I am a husband, father, writer, artist, musician and Christian. I reside in my hometown San Diego, CA. I am co-founder of the Ecclesia Collective, an instigator behind Make Something Day, part of an intentional/missional community affectionately called, Hawthorn House, a Fuller Seminary student and am employed by First Presbyterian Church of San Diego.
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The magnificent, Jon Hall, took some pics of the show this last weekend. Check 'em out. Brooke takes what remains to Alta tomorrow. Go visit our friends Krista and Tina at Alta, buy a cup o' joe, check out our stuff and let us know what you think!
Brooke and I stayed up way too late last night finishing 14 new pieces that will be on display today at the trunk show she is part of. What doesn't sell today will be put on display at Alta Coffee in Newport Beach (20 pieces are already on display there). These have been fun pieces to work on. We incorporated elements we haven't used in our collaborative pieces in the past–such as sewing, water colors, hand drawings, hand-drawn lettering, and of course, recycled materials (mostly pages from old discarded books we've found) along with the other techniques we commonly use. Go to the show today and join us up at Alta's soon. Watch fireandflowers.com for more news on this front.
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If you missed it, the Handmade Revolution was featured on These Days on KPBS. You can listen in at about 5:09 minutes here. And, yesterday, the Revolution was mentioned in CityBeat. Way to go girls!
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My daughter clarified some things for me this weekend:
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I met Daniel Dixon several years ago while he was on the road with my friends, The Cobalt Season. Watching him play live, I was thoroughly impressed by his musicianship. And as we sat on my kitchen floor, talking late into the night, I was impressed by what a decent human being he is as well. His most recent release, Night Watching, features well what Daniel is capable of artistically. His music transports you somewhere. Here he communicates more with instrumentation than most accomplish with lyrics. Eat your heart out, Sigur Ros. I choose Dixon over your gibberish.
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If you haven't heard about Chris Smith's new e-book, Growing Deeper, now you have. Chris is an incredibly thoughtful and practical writer. A rare trait. Many of us had hoped Chris would write something like this after he posted his now infamous 10 ideas list years ago. I got a chance to look at this book earlier this week and was really excited about it. It's something that I will be referring to in regards to my work at First Pres' as well as the life of Hawthorn House. Check it out! It's FREE!
- Here's an interview I did w/ Chris on my blog a while back.
- And here's a link to his other book, Water, Faith and Wood (which is great).
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When I was in 6th grade, I loved INXS. This song in particular is still a great song. And Fruit Bats do it justice. I especially dig the slide on their version. Check it out.
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Haven't posted anything significant lately. It's been busy! But here's something I've been thinking about the last few days.
I'm convinced that this new job is going to make me healthier. Why? Because of all the walking! This place is enormous! You have to walk a mile just to find the coffee pot! Well... a mile might be an exaggeration. Still, it is a big building. But on top of that, I'm being deliberate about staying in this neighborhood for most of my meetings. And walking this neighborhood as much as possible. If you and I are meeting here any time soon, you'll discover this. Most of the time, I've invited people to meet me here at First Pres', and then we walk around the neighborhood, to a sandwich place or coffee shop or just a around the block a few times. But I think it's important to be in this community. To see it, smell it and continue to get more familiar with what is going on around this place each day. Whenever folks would come visit the Hawthorn House, I'd take them on walks around our neighborhood. We would bump into residents and shop owners that I know–which we have now come to know most of the shop owners. For many of the people that I would invite to walk with me, they'd act as if this was some kind of achievement. "How'd you get to know everyone?!" They would ask. With tongue firmly planted in cheek, I would respond, "By practicing the spiritual discipline of walking."It's hard to get to know your community and it's needs without being present. This art of listening-on-our-feet is a significant part of how we will determine our strategy for reaching out to the neighbors of First Pres'. Combining our real life experiences and conversations with the data we have and continue to collect will provide us a much more holistic view of this community. More on that later though.Comments [3]
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