thinks about God is the most important thought they will ever have. Because what a person thinks about God will determine what he thinks about everything else.”
Are we “thinking” right about God? Are we teaching Scripture to people in a way that would cause them to think “right” or “Biblically” about God? To think of God as Triune? Every time I open up the Bible to teach Scripture I ask myself “How can I make sure people walk away “thinking” CORRECTLY about the God this Bible describes?”
How about you? How would you answer the same question? When is the last time you have heard a sermon on the doctrine of the Trinity? When’s the last time you taught someone about the TRIUNE God? Do you make it a priority to teach about the Triune God of the Bible? Just some thoughts….
{On a side note – there are two professors at DTS, Dr. Scott Horrell and Dr. Jeffery Bingham, that God has used to really change my life, and my teaching. These men taught me more about the Doctrine of the Trinity and the importance of TEACHING it in my sermons then anyone ever has. I owe these men more then I can ever repay them. Thanks guys, you’ll never know the impact you have had on my life.}
Batman and Robin – Episode 2
Here is the 2nd episode from the Batman and Robin series we produced a few years back. I actually think this is my favorite out of all the ones we shot. Hope you enjoy!
Awesome = this 360-degree tour of Michael Jackson’s private geek lounge
OK – STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND - click here to go on a 360-degree, panoramic, tour of Michael Jackson’s private nerd video game collection/super nerd lair. THIS PLACE IS AMAZING! I am having geek lust after looking at this awesome place! This guy spent some serious cash on his geek lair! This place is simply amazing! This entire room comes from the infamous Neverland Ranch – as you look around you’ll such great hits like “Simpson’s pinball, Jurassic Park, Crazy Taxi, and the entire cast of Star Wars; in other words – a mega arcade!
Many of the items you see in the panoramic tour were auctioned off by Julien’s back in April of this year. (If you haven’t seen the items listed in his auction – you should browse through the complete catalogue, as it is very interesting – you won’t believe some of the things Jackson owned!)
{warning – if you are on a slow computer, or your iPhone, you may want to bookmark and come back later – as the file is very large, and puts your web browser to work. But trust me when I say – it’s worth it!}
{via Pinsane}
Me and my appendix called it quits today – for good.
All I can say is “Wow! God did it again.” Watch the video above to hear the entire story. But basically the story is this – I thought I had a really bad stomach ache yesterday afternoon, that bad “stomach ache” got REALLY bad around 3:30 this morning (in fact it was the worst pain I had ever felt – and it wouldn’t stop.) My awesome wife took me to Presbyterian Hospital, and they quickly ran some tests after making me drink some extremely “uncool” liquid. (click here for a video I made while drinking it.) After they ran the tests they found out that my bad “stomach ache” was really an appendicitis and decided that I needed to have an emergency surgery – an appendectomy.
By 9:30 am I was out of surgery (click here to view a video I shout when I came out of surgery – Warning, I’m a little loopy!) – and the extreme pain that I had before was gone! (instead replaced by three nice scars around my lower stomach.) The Doctor said that my appendix was in REALLY bad shape, was super infected, and that gangrene had sat in, (gross) in other words – it “REALLY” needed to come out! Believe it or not, by 4:30 pm THEY LET ME COME HOME!
The nurses said they couldn’t believe the doctor allowed me to go home, since a surgery of this nature requires at the very minimum an overnight stay. They simply could not believe I was walking to the restroom (although extremely sore), talking (i had a breathing tube in for a while), using my phone, making jokes, and even eating a nice chicken dish for lunch! I told them I had lots of people praying for me, and our great God works like that sometimes (granted, He is always great, and wise – but it sure is awesome when your prayer requests, and His will line up). So thank you to everyone who prayed, called, texted, twitted, left a voicemail, etc -it meant more then you know. In fact I was overwhelmed that even some students that I minister to sent me text messages – that was super cool! One more super cool “God thing” that happened today – as many of you know; summers are very busy for me, and normally something is going on every day of the week – but this Sunday and Monday were very “low key” days, and I’ll only be missing a few appointments. So as crazy as it sounds – this couldn’t have happened at a better time! Big thanks to Presbyterian Hospital, and Dr. Shires (who just happend to be the cheif surgeon who was on call today – another “God thing”) – you guys rocked it today. Your entire staff was exceptional! Thanks for making such a scary, and stressful, experience a great one! Thanks to my iPhone 3GS which allowed me to capture such great footage! Thanks to my awesome wife who is always so loving, and most of all thanks to our super, awesome God. He really did do a miracle today – I can’t believe I’m home right now typing this. (24 hours ago I was on the floor in tears because of the extreme pain I was having.)
{p.s. – I had a breathing tube in my throat, and as you can see, the Lord has really allowed my throat to heal up very quickly!}
{p.p.s. – And to my mean appendix, – I’m mad you kept me from seeing the awesome firework show, and enjoying my Joe T. Garcia’s – I’m glad we’ve parted ways. You weren’t much fun to have around, and you won’t be missed!}
Throwback Sunday – Ducktales
Here we are again – Sunday; and you know what means? That’s right, another great installment of “Throwback Sunday.” Today’s Throwback Sunday is a real treat for me, as this was one of my favorite cartoons growing up! How about you – did you dig Ducktales?
enjoy.
Batman and Robin – Episode 1
Several year back I was on the programming team for a youth conference ran by Campus Crusade for Christ at CSU in Ft. Collins, Colorado. We shot a series of videos that we showed during our main sessions. Despite the embarrassment this may cause me, I’m posting them anyway – enjoy!
{I’ll be posting all of them during the next few days.)
saltwater tanks “Rock”
On my hobbies is natural aquatic environments. (aka – aquariums) I have two of them, a saltwater (video below) and a fresh water planted. The fresh water, planted tank is from Japan, and is my “trophy tank” (I’ll show that one later.) But below is my saltwater tank, with many live corals. I have collected these corals for sometime, and it has taken a while for the tank to have that nice, purple color that you see in the video. (those rocks don’t come purple by the way!) Also, most of the corals that you see in the video have taken a long time to grow as full, and as thick as you see. I enjoy the colors of the coral, and the saltwater tank.
Any other “fish fans” out there? You ever try to set up an aquarium of any kind? What was your experience? What did you think of my coral? Enjoy!
{p.s. – the barking you here in the background is our little doggy – Gizmo, in case you were wondering!)
