February 2012
7 posts
I don’t believe that ignorance is bliss.
Maybe that’s just my defiant nature and my wanting to know everything about the world, but I don’t believe that you can just breeze through life pretending like nothing else matters.
Part of this is my weird involvement in politics. Rick Santorum is coming to visit Belmont tomorrow night, and though I oppose the guy, I want people to...
Why.
“Ashley, you are 19. No need to have your life figured out by any means. Enjoy...”
– Danielle Magaard
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Messy Blessing
There are moments in my life that make me realize what I love, why I’m thankful for it, and what steps to take in the right direction. There have been moments in my life when I love different things. When I was ten, I loved the cute boy in my class. When I was twelve, I loved figure skating and wanted to be on the ice my whole life. When I was fourteen, I loved high school. Looking back,...
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January 2012
8 posts
Storytime and a Stream of Consciousness.
These are my ramblings and my train of thought in a stream of consciousness for the last month:
My life is becoming a jumble of not knowing. I thought I knew what I wanted to do when I was six and told my mom I would be a veterinarian, then at eight when I told her I wanted to be a novelist, then at twelve when I wanted to be a journalist, then at fifteen when I wanted to conquer the music...
Guyzzz
But for real. This is the shortest note ever, but here are some of the reasons I love my life right now:
I work for one of the best bands ever, they treat me well, I’m learning what I love, and I occasionally get to travel with them.
I get to sit in on a class that I love because I am friends with the professor. I don’t have to take the tests, and I don’t have to pay for the...
“The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your...”
– James Whitcomb Riley
The Sidelines: Jesus and Music →
This is the best read I’ve had in a while. Thankful for Jon and thankful for the awesome things that God’s stirring in people’s hearts.
jonsteingard:
When I was about 9 years old, I started playing the guitar. The first song I ever learned was an early 90’s worship song called Show Your Power… a well-known worship song from the day. 3 chords. Key of G. I told my Dad (who was...
December 2011
9 posts
“All I know is that through it all, Jesus is good, and He calms my soul.”
– David Ramirez
How a Personality Test and the Color Red Changed...
A lot of my life is spent running away from God. It’s not that I don’t believe in Him, but most of it has to do with my stubborn personality and unwillingness to budge. Lately, the reason that I was running away was because I was scared of what would happen if I didn’t. I’m a really strong willed person, and have always wanted to do things my own way. The problem is,...
“When I eat, I feel the best. So I feel like I should just eat all the time. Get...”
– Trey Tyler
Just got the “go” for studying abroad from my parents. Hopefully in one year from now, I will be a young 20 year old studying in the heart of London.
November 2011
22 posts
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Doing Life
So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
-2 Corinthians 4:12
The previous words in this passage talk about how we are continually given over to Jesus sake and reminded of his death, so that life can come through us. It’s such an oxymoron, but it’s something that I realized today in its fullness.
I’ve felt bondage for a long, long time. I feel bonded to...
Nonfiction Love Song - Jillian Edwards
Jill...
Fire on the Altar: The Bondage of Time →
theartofthirsting:
Time has been a serious chain on my heart this week. It was easy for stress to overwhelm me when I thought about everything I had to do and the little amount of time I had to do it. By the end of this week I realized that my heart had run far from the covering and peace that the Father offers.
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Dear Belmont,
I’m going to take this time to point out some of the things I believe need to be changed in the system. It’s nothing personal, but it really is.
First of all, I am paying over $30,000 to attend school here. I feel like this, in turn, should allow me the promises that you’ve made me over the past three years of so. Again, it’s nothing personal. But there were promises...
Things to Accomplish Before the End of College
1. Read the whole Bible.
2. Write a song I’m proud of. Play it for people I love.
3. Work at a bookstore. Preferably Barnes & Noble, where I can be a hipster and drink coffee and listen to music on break.
4. Find out the quirky things that make my friends happy. Surprise them.
5. Deactivate my Facebook.
6. Maintain a successful music blog. Start getting serious and working on being...
Lisa Ritchey
For anyone that is in the mood for some soulful sass, Lisa Ritchey is a girl that might just fulfill that craving. Lisa’s based out of Nashville, Tennessee, and I’ve been lucky enough to be working with her for the past month or so while she’s in talks of recording a new EP to be released in the spring or summer of 2012. A mix of raw soul, acoustic rock, and pop, her music...
Can’t Hold Me Down - Ben Montague
This...
“Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.”
– Plato
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I just want to go to the circus. I want to see the chaos, the magic, the animals, and the artform there. Clowns don’t scare me.
Transparency
This is me being really transparent.
The past two months have been a struggle. I got caught in this bind of believing that I didn’t need Jesus to be a major part of my life. So I didn’t let him stay there. I told myself that there were so many other things that I needed to get done for myself. And for a while it worked.
I went after things that I really wanted. I immersed myself by...
2 Corinthians 1:18-19
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No”. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No”, but in him it has always been “Yes”.
[This gives me so much freedom.]
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“By his grace he puts you in a wonderful place. But don’t ONLY bask in it;...”
– Anna Wilhelm
October 2011
16 posts
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Ben Rector...I mean, Andrew Belle
You better believe we were at Ben Rector.
We dressed up. Curled our hair. Made Grant take a picture.
Naturally, my camera died before Ben Rector came onstage. So here are a bunch of pictures of Andrew Belle :)
Things that Sam Pauly says:
“I’ve never run into you in a coffee shop! I feel like I’m observing your natural habitat. Like Steve Irwin or something.”
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