Hymnal!

at 09/27/11 4:51PM *
The other editors and I are about to start on the next step of producing the hymn book. Woot!

So ... Lord willing, I'll have the book on Kickstarter by early March.
Be psyching yourselves and others up to make it happen when it does go up!
We're going to try very hard to keep the price under $8 a copy.

I'll try to put up a tentative list of hymns in it soon.

**edit**
Sooo ... it's probably going to be later than March before we get it done.
  • daddysgirl
    NICE! All the best with that! Looking forward to hearing more about it!
    by daddysgirl at 09/28/11 4:48AM
  • heidiw
    :)
    by heidiw at 09/29/11 12:04AM
  • leahhallnoats
    congrats! can't wait to see the finished product. :)
    by leahhallnoats at 09/29/11 6:50PM
  • dawsonlover10
    Excellent! :)
    by dawsonlover10 at 10/15/11 3:16AM

So. It's been a while.

at 08/20/11 5:15PM
In a nutshell:
MovebacktoRussellvilleworkworkworkcampscampsworkworkmovetoAuburn.
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This summer, I was blessed to move back to Russellville and work full-time for a pharmaceutical company.

Was also blessed to be a counselor at several camps. So, so blessed with that!
(Although, counseling and working full-time at the same time — gets pretty rough by the end of the week.)

Was blessed to be able to serve by doing some preaching, etc. and lots of song-leading.

Had a kidney stone; that taught me ... I'm not quite sure what ... but it did.

Was blessed to be in Matt McDuffa and Laura Bragwell's wedding.

Hung out a lot with Nick and Katie Woods, the Oldags, and the Bragwells.
Hung out with Ben Bingham and Cara Bryant a little. Too bad it couldn't have been more.

I'm now in Auburn, blessed with Caleb George and Wesley White as housemates.
Blessed to have people like Meredith Bragwell, Elizabeth Wiggs, Nathan Rouse, Laura Abell, Josh Carter, Mark Zenah, and so many more here with me.
Blessed to be spending lots and lots of time at the Rouse House.

Also: working on a new, real, hymn book. Lord willing, I'll have it ready by the start of next summer.
(Bug me about it so I'll actually get it done!)

  • dragon_blade
    Dude. -shakes hand- Pleased to meet you, Guster. ;)
    by dragon_blade at 08/21/11 3:16PM
  • _fire_of_fantasy_
    Gus, finish that hymn book. :P
    by _fire_of_fantasy_ at 08/21/11 3:16PM
  • mrsfionacharming
    Hey! Glad you're doing well. Missing you at FC this year! :) School starts this week. You should come visit soon!
    by mrsfionacharming at 08/22/11 6:07AM
  • sunglasses_r_cool
    I expect to see that hymn book next month...or...else?

    Did that motivate you? :P
    by sunglasses_r_cool at 08/25/11 2:24AM
  • daddysgirl
    Glad to hear all is well with you! All the best at Auburn!
    by daddysgirl at 08/27/11 9:13PM
  • dawsonlover10
    I hope you have a great year at Auburn. :) I miss you guys already!
    by dawsonlover10 at 08/28/11 1:35AM
  • leahhallnoats
    hey, Stefan. this is Leah Hall, bugging you to get that hymn book done! GRRRR. :)
    a friend of mine and I were talking about you last night. (all good things, of course!)
    Nice to see an update from you. Stay gold, pony!
    by leahhallnoats at 08/30/11 6:13PM

Truth

at 04/11/11 7:17AM *
"When the truth is, I miss you.
Yeah the truth is, that I miss you so.
And I’m tired - I should not have let you go."

A girl is a girl, and girls are girls, and sometime I understand girls, and sometimes I don't. A lot of the time I don't.

Sometimes we hurt each other on accident, sometimes we hurt each other's hearts.

And sometimes we don't rectify our mistakes like we should.
Because we're afraid. Because we're proud. Because we limit our compassion.

Humility & compassion.
I am being crushed because I don't have enough.

*edit*
Any pride in ourselves is too much;
An abundance of compassion can use more.

(I still have pride in myself, and I'm not compassionate like Christ was — yet.)


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Separately and apart:

All in all, I've had an extremely blessed 20th birthday.

I still have so many spiritual goals to strive toward, not to mention the mental, academic, literary, musical, and physical goals.
  • ominie
    Wow... glancing back at your last two blogs, I see you've been thinking about this quite a bit. Take comfort that a lot of people are in the same boat as you, or have been in the past - so whatever you're struggling with, it has been conquered before by others and will be again in the future! By the way, letters are handy... letters of apology, confession, explaination, you name it. If your pride and lack of compassion restrains your tongue from speaking, then maybe your hand and an ink pen might do the trick? And Happy 20th Birthday!! 20's a good year.
    by ominie at 04/11/11 4:36PM
  • august28rose
    I wish I could say something that would help, but I don't know what that would be.

    We stumble, we get up, we learn, and we try again. And we take the pain with us as a reminder of what didn't work before.
    by august28rose at 04/11/11 7:27PM
  • leahhallnoats
    ah, matters of the heart. I can't tell from your post if you've hurt a girl, or if a girl has hurt you, or a little bit of both...but I will pray for you!

    Rejecting and being rejected...certainly teach us about how God feels as far as losing a soul, extending forgiveness, showing compassion, etc.
    by leahhallnoats at 04/12/11 4:33PM
  • daddysgirl
    Well I agree with all of the comments above and I certainly know where you're coming from. Just remember that failure isn't falling down, but staying down.

    I can and will pray for you. I know those situations are not easy and usually do not come without some kind of consequence, but God is always there for you and He knows your heart. Do your best... That's all anyone expects of you, but remember that you are human (even though we refer to you as Superman at times :p ).

    If you ever need to talk, I'm here to listen.
    by daddysgirl at 04/12/11 6:46PM
  • tia
    Thanks for being the 4444th person on my blog. :) Hope your year is going well!
    by tia at 04/22/11 3:48AM
  • rundrummerrun
    Praying for you, brother. Call if you like/want/need.
    by rundrummerrun at 06/08/11 6:17AM

Take all my pride.

at 02/18/11 6:53AM
  • heidiw
    Oh Brother/friend. I give this a hearty amen. Apparently, pride is a bigger issue for me than I had tnought. So, here's to not being presumptuous. Love you!
    by heidiw at 02/18/11 5:08PM
  • daddysgirl
    This is something that we all need to work on. Thanks for the reminder to do better at being humble. It definitely takes work, but it is worth it. So Amen.
    by daddysgirl at 02/19/11 2:01AM
  • ominie
    Funny how everyone seems to struggly with pride. The arrogant, obviously, but even those who are insecure. My first couple years of college, I definitely fit in the "insecure" group. I felt most everyone must have looked down on me for one thing or another because I was just that lame . But it was my pride that made me think everyone was taking their precious time to analyze me in the first place! "I'm of minuscule size, I'm of minuscule size in the great scheme of things!" What a hard pill to swallow.
    by ominie at 02/19/11 8:05AM
  • dawsonlover10
    Amen, Stefan. :)
    by dawsonlover10 at 02/19/11 8:31PM

Where is our heart of compassion?

at 12/05/10 8:12PM *
Take now my heart, O God,
Do all that You must do;
Mold it by rest or rod,
Turn it to only You.

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Unite My heart, O Lord,
To fear Your name,
Let my ambitions be
With Yours the same.

Unite my heart, O Lord;
Teach me Your way.
Unite my heart with Yours,
And let it stay.


Via S. E. Rouse
  • daddysgirl
    Great thoughts!
    by daddysgirl at 12/05/10 9:15PM
  • emmylou
    I wish you were here, too. Love you.
    by emmylou at 12/06/10 6:17AM
  • heidiw
    I miss singing this.
    by heidiw at 12/07/10 10:17PM
  • israel
    lol, alabama cost more though. :(
    by israel at 12/16/10 5:02AM
  • daddysgirl
    Thanks!
    by daddysgirl at 01/11/11 8:06AM
  • souder
    Thank you for that. I haven't heard this one yet.
    by souder at 01/20/11 5:16PM