Monday, March 31, 2008

Video Resume

So recently, I applied for a job at Lifeway in Nashville, TN. When I sent in my application about a month or so ago, I put together a website to show a few of the videos I've done over the years. Here's the link for anyone who's interested in checking it out.
http://bensvideoresume.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The problem with insomnia...

So I don't know how many of you know this about me, but I (Ben) am an insomniac. And I don't mean that in the "I stay up 2 hours past my bedtime" kind of way. I seriously cannot fall asleep when I go to bed. In fact, some nights, I begin to feel tired, but when my head hits that pillow, my mind races with all kinds of things. Bills, school, the future, work, school, money, school, etc. I don't know, maybe I just worry too much.
Most nights find me awake until 3am or later. Then I crash and sleep hard for a couple of hours but then have to get back up again to face the world in cheerful fashion. Sometimes I get a nap in the middle of the day to offset the lack of what should be a long, restfull night of sleep. Other times, I'll go on 4-5 hours of sleep for about 4 days in a row and then I'll crash one night around 9pm and sleep until 10am the next day. It's a viscious cycle from which I would happily depart.
So the problem is that everynow and then, I get a lot of school assignments piled up that are all due about the same time. This means that for about a week, I get even less sleep than normal. I think that is going to happen this week. I have so much reading to do, 3 papers to write, Greek to translate, and that is only school. I still have all of my normal responsibilities as a husband and employee (the two are not related). It's only Tuesday and I am already longing for the weekend.
One of these days, I'm going to the doctor and I'm going to get pumped full of some good stuff that will make me sleep for a month.


That will be awesome.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Happy Easter!!

So it's the Easter season, but I don't feel like it yet. I think because we've been so busy with normal life, that it has sort of crept up on us. Maybe next year, we'll have to do something to prepare our hearts and our lives for Easter. I'm super pumped though, because we're in Sumter, SC at Sarah's family's house. It's always nice to get a break from school and work and be around family.

I don't really have anything to say, so I'll end here.

Have a great Easter everyone!! We love you!

Ben and Sarah <><

Thursday, March 13, 2008

The "18 Year Plan"

So I don't consider myself a sucker for sad stories, nor am I easily choked up, but every now and then I'll come across a story that kind of rattles me. This story did that. It was published today on ESPN.com and it tells the story of a High School student who was murdered. I don't know why this story shook me up more than others, maybe it's because I have lost friends to the same circumstances or maybe because we all pull for the underdog, and Jas definitely was an underdog.
It also brings to mind the verse in James 4:14....
"Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away."

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Funny Video

This video is from my old camp days. The guy, Ross King, was a worship leader. He wrote this song for his wife, before they were married. The song is called, "If I Didn't Love You Anymore."

Also, I just learned that somnambulate is actually a word. Hmm...wierd.