Festival Words

Check out my writing on my new blog, Festival Words. You can also get there by the link in the sidebar.

Festival Grounds

I'm always dreaming of opening a coffee shop one day. Here's a logo idea I came up with while dreaming...

MJ

It's too bad that it took him dying for me to revisit his tunes and remind me what an absolute insane, unbelievable, chilling, breathtaking performer MJ was. Bummer we won't be able to see him perform again. Look up some of his videos and see what I mean. I will never forget cranking his tunes when I was young and dancing to them till my legs were sore. I will also never forget sitting in front of the TV and watching his premiere of "Black or White." Absolutely amazing stuff!

Oh, and listen to "Speechless" and see if you don't get chills. So beautiful.

Here is a shot of me wrapped up in his cassette tape, "Bad."

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Enough

This is a poem I wrote tonight while waiting for my wife to get off work. I was sitting in my car while the rain beat down outside. I had Jon Foreman's "Your Love Is Strong" cranking over the speakers. I wrote this on my phone...

ENOUGH

You woke me this morning and invited me to breathe
You took away my clothes, you stole my stuff
You burned my possessions, you were enough

You took my hand and invited me outside
You set flame to my house and gave my car away
You pointed to the sky and said welcome to another day

I was afraid but you comforted me with open arms
You told me love doesn't live in things, plastic and diamond rings
You took my money and gave it away, told me you were enough today

It pained me to watch it all go
But you gazed at me with eyes that said there was more to know
We kept walking, the fire continuing to burn it all
My knees tightened, the clouds began to fall

I asked you why, why you had to burn it all
Don't you care about me at all
Then you stopped, told me to turn around
You told me to tell you what I saw

My house burning, my car gone
My clothes off but the curtains not drawn
My money in the trash, my things nothing but smashed
I told you that I saw myself dying as I lost it all

And then you left my side and showed up in the flames
Holding my body up clothed in gold armor
And as the flames continued to attempt a fight
You showed me love in that burning light

You wept all over me and cried out to let go of my life and all this stuff
Your tears covered me in a love that was more than enough
You told me that my fortune today was the next breath I took
You invited me into the pages of your eternal book

And your tears of joy and love put out the flames
As you sang over and over the melody of my name
Smiling and laughing and crying
And I knew you were enough

All was still and the flame was now your love inside me
The flame was your love helping me to see
That you were enough for me

You are enough for me...

Out of Nowhere...

Wow, I haven't written on this thing since I was like seven. Sorry about that. I'm one of those guys who loves reading consistent blogs, but I'm guilty of not keeping up with my own. Lame!

Too much has happened since I last wrote anything, so I'll just ring off a few to get me back into this instead of overwhelming myself, cuz we all know, if we're overwhelmed about blogging, then we probably won't. Alright, schweet!

So, Kel and I recently got back from a missions trip to South Africa. It was absolutely unbelievable and I would love to tell you more about it in person, so please ask. Here are a few pictures from the trip. I've got a ton more on my Facebook page. Check them out.

I also just made a huge decision in my life...I chose an English Premier Soccer team to follow. And I'm fired up about it! I chose Newcastle United. I'll be honest. I basically chose for a few reasons...one being, I think their black and white striped jersies are absolutely SICK! The next reason was because I like rooting for teams who aren't necessarily tearing up the league so that I have something to hope for and root for instead of choosing someone at the top. And thirdly, some friends helped me in my decision...specifically Vicky. She's from London and she told me I was making a good choice so I thought that was good coming from someone who is actually from there. She's even rooting now too. So yeah, I'm pretty excited. Maybe I'll go out and buy Kel one of their jersies. Not sure if she'd ever wear it, but she'd look dang cute if she did.

And I guess a third thing is that I'm reading through the Chronicles of Narnia for the first time and I'm loving it. I should have done this 37 years ago. What was I thinking?! Such rich stories. I'm currently on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

So there's a subtle attempt at not overwhelming myself in getting back into this thing. Let's see if I stay with it this time.

But seriously, South Africa was beyond breathtaking, so please ask for stories if you'd like. It wouldn't do it much justice to try to put it in a blog.

Also, raise high a glass of nog tonight. Tis the season. Much love.
Seth

Tribute to Yankee Stadium

I'm not a Yankees fan, but I can't help but love this video. It reminds me how beautiful the game of baseball is and how I will never stop loving it.