The regular soccer season has come to an end and Wesley’s team, the Galaxy, won the championship game. Three years ago the Galaxy did not win a single game. I know that soccer at this age is all about having fun, but losing is not …
Read MoreMarchin’ to the City
I have been listening to Bob Dylan’s latest installment of previously unreleased (but now released) material — the Tell Tale Signs. It contains alternative versions to songs that made it to albums from 1989-2006 and other songs that didn’t make the cut. These official bootlegs …
Read MoreBooks & Praying for India
My book Shape Shifters arrived last week and so I have been busy finishing up the newly redesigned www.derekvreeland.com (thanks Dave-O!) in order to promote the book. I have had to transition from author to salesman, which is no fun. When you self-publish, you are …
Read MoreIt’s Not Dark Yet
“I was born here and I’ll die here against my willI know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing stillEvery nerve in my body is so vacant and numbI can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away fromDon’t even hear …
Read MoreHiking on the Pine Moutain Trail
I returned today from a three-day hike on the Pine Mountain Trail (PMT). My friend Gabe and I walked approximately 28.5 miles over the three days. We walked sixteen miles on the PMT and eight and half or so on loops, which are trails that …
Read MoreI Hear the Woods A-Callin’
I am packed and ready to go. The woods are calling me. Tomorrow I am going hiking in Pine Mountain, North of Columbus, Georgia with some guys from the church. I am giving up a Sunday morning at our church building to be with the …
Read Morefacebook and blogging
So a few weeks ago, I signed up for a facebook account to see a video posted by a friend on his facebook account. I signed on to facebook simply to see his video. I thought, “I blog and that is about all I can …
Read MoreBob Dylan’s Pulitzer Prize
Bob Dylan was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize this week for his “profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.” Congrats Bob! Well deserved. Whether you respect Dylan as a musician or not, you have to respect …
Read MoreBlogging Tips from Seth Godin
Internet-savvy marketing guru, Seth Godin has recently blogged on the the subject of blogging and sounding intelligent when speaking or blogging about the Internet. I have had a couple of people over the last few weeks (months?) ask me about blogging. Seth’s suggestions are all …
Read MoreEighteen Years
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. Psalm 37:5 NASB Eighteen years ago I read these words. No joke. I was no fool. I read these words. They became to me the very spoken words of God. …
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