February 2012
13 posts
I'm going to free fall out into nothing.
I’m going to leave this world for a while.
Dear Lord, In case you have a Tumblr, these are...
Romans 12:9-18 HCSB
Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer. Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality. Bless those who...
7 arbitrary things i'm proud of
My beard growing abilities. It’s almost as if it takes no effort or thought.
That I can say I remember when Vanilla Ice was legitimately “cool”.
I learned how to work hard at a young age.
That I know how to cook ethnic food…. besides Spaghettios.
That I did 20 push ups with my 55.6 lb. Seven year old on my back…. and didn’t break a sweat.
To be an...
Why Me Lord?
why me Lord? what have i ever done, to deserve even one, of the pleasure i’ve known, tell me Lord, what did i ever do, that was worth love from You, for the kindness You’ve shown, Lord help me Jesus, i’ve wasted it so help me Jesus, i know what i am, but now that i know, that i needed you so help me Jesus, my souls in Your hand, try me Lord, if you think there’s a way, i...
Real Men
My house is my fortress. My boys are men in training. My living room is our dojo for learning Trent Kwan Do. Its a mixed martial art style that is unique in that it confuses the enemy with pillow throws to the face while you roll around on the carpet with your dog to bring your attackers to their knees. However this fighting art form may only last up through fifth grade and then we will switch...
r3born:
ISRAEL & NEW BREED - He knows my...
Lord, I want to...
Produce the fruit of Your Spirit.
Abide in Your love.
Walk worthy of the vocation in which I was called.
Praise You in the morning.
Work while it is still day.
Let go of anger before the sun goes down.
Give as my heart has determined.
Fulfill the law of Christ.
Bare another’s burdens.
Love loving kindness.
Humble myself, and stay there.
Exalt the King.
Bind wisdom around my neck....
The man after God's own heart usually has a broken...
1Take a deep breath, God; calm down—
don’t be so hasty with your punishing rod.
2Your sharp-pointed arrows of rebuke draw blood;
my backside smarts from your caning.
3I’ve lost twenty pounds in two months
because of your accusation.
My bones are brittle as dry sticks
because of my sin.
4I’m swamped by my bad behavior,
collapsed under gunnysacks of guilt.
...
I did my devotion today on one verse. I went deep...
Micah 6:8
Mankind, He has told you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8 HCSB)
God is not interested in our religious or ceremonial recompense Ref vs 7
He has required 3 things
Or, He has shown us what is “tov” most inner beautiful ref Gen 1 “God saw that it was...
Proverbs 18:21 HCSB
Life and death are in the...
Proverbs 18:21 is a powerful verse. I’m sick of the way I hear people, actually Christian people talk and text today. Christians don’t cuss, right? Wrong. Except now we do it in code so its not so readily identifiable. To ‘cuss’ is to actually curse something with words. It is an act of verbal condemnation. Something the Bible forbids believers to do because vengeance...
I like making up quotes and then signing my name.
Trent Holbert
Pretty boss night
I came home in a very frustrated mood. Music is able to change all that though. That jive honky, Duston Ellis stopped by and it (music) just started happening. My fingers are raw but it was awesome. Guitar and cajon are a perfect accompaniment. But then add in a harmonica and you have musical burgoo that is just awesome. Tom Petty makes everything better as well…especially when Mandy is the...
January 2012
27 posts
I want to Edvard Munch.
Unplugging for a while
I’ve realized this week that, as gut wrenchingly painful as it was to lose my brother, i’m thankful God took him on home rather than leaving him here in such a damaged state. Only having him here physically and not mentally/emotionally is unfathomable. I see that now.
If your life is taken from you, you're a martyr....
T Dog
Use to be.
“Make every effort to come to me soon, for Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica.” 2 Timothy 4:9
At one time in the Apostle Paul’s ministry, a man named Demas was a very faithful “fellow laborer”. However, we know that eventually Demas became a “use to be”. A “use to be” is someone who use to...
Doing the right thing in the wrong way
Uzzah didn’t have to die. God commanded no one to ever touch the Ark of the Covenant or they’d die. The priests were to carry it using poles. Subsequently the Philistines stole the ark and carried it away in a cart. Even the ungodly knew better. However when king David was finally able to rescue the ark and bring it home, he decided to build a “new cart” and use the...
Perfect Strangers
Sometimes the world looks perfect, Nothing to rearrange.
Sometimes you get a feeling like you need some kind of change.
No matter what the odds are this time, nothing’s going to stand in my way.
This flame in my heart, and a long lost friend gives every dark street a light at the end.
Standing tall, on the wings of my dream.
Rise and fall, on the wings of my dream.
The rain and...
The Other Guys
Terry Hoitz: No, I don’t like you. I think you’re a fake cop. The sound of your pee hitting the urinal, it sounds feminine. If you were in the wild, I would attack you, even if you weren’t in my food chain. I would go out of my way to attack you. If I were a lion and you were a tuna, I would swim out in the middle of the ocean and freaking eat you and then I’d take your...
Am I the only one who lays awake at night worried about the world returning back to its Pangean form and what confusion that will bring?
I've had the same song stuck in my head for a...
And even though it isn’t Tom Petty, David Crowder or Matisyahu…it’s not a bad song.
I believe I would have been a really great...
My 12:02 thought.
I know I said one day we’re moving to Seychelles where I would develop their first and only golf course and crown myself the local island golf pro but thanks to google earth I have found a secondary location. It lies just north of the Alps in Austria, just across the Italian border. It’s a small town located on the banks of a large crystal blue lake. It already has a golf course. So,...
“God’s plan A is humility. His plan B is humiliation. To be prideful is to...”
– Mark Driscoll
My favorite Mandy Holbert song. It has a Crowder...
Mandy’s new song “Fear Not”. We...
New York Times calls Owen Countians ignoramuses in...
[A little background: You need to know that Col. Thomas Buford, very publicly shot and killed Judge Elliott of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in the Capital Hotel in Frankfort. According to one source, Buford was “one of the most notorious of Kentucky criminals,” but he wasn’t found guilty of murder, but of “impulsive insanity,” by an Owen County jury. One newspaperman was outraged, and had some...
Spiritual Themes
2007= Sub-surface rumblings of growing missional frustrations
2008 = Directional longing
2009 = faith walking and blessing reaping
2010 = building and growing
2011 = personal hell and fellowship of His sufferings
Intro to 2012 = new monasticism and wrestling with inner focal change.
It’s all developmental discipleship, man. Retrospect is how we gauge our growth.
Post questions to learn...
B Collision *
Today is an emotional day for me. Tomorrow, January 10th, the David Crowder Band drops their last album. I’m so excited that I have to keep an empty jug and paper towels around because i just keep urinating myself. At the same time i’m sad so I keep busting out in tears and snot. By the end of the day I will be dehydrated from excitement and sorrow.
I started this blog because of...
I’ll sing to you of silver swans, of kingdoms and carillons. I’ll sing of bodies intertwined underneath an innocent sky
Oh brother where art thou?
If you’re backsliden and you’re friends dont lovingly call you out on it, here’s the deal.
They dismiss scripture themselves bc scripture teaches us to lovingly call out our brothers/sisters in the faith being careful that we don’t fall into the same sin.
They care more about how you feel about them then how you feel about God.
They prob are a smudge backsliden too and...
Some things may last forever; twinkies, herpies...
Other things don’t.
Autumn is awesome!
It's over.
Time to start 2012. The beginning of the end.
December 2011
38 posts
My Yr with Andrew Murray: Coming Soon.... →
mandylynn21:
I am not a “blogger”. I journal so I guess that’s sorta the same. I received a book this Christmas called ‘The Essential Works Of Andrew Murray - 12 Complete Books Covering The Entire Christian Life’ (Ya… that’s the title) . This idea has taken root inside of me to spend a year with Andrew Murray,…
Ya (Swedish for ‘yeah’) I think this is going to be a superiffic...
Motives and Thoughts
Rotating bodies, confusion of sound Negative imagery, holding us down Social delusion, clearly constructed Human condition, morals corrupted Trapped in reaction, lawlessness war Dissatisfaction from bowels to core Devil’s technology, strategy for Human mythologies, urban folklore Sick of psychology, counterfeit cure Wicked theology, robbing the poor Scheme demonology mislead the pure ...
Confession is good for the soul
Its no secret that due to my high stress lifestyle that I’ve incurred a bit of the reactions to some of that stress. My body has taken its toll, among other things. I tend to take things personally, or hold on to things and dwell on them until havoc be wreaked on me. Ironically enough the greatest stress has come largely due to relationships and where my life touches other people’s...
Love spelled backwards is evol. I don't know what...
Deep Thoughts by Trent
Y que'?
I am such a verbose person. My mother actually kept my first grade report card that complained of my chatting in class. I speak for a living. I started a blog just so I could keep talking when no one was listening. And that was before i knew about “followers” on tumblr. I weigh my words in conversation with magnitudinal precision. I analyze the syntax and scrutinize the sequencing. I...
I believe it's looking like a Coffee Tree kind of...
Laptop, mocha, hippy culture, indie music of the folk persuasion, coffeeshop conversations. I’m thinking…. yes.
Fast and Furious
Just finished watching Fast 5. Now I want to go drive… fast. I love these Fast and Furious series. The first one got me hooked. One line in the movie stuck with me; “I live my life a quarter mile at a time and for those 10 seconds or less, i’m free.” I like that. The first move “The Fast and the Furious” came out in June of 2001. Why would I remember that? It...