Living Extreme

"Heart and Hands" †

2010-10-25T18:56:00.001-04:00

Style wise, it's a corporate worship song... somewhat slow, and repetitive. But, it's a simple melody with simple chord progressions that are very easy to "build" with over the course of the song. :)

"HEART AND HANDS"

With my hands I will show I surrender to you
Before man I will show my surrender is true
But with my heart I will prove I surrender to you
To show the one who sees my soul I surrender to you
With heart and hands...

I will show my surrender with my hands
I will show my surrender before man
But I will prove my surrender with my heart
'Cause surrender with my heart is what you want
Heart and hands...

"Smile" †

2010-10-06T17:07:00.004-04:00

This is my attempt at writing a sappy song, haha... hope you guys like the lyrics!

"Smile"

(verse 1)
Yeah, I know that life is hard
But I know that God is good
So don't worry about tomorrow
'Cause He'll take care of you just like the sparrow

(chorus)
Smile (smile!) smile bright,
Because your smile (smile!) shines like the stars tonight
Oh smile (smile!) smile soon
Because your smile (smile!) glows like the moon
Yeah smile (smile!) smile bright
'Cause if you smile at me, then I just might... smile too!

(verse 2)
Maybe you don't know
What your smile can do
But when I see that smile on your face
Suddenly, everything's okay

*chorus*

(bridge)
And if your smile (smile!) plays hide and seek, I will find it for you
And when your smile (smile!) is hard to keep, I will smile for you
And if I ever cause your smile to go
Then there's one thing I want you to know:
I'm sorry, please forgive me

*chorus*

"Remember" †

2010-09-25T21:33:00.004-04:00

I wrote this song after hearing a great message by my brother, Erik, on how we need to "remember" God. It talked about how we need to remember who God is... whats He's done, and teach our families so we don't forget.

A lot of the lines and phrases of this song are scripture, mainly because God's word is way more powerful than mine, so if I can use his... ALL THE MORE POWER!

Psalm 119:55 "I remember your name in the night, O LORD, and keep your law."

"Remember"

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh oh oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh oh oh

I will remember you in when I rise
Your goodness Lord
I will remember you in the night
And keep your law (2x)

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh oh oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh oh oh

Let us remember who our God is
You are our Savior, our lives to you we give
From generation to generation
We will never forget who our God is

We will not forget what You've done
Your mighty works
When You sacrificed your Son
Love undeserved (2x)

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh oh oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh oh oh

Let us remember who our God is
You are our Savior, our lives to you we give
From generation to generation
We will never forget who our God is

We remember You, please remember us
When we come to your kingdom
We live for You, 'Cause You died for us
So we could come to your kingdom
Our sons and daughters will learn your ways
So we will never forget who our God is

"Until I See You Again" †

2010-09-25T21:18:00.004-04:00

This is a song I wrote for my oldest brother, Erik. I've grown up with him my whole life and he has become one of my closest friends in the past years. He got a job working for Answers in Genesis last year and has been working from home. Now however, he needs to be in the office, so he bought a house in Petersburg, KY, and is moving down there in a week! Crazy how life changes...

"Until I See You Again"

My friend you have been
Through the thick and the thin
My friend you will remain
Until I see you again

I... I will miss you, but these lives are moving on
I... I will never forget you... until I see you again

You have shown me the way
Through the example of your faith
And I'll continue to look up to you
Until I see you again

I... I will miss you, but these lives are moving on
I... I will never forget you... until I see you again

Here I stand
Saying goodbye
But I will pray for you
Until I see you again

I... I will miss you, but these lives are moving on
I... I will never forget you... until I see you again

I'll see you, I'll see you, I'll see you again
I'll see you, I'll see you, I'll see you again
Very soon

"Dreamin" †

2010-09-20T14:27:00.002-04:00

Hey guys, In case any of you were wondering if I am still writing songs, the answer is yes. Actually, I wrote several songs while at camp this summer and have written several more since I have been home. I just haven't had the time or rather the motivation to type them up and post them. BUT. Now I am, so here you go!

I wrote this song while at camp and thinking about my female friends and sisters that were staying pure and waiting for the guy that God has for them, but felt like there was no one on the other end of it all that's out there waiting for them too. So I wrote this song to tell them and any of you who feel the same way, that there IS someone out there... and he's crazy about you!

"DREAMIN"

(verse 1)
You are the girl of someone's dreams
And he is out there waiting for someone he's never seen
So wait for him, his eyes are gleaming, his smile beaming

(chorus)
'Cause he is dreamin, dreamin, he's dreamin, dreamin
He is dreamin, dreamin, dreamin about you

(verse 2)
You're beautiful to him and to the Lord
And you are the one that he adores
Love will come in its season, for the right reason

(chorus)
While he is dreamin, dreamin, he's dreamin, dreamin
He is dreamin, dreamin, dreamin about you

(bridge)
He's dreamin about you
He can't live without you
And you are everything to him

Summer is Ending

2010-09-07T16:20:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone who reads this or just happened to come across this random post, I'm back from camp! Well, actually camp ended about a month ago, but I've been too busy to start writing again.

For whoever doesn't know, I worked at a Christian camp called Circle C Ranch this summer. I lead the worship team and counseled 7-9 year old boys. Fun fun fun. haha

Now that I'm home from camp I've been working with my dad full time, training to take over the camera biz, as well as learning the ropes on the manure digesters and other stuff he does.

God has taught me so much this summer and brought tons of new friends into my life that are so great but at the same time it is often the old friends that I am most thankful for!

I've been writing songs still too so you can expect to see some new lyrics on here soon. I also hope to have some videos on here so you can actually hear it as well as read it. Hopefully I will be doing some recording as well.. so that would be cool.

KEEP IT EXTREME!
IM OUT † †

"Every Five Minutes" †

2010-06-04T13:01:00.004-04:00

Another song I wrote this week.

"Every Five Minutes"
(verse 1)
I fall down, you pick me up, I fall down again
Lord how many times will you forgive my sin?
"Seventy times seven" is what you replied
And all I could see was the love in your eyes
(chorus)
Every morning your mercies are new,
And every five minutes I'm forgiven by you

Every morning your mercies are new,
And every five minutes I'm forgiven by you
(verse 2)
How could you use me after all that I do?
And after all you gave me what could I offer you?
You said in my weakness that you are shown strong
And you are proved holy by all I do wrong

KEEP IT EXTREME!!
I'M OUT † †

"Definition of Love" †

2010-06-04T12:31:00.003-04:00

Another one of the songs I've written this week.

"Definition of Love"

(verse 1)
Three little words, are so easy
To say to her, but do you mean them
"I love you" used to mean something
Deeper than this, but now it means nothing
And we don't really know, what love is... anymore

(pre-chorus)Selfish reasons, and selfish feelings
are typical of, what we all call love

(chorus)
Love is patient, love is kind
It keeps no record of wrong or right
And how can we know Jesus Christ,
If we don't even know, what his... what his love is

(verse 2)
Sinners we still were, when Jesus died to save our lives
We did nothing to deserve, the love that he gave to us
He gave it anyway, that he might show us
The salvation he made, so the definition of love... is Jesus

"This longing" †

2010-06-04T12:16:00.005-04:00

Hey guys here's one out of the three songs I've written this week.

"This longing"

(verse 1)
You are more lovely than anything my eyes can see
You are more beautiful than anything this world can offer me
The glory of your majesty is shining like the sun
(chorus)
You are the one I long for, You are the one I need
Nothing on earth can satisfy this longing inside of me
The things of this world will never last, the pleasures of the day
But the joy of the Lord is eternal, it will never fade away

(verse 2)
Lord sometimes I'm blinded by my sinful lusts and my selfish pride
But I'm dead to sin and alive in Christ, and that is why my Savior died
All I want, is all you are, so remind me once again
(bridge)
This world is so blinding, its sparkling and shining,
But lies are all it has to sell
But your love is higher, and you shine much brighter,
And you stand where I only fell

"Simple song of praise" †

2010-05-18T17:49:00.003-04:00

Here's a song I wrote today. Please comment and let me know what you think!

"A SIMPLE SONG OF PRAISE"

(verse 1)
Ancient of days, we sing a simple song of praise
for you, for you
........yeah yeah yeah..........
Reign in our hearts, we're giving everything we are
to you, to you

(chorus)
A simple song of praise, is all I have to bring,
Simple are my words, compared to you my King,
I bow before your thrown, to glorify your name,
Hear me when I sing, a simple song of praise

(verse 2)
You opened up my eyes, and now I have eternal life
in you, in you
........yeah yeah yeah.......
You are the Lord, the only one this song is for
is you, is you

KEEPIN IT EXTREME!
IM OUT † †

"Becca's Song" †

2010-05-15T19:00:00.004-04:00

Here's another song I wrote recently.

BECCA'S SONG:

(verse 1)
The other night you were feeling broken,
I saw it in the words you spoke and,
Though I didn't know what to say,
I dropped to the ground, on my knees and prayed

(chorus)
I'll lift you up with holy hands, before the powerful "I AM"
I'll bring you to God's mercy seat, where his love and grace are free,
And though, I don't know, all you go through,
I will always pray for you

(verse 2)
God is bigger than all your problems,
His grace, an ocean with no bottom,
He promised me he'd hear my plea,
And the promises he makes, he will always keep

KEEP IT EXTREME!
IM OUT † †

"Beautiful People"

2010-05-14T16:44:00.003-04:00

Here's a song I wrote yesterday. The guitar music for it is really fun and I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Proverbs 31:30 -"Beauty is fleeting and charm is deceitful, but a woman who fears the Lord is greatly to be praised"

"Beautiful People"

(Verse 1)
Why are you,
lookin on the outside
I tell you,
"beauty" is the world's lie
All you need,
is a girl that's seekin God's heart
But right now,
are you doin your part... right....

(Chorus)
But have you heard, that in God's word,
it says that beauty is fleeting, and charm is deceitful,
so don't get so flattered... by beautiful people

(Verse 2)
Why are you,
carin what that guy says
I tell you,
just to wait for God's best
All you need,
is to live your life for Jesus
Brothers in Christ, is how you should see us... now...

(Bridge)
Guys we need to think about just what were lookin for,
and girls you need to just make sure that you love the Lord!

KEEP IT EXTREME!
IM OUT † †

You saw it here first folks! †

2010-05-07T22:39:00.005-04:00

Okay everyone. This is it, this is the moment you've all been waiting for! (And if you haven't been waiting for it, then I'm not talking about you.)

This is..."drumroll please"... the long awaited, 09-10 SNOWBOARD VIDEO!!! And in case that's not enough, I'll let you know something else. It's not up on facebook or anywhere else yet. Which means you, the elite of the elite, that special few, the "Living Extreme" reader, YOU, get first dibs on this fantastic little collaboration of video clips... BEFORE THE REST OF THE WORLD! Once you see it hopefully you will understand why this is such a great day for you. But, enough jabbering... WATCH IT SONN!

'Let It Rise': A Snowboard Movie from FilmmakerForJC on Vimeo.

By now ya'll know the man... LUKE MYERS! Need I say any more? I didn't think so!

KEEPIN IT EXTRIZZEME YO!

IM OUT! † †

SNOWBOARD BAILS MOVIE †

2010-05-07T15:55:00.005-04:00

HEY GUYS! Here's the bails from this past snowboard season! Check it out... AND. The main video is coming out tomorrow! So keep checking right here at LIVING EXTREME!

Props to LUKE MYERS for filming all of this AND editing all the footage into a tasty little package the kids like to call A SNOWBOARD VIDEO! Enjoy!

SNOWBOARD MOVIE: 'Spirit in the Sky' - The Bails from FilmmakerForJC on Vimeo.

KEEPIN IT EXTREME!

IM OUT! † †

Extremish weekend eh? †

2010-05-04T21:36:00.006-04:00

WOW! Fun weekend! Friday night was "Burger King Prom" with friends. (Basically just getting all dressed up and going to BK with a bunch of friends for the heck of it.)

When we got back to my friend's house from BK, one of my friends, Josh, had just arrived and was standing behind his vehicle, about to open the trunk. I ran up behind and went to hug him super hard from behind. BUT it was dark out, and I didn't see the vehicle right there. I ended up punching it super hard while trying to throw my arms around Josh. It hurt a little, but I didn't think anything of it until he opened the trunk and the light revealed that there was a big gash in my knuckle down to the bone. I was surprised for sure, because I didn't realize I had hit it that hard.
We went inside and worked for a while cleaning it out and trying to get it to stop bleeding. (after taking many photos OF COURSE.)

Saturday night was a party at BRANDYMANDY's house.... fun stuff! And then my friend Ryer spent the night at my place and we slept out under the stars and roasted 'mallows and crap over the fire!
Sunday morning I went to Wayne Aarum's church with Ryer and then went straight to an outreach almost 2 hrs away with the youthgroup all afternoon. I played guitar for the outreach with my finger messed up still... it was.... interesting. haha But God is good and everything went great!I went bowling my churches youthgroup last night and had to bowl left handed because of my finger. I got a total of 4 strikes between 2 games though!

KEEPIN IT EXTREME!
IM OUT † †

New Jesus clothes and stuff! †

2010-04-26T23:09:00.002-04:00

WOOOOT I got more C28 stuff!! (they make christian clothes and jewelry and hats and everything like that) ANNNND their stuff is actually COOL!! Not like that cheesy stuff you see in some magazines or whatever.

This is the stuff I got :) tell me what you think!

shirt numero uno

shirt NUMBA TWO

3rd shirt

super rad hat!

Oh, and hey, here's a little "BTW" for you guys... the banner-links I have to their site on the right hand side of my blog, are connected to my account. It tells me how many people have visited the site from my link.. and also how much they've purchased. So far 84 people have visited... but the amount purchase? ZERO. I get store credits and discounts when people buy stuff directly through my link. I THINK you might get discounts too, but I'm not certain.

All that to say, If you wanna buy something from the site... and wanna do me a awesome favor. Just go to their site through my link here... THEN buy it. :)

If you wanna go right now... CLICK HERE! :D

KEEP IT EXTREME!!
I'M OUT † †

Long time, no post!

2010-04-23T21:30:00.002-04:00

Wow. It's been way too long since I've posted on here! Not like that many people read it... but still! SHAAME ONN MEE! haha.

Well, a quick update is in line I guess. Not much is new since the last post really. School and such is the norm. Obviously snowboarding season is over now, much to my dismay and surely much to your joy. (Although snowboarding photos are quite nice and all.. I'm sure the general public, who don't share my love of the sport, get a bit tired of them after a while.)

The most exciting part of my life right now, is the fact that... I GOT ACCEPTED TO BE A COUNSELOR AT "CIRCLE 'C' RANCH"!!! (Circle C is a Christian camp about 15 minutes from my house and is one of the most evangelistic, and suuuper fun camps I've been to.) So, as you can imagine, I'm pretty stoked for that! June 13th is the date to look forward to now... that's when I start training week.

Lately I've been spending most of my weekends with friends from that camp actually. At my friend Ryer's house. "Heck of it" parties as we like to call them!

Oh yes... and I've also started playing guitar again and this time actually bought an acoustic guitar from my friend so now I can play ALL THE TIME!! :D It's a light colored Alvarez and sounds amazing. I'm a lot better than I used to be at playing and now I play and lead singing at Circle C's youth group on Sundays. I can't explain how much I love leading people in worshiping the Savior and hearing everyone singing! I'm working on a new song too! (Which, of course, you will see on here as soon as I finish it!)

If you've missed me, you can look forward to me posting again regularly again now and lots more photos!

KEEP IT EXTREME!
I'M OUT † †

Exclusive Preview

2010-03-06T21:58:00.011-05:00

So... I'm trying to upload snowboard photos from Thursday. BUT.... Facebook won't let me upload photos right now, so I decided something. I will upload them to my blog first! That means that all the extremely cool people that read my blog will see them first!

So without further a'do.... here's the best screen shots from Thursday's footage! Enjoyy

Yeaaaah, that's basically me haha!

This screen shot of a huge tree-tap we found was my profile picture on Facebook... hence the name and everything. I think this is my personal favorite from that day. Maybe even the whole season!

Just shreddin
Frontside the A-frame
Barrel jammin!

Backside grab out of a lip...
Giant beer can? YUP

First time since I sprained my shoulder on it last month. I admit I was a little nervous.
Nose slide on the battleship rail

Backside 360 out of the lip...
Hitching post action!

(Props to LUKE MYERS!! My filmer, friend and bro in Christ!)

KEEP IT EXTREME!!!
I'M OUT † †

Treez and such †

2010-02-26T22:48:00.005-05:00

Sorry if this is getting redundant... but, here are some more snowboarding photos! Haha, reality... I just don't have anything else to right about. My life is mostly school, and you don't really want to read about that. When it's not school, it's snowboarding. However, those of you who like snowboarding, or perhaps are simply intrigued by this crazy kid who keeps putting up pictures, will be happy.

"Snowboard Commute"

This is a shot of an AWESOME tree jam I found the other day. Its about 4 ft high and 10-15 ft long. There's a bunch of branches coming out of the top so you almost have to wall-ride it! BUT, the best part, is that it's 100% natural! There's always something about shredding things that weren't specifically set up for shredding. Not sure what the intrigue is, but it's just plain fun.

So as you can imagine, I had a good time on this log. And since it was too dark to video by the time we found it, we took flash photos.

(Thanks to my filmer and bro in Christ, LUKE "LuLu" MYERS for the awesome work!)

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT!! † †

Extreme Sports, Extreme Photos, Its an EXTREME LIFE! †

2010-02-21T21:36:00.007-05:00

Yo! This past Thursday I was snowboarding... (Like every other Thursday) BUT! This Thursday, I did something I've wanting to try for a long time. Frontflip misty flip!

We were filming in the park, when my friend Becca called me. While talking to her I joked about trying a frontflip. Afterwords, the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to try it! So I bombed it and BAMM went flippin! I didn't quite have enough air to get it all the way around so I landed on my butt / lower back... but almost, and at least now I can say I've tried it! Hopefully I'll land one before the season is out!

Here's some more photo's of snowboarding!

360

I heard some friends calling this pole jib a "man cannon" which sounds much cooler. (I thought) It lauches you out over a bank and is fun to do air tricks off it. Grabs are so fun, and I'm starting to get spins off it. So heres a some photos of the man cannon!

This "Hitching post" is up on a 5 ft. spine, with a very steep, short landing down the back side. This was my first time hitting it. I had WAY too much speed, so I cleared the rail by almost 2 ft. and cleared the end of the landing by about 8 ft! haha I landed flat from about 10 ft. up.. it was crazy, and the video is HILARIOUS, but the shot looks pretty steezy!

(thank you to my filmer and bro in Christ LUKE MYERS for the awesome work!)

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT! † †

SHRED FOTOZ †

2010-02-06T22:38:00.006-05:00

New snowboard screen-shots from footy today! We're still trying to figure out my new camera... so bear with us... hope you like it!

-Falling from a frontside-

-That's better-
-Tail grab from the box-
-Telephone pole jib!-
-With a grab-
-Big tail bonk-

**Props to my filmer and bro in Christ, Luke Myers**

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

Snow Camp 2010!!!

2010-02-05T20:53:00.003-05:00

Sorry I haven't written in a while. Life has been CrAzY! (In a good sorta way)

Last weekend I went to snow camp at Circle C Ranch with my friend's youth group from PA. IT....WAS....AWESOME. Hanging out with all my best friends, as well as some pretty amazing new ones! Its a weekend camp from Friday night through Sunday afternoon. Doing everything from rollerskating, chapels, ultimate dodge ball, karaoke, and tubing competitions, to donut relay races and flinging cream filled donuts 100 feet down a road into a crowd of people using 3-man water balloon slingshots. Cream filled donuts flying through the air at 20 mph + kids head = amazing explosion! But the best part by far: 40-ish PEOPLE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST!!! †

Snowboarding last night was gnarr! I finally figured out my balance and tucking my legs on spins so now threes are EASY and almost getting fives! My 270 fronside lipslides on the straightbox are easy now and I'm working on frontsiding the c-box. I want to learn front flips and misty flips so bad and see them hopefully happening by the end of this year. I'm just waiting for a good, powdery day to try them.

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

FOTOZ! †

2010-01-27T21:15:00.005-05:00

Hey guys... here's some photos from snowboarding the last few weeks. Most of them are screen shots of video footage so the quality isn't that great. Enjoy!

Tail Bonk

Airing the second half of the rail..

"My perfect world"

This feature actually has trannie on both sides as well as the lip... For a week or two I had been airing over the corner and bonking the side of the barrel, trying to get my guts up to air over this barrel for a couple weeks. I was watching some kids airing it and tapping on the top and it looked really cool. Although it doesn't look it... the top of the barrel is HIGH.

SO, I said a little prayer... and dropped in for my first attempt. Not knowing how fast to hit it, I figured it would be better to go a little to fast than to not have enough speed, slamming into the barrel. I cleared the barrel and the landing and dropped it pretty flat from pretty high up. Luckily it didn't hurt to much, then on to round two.Second attempt. actually got the tap that time and landed smooth. SO FUN!
(props to luke myers my filmer and bro in Christ)

KEEPIN IT EXTREME!
I'M OUT † †

EXTREME CREATOR! †

2010-01-15T15:01:00.007-05:00

I'm taking Chemistry this year and I thought it would be boring and hard. Well, it was, until I realized that whether it's chemistry, math, history, or whatever, GOD MADE IT ALL AND IS IN IT ALL. So in essence, I'm not wasting my time studying the quantum mechanical electron configuration of an atom, or Renaissance art and the French Revolution. I'm learning about GOD.

Anyway... my real point is to show you guys something I read in chemistry this week which I found VERY interesting. Although it may seem confusing at first, bear with me and read it through.

From my chemistry book:

“In order for all atoms except ¹H to exist, we must have neutrons. Well, it turns out that the neutron is just slightly more massive than the proton. It’s a good thing too. Nuclear chemistry experiments indicate that the neutron must be more massive than the proton, or it would not exist! Calculations indicate that if the mass difference between the neutron and the proton were changed by as little as 0.2%, all neutrons would spontaneously decay into proton, and the only atom in the universe would be Hydrogen-1. If that were the case, no life could exist in the universe!”

But wait! There's more!

“Believe it or not, we have not even reached the most amazing design feature of the atom! As we have already noted, protons are positively charged while electrons are negatively charged. These opposite charges are what holed the electrons to the atom, keeping them from flying away from the nucleus. The problem is, in order fro the atom to be stable, the charges must be precisely balanced. According to our best measurements, the proton has EXACTLY as much positive charge as the electron has negative charge. That’s a good thing too, because calculations indicated that if the charges were out of balance by as little as 0.00000001%, ALL OF THE ATOMS IN OUR BODIES WOULD INSTANTANEOUSLY EXPLODE!”

“The most important thing to realize is that these atoms are the SIMPLEST building blocks of matter. Even these very simple building blocks, however, have delicately balanced parts which all work together to give the atom its properties. If one of these parts were even slightly altered, the delicate balance would be destroyed, and the chemistry necessary for life would be FOREVER lost.”

Interesting huh? So tell me... do you really think that delicate balance could just happen randomly? Even WITH millions or billions of years to happen, IT COULDN'T! I don't care if you gave it all the time in the world! Know why? Like that last paragraph said, you get ONE SHOT at it turning out right. If not? The "chemistry necessary for life would be FOREVER LOST" In other words... YOU = NOT HERE!! And that's only the BASIC building blocks of matter! The most simple part that Evolution would have to create.

No Creator? You might want to reconsider.

KEEPING IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

Shredding the Backwoods †

2010-01-12T20:45:00.005-05:00

Hey guys! As most most of you know, I go snowboarding almost every day. That said, it should come as no surprise when I tell you that I went snowboarding today. However, I didn't ACTUALLY snowboard that much. Today I went with the purpose of bagging some good snowboarding photos.

Here's what I got!

"High Flyin"

"Keep it Simple"

"Indy"

"Powder Trail"

KEEP IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

Photography †

2010-01-11T22:04:00.004-05:00

I'd say I am somewhat of a amateur when it comes to photography. However, it's always something I've enjoyed dabbling with. For a while, I haven't really been taking photos for the sake of good photography.

The other day, some of God's awesome creation kinda got me snapping away, and now I've been stuck in that mode for a day or two.

Enjoy :)

"Seasons Past"

"Where I'm From"

"Help?"

"Shiloh"

"See the Light"

KEEP IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

Snowboard Resolution 09-10 †

2010-01-03T22:01:00.005-05:00

Hey everybody, sorry I haven't posted in a while. Life has been kinda crazy with Christmas and new years and everything.

Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas break... I sure did! Lots of snowboarding, and good friends. For new years I went snowboarding with some good friends of mine. We went on Wednesday though, because I didn't really want to be out driving new years eve with all the drunk drivers everywhere.

As we go into a new year, a new decade, we often think of resolutions and such. As far as new years resolutions go... I don't really make a big deal with that kinda thing. BUT I do want to tell about a "resolution" or decision that I have made for this snowboarding season and this new year.

Snowboarding, as many of you know, is a big deal to me. It's what I do. In the winter, I live and breath snowboarding.

Now, snowboarding, in it's self, is not a bad thing. But if anything, (whether it be snowboarding... videogames... a relationship... whatever) becomes what consumes your thoughts... and becomes first priority in your life, there IS something wrong. As a Christian, anything that takes first place... or even causes us to take our sight off Christ and onto ourselves, is an idol.

In the past snowboarding has become that in my life. Also hanging out with the wrong kind of people while snowboarding, I have seen myself beginning to act and think completely opposite to the TRUTH of God's word.

This year... I have made a "deal" with God about snowboarding. I have resolved to give God everything. And to make it about GOD and the bigger picture of SAVING SOULS for his glory, instead of about ME and my little kingdom of my fun and my pride. Praying each time I go for safety and that God would keep my heart open to him so that he can use me as a tool to reach souls. Because really... that's all that lasts.

I have "Jesus" all over my snowboard and my clothes. And people see it and talk to me about it quite often... that's my ministry. Guys, we need to be using WHATEVER it is that we do... for the GLORY OF OUR GOD. So that people will see him in us and his LOVE shining through us.

Just a thought....

KEEP IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

New Song I Wrote

2009-12-23T20:35:00.003-05:00

IF ONLY

Verse 1:

Me and you, and us forever

Maybe soon, or maybe never

We live and we dream, we hope and we scheme

But our plans, don’t last forever

Chorus:

If only, if only, if only life were this easy

If only, God would show me, where we would be

But faith, is what I cannot see

If only

Verse 2:

I have my plans, what my life is for

But so do you, God you have more

You made me, you love me, your ways are above me

I can’t wait to see, what you have in store

Bridge:

If only things could stay, stay this way

But you give me strength, for each new day

Lord, be my guide, cuz this faith is blind

Take your will, and make it mine

Kissing Bridge OPENING DAY!!

2009-12-17T22:39:00.003-05:00

Kissing Bridge (the ski resort I snowboard at) opens TOMORROW!! I can't wait! I saw these pics on their website and it got me sooo stoked.

Although there will only be one or two hills open, I heard from my inside source that they will be setting up a rail or two at the top of Holly. Something about "kids not having anything to do and therefor getting into trouble" haha. Sad but true. But that made me happy that we'll have stuff to do on just a couple hills.

Twist and Coalshute should be open any day which probably means more rails. At least I hope!

Blizzard

2009-12-12T17:55:00.012-05:00

Almost 3 feet of snow in the last 3 days two days! Yeah, I'm in heaven. On Thursday before we got all the snow we only had about 4 inches. That didn't stop me and my friends from breaking out the snowboards though! I geared up and drove down the road to my friends house.

We built a jump and were hitting it. Then we started looking for something to do some slides on when I spotted the picnic table in his front yard. We built a ramp to it and started droppin some sliders.

As I was hitting it I was thinking to myself "Man, if I go just a little faster I could air completely over the whole table." They managed to get a couple vids of me so here ya go!

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,

I'M OUT † †

"Scrooge"

2009-12-08T21:58:00.003-05:00

This weekend was AMAZING!

Firstly, I passed my road test on Thursday so I am now a legal, junior-licensed driver. Which really opens up possibilities for me.

On Friday, I went to my friends party and that was super cool.

Then Saturday afternoon I headed out by myself to the house of my best friend from camp. He lives an hour and a half away from where I live so I don't get to see him very often. So, as you can imagine... I was pretty excited.

When I got there I headed off with part of his family to a big theater production they are in with Family Life Ministries. It was a musical of the story "A Christmas Carol" It was AMAZING!! He and his sister were both in it and were GREAT!! I was amazed.

It was a dinner theater actually and I sat at a table with a bunch of friends from the camp I worked at this summer. It was great to see them since the last time I saw them was about 4 months ago.

After the play I went home with my friend and spent the night and after talking until 3 in the morning, went to church with his family on Sunday. Then spent another night and drove home Monday morning (my birthday) after driving him and his sister to school. :)

KEEP IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

Practice Makes..... Felonies

2009-12-01T22:10:00.005-05:00

I'm taking my road test on Thursday so I've been working on my parallel parking a lot lately. Usually I just practice in my driveway, but I wanted to practice in town with actual curbs. So we took two vehicles down town and drove through the entire town trying to find a side street with curbs but with no luck. (Small town)

Finally we found a street by the park with curbs! We were so happy that we found the PERFECT place to practice that we failed to notice something kind of important... the "no parking" signs.

We practiced for quite some time and were just rapping it up when we noticed them. My mom and I kind of laughed and said "Good thing no cops came by."

We had to leave the van we were practicing on there and go pick up my brother Erik from the library. So Mom was going to move the van to the parking lot of the town park, BUT, she was reaching in a drawer in the car to find some advil for her headache.. and sliced her finger open on an open razor that was laying amidst the junk. So I had to park the van while she waited in the other vehicle.

I parked it and as I was walking back, a cop comes driving up the road and looking around! Right where my van had been not two minutes ago! haha I just gave him the "whats up" head-nod and jumped in the van and booked it outa there! It was pretty funny.

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT † †

MY FAV CLOTHES!! C28!!

2009-11-26T20:33:00.003-05:00

HUGE THANKSGIVING AND BLACK FRIDAY SALE!! CHECK IT OUT!!

Hey everybody! As Christians, people should be able to see a difference in us and be able to tell we are Christians. And wearing Christian clothes definitely helps with that! But it's hard to find Christian clothes that are modern and stylish. NOT ANY MORE!!! CHECK THIS STUFF OUT! I have a TON of their stuff and plan on getting more.

KEEP IT EXTREME!
I'M OUT

Flexing Your SPIRITUAL Muscles!

2009-11-15T21:46:00.005-05:00

1 Timothy 4:6-10

6. If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
7. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;
8. for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
9. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
10. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

We were going over this in Sunday school the last few weeks and it kinda stuck out to me.

I like to work out some and exercise... stay in shape. When you consistently and diligently discipline yourself, and train yourself physically, what happens? You gain self control, and have something to show for it. (muscle)

Like it says in verse 8, physical training is great, but training yourself in godliness is of value in EVERY WAY! Which is so true, especially as Christians. Like in verse 6 we need to be training ourselves in the God's word constantly and consistently. With a plan! So we can be "good servants of Christ" and be able to flex our "spiritual muscles".

Just as if you have been working out physically and are in shape it shows, people should be able to tell if we are training ourselves diligently in God's word.

So what's your spiritual "work out routine?" Do you have a plan and focus to be growing spiritually?

KEEP IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT

Of tuxedos, video games and oatmeal cookies

2009-11-10T20:02:00.004-05:00

Saturday I was the wedding of a couple that goes to my church. I was ushering. It was pretty sweet because we got to wear tuxes! hehe. Friday night I went to the rehearsal, then spent the night at my best friend kaleb's house. (Who was also in the wedding)

It was ridiculous. Super rad though. Some good friends came over that I hadn't seen in a long time, and we all played Call of Duty Modern Warfare til 3:30 in the morning. Then camped out on the game room floor. We didn't actually go to sleep until about 4:30 and then got up at 8:00. After a breakfast of eggs, toast, and Save-a-Lot oatmeal cookies, we headed out to the wedding. Suffice to say I slept well Saturday night. haha

Here's some pics of the tux... with a skateboard of course.

KEEPIN IT EXTREME
I'M OUT

Trunk or Treat!

2009-10-27T22:11:00.003-04:00

Monday night my church did an event called "Trunk or Treat." Usually on Monday nights they do something for the kids called "AWANA" clubs, and every year do an "AWANA FAIR." (Basically a bunch of booths set up in the gym and the kiddies go from booth to booth, play the activity at the booth and get candy.

But this year we did "Trunk or Treat." What it was is this: A bunch of people park their vehicles in a BIG circle with the trunks facing in. Each person decorates their trunk with a "theme" and then the kids get dressed up and come around from trunk to trunk getting candy.

I was one of the trunks. Try and take a wild guess at what theme mine was. haha SKATEBOARDING!! Oh yeah! I had my ramps set up in front of my trunk, and graffiti (done by yours truly) on everything.

IT

WAS

THE

BOMB!!

I also had a TV hooked up to a infra-red camera so the little kiddies could see themselves on the TV. It was pretty fun. And then with a press of a button... SKATE VIDEOS! (Of course)

We had some cutouts from skateboard magazines taped up in the extra space. Altho there wasn't much left over space. I had my broken skateboards EVERYWHERE. There's a total of 13 skateboards in this picture... see if you can spot them. hahaha

KEEPIN IT EXREME YO,
I'M OUT

Fright Night 2009

2009-10-25T21:38:00.003-04:00

Yesterday I went to an event hosted by Circle "C" Ranch... called "Fright Night." It was SO much fun, hanging out with my best friends, as well as seeing some people I haven't seen in a long time.

We went through the walk-through-asylum thing they had. That was so much fun, we were just messing with the creepy people and trying to get them to crack up the whole time. I told the one crazy girl that grabbed my shoulder to call me and she cracked up.

Me and my friends played four-square for hours! I haven't played that game in SO long so it was blast! Kaleb and I were reminiscing the old days when we were little kids and four-square was like food... it was the bomb. haha

At the end of the night everyone went up to the chapel and did activities, they gave out prizes and all that great stuff. They did a skit called "Bright Eyes" it was basically a similar plot to the skit our group did for Teen Power Up called "Everything" and had a strong salvation message. Then Wayne Aarum came up and explained the skit and the free gift of salvation. And did an altar call. Something like 2o kids went foward and said they had prayed and accepted Jesus Christ as their savior that night! Praise GOD!!

Have you made that decision? Don't wait. Because time doesn't wait.

STAY EXTREME,
I'M OUT

SNOW!!

2009-10-20T15:07:00.004-04:00

Last Thursday it snowed for the first time this season! I was so pumped. I ran and got my camera and started shooting photos everywhere, and yes, made a mini snowman-dude.

It didn't stick much that afternoon. However it continued to snow all night, so on Friday morning I woke up to find everything covered in the white fluffy goodness.

It's all gone now, but for the better I guess. I have to take my road test in under two weeks and would like to not have snow to mess me up.

All my friends all think I'm crazy because of my love for snow. All except the ones that snowboard or ski that is! This time of year is so hard sometimes because the off-and-on snow makes everything in me itch to snowboard.

So this is the call to all you EXTREME winter sports lovers out there: Get out the boards, skis, coats and goggles! Gear up, strap in, and feel the excitement! Smell it in the air, see it in the trees. Winter is coming!

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT

"Come home"

2009-10-14T21:48:00.002-04:00

Hey guys, here's a song I wrote last week.

Verse 1:
You cry all night when you get home,
You say you're fine, but feel so alone,

You've got questions you've got pain,
You think I'm perfect, but were the same,

God is calling:

Chorus:
Come on home! Come on home! come home and lose your fears,
I died for you, so you could live, let me wipe away your tears,
I chose you, now its time, for you to choose me,
AND BE FREE

Verse 2:
We've all got problems of our own,
We're all broken, you're not alone,

There is a God who's felt all you feel,
And through it all, His love is real,

And He is calling:

(chorus)

LET>>>IT>>> ROOOOOLLLL

2009-10-07T21:42:00.005-04:00

Yo guys!! New skate movie fresh outa editing!! Check it out! (Thanks again Luke!)

CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS VIDEO...OR DON'T, ITS A FREE COUNTRY

Florence Skate Park!

2009-10-01T22:10:00.006-04:00

If you read my last post about my trip to the Creation Museum, I left out one little part. (Personally it might even be my favorite part of the trip)

By random chance, (I'd say God's love to me) we got somewhat lost on the way to our hotel the very first night and ended up driving right by this HUGE skatepark that we probably wouldn't have seen otherwise. AND being me, of course I had my skateboard with me.

It rained all week while we were there, and it being an outdoor park, I didn't have any opportunities to ride it until Friday night, our last night there. God let it stop raining long enough for the park to dry just enough to skate.

Erik (my brother) and I went to the skatepark for several hours and him being a photographer, we got some good shots and some footage. I finished editing the good shots and thats what these are. As for the footage, I'm giving the clips to LUKE MYERS this sunday for him to work some magic on. haha :)

I could have stayed there all week. It was such a cool blessing that God gave specifically to me, and I think thats pretty Extreme! Well, enjoy.

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT

CREATION MUSEUM!!

2009-09-27T17:02:00.003-04:00

This past week I haven't posted because I was on vacation in Kentucky. My family and I went to the CREATION MUSEUM by the organization "Answers in Genesis" It was SO COOL! Basically the name gives it away; it's a museum about the genesis account of creation. And just tons of cool stuff to do with that. They have robotic dinosaurs and people, that move and talk and stuff. (Well, the people talk, not the dinosaurs haha.) Anyway they had SO much cool stuff there I don't think I could begin to tell about it. Sooooo... you should look it up ~HERE~

The trip was kind of crazy... five people crammed in a car for 8 hours, then in the same hotel room for 4 nights, and then 8 more hours home. It makes for a crazy week for sure.

KEEP IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT

TEEN POWER UP 2009 BABY!!!

2009-09-21T21:46:00.002-04:00

As I mentioned in my last post, our annual fall teen bash, "TEEN POWER UP" was on Saturday, the 18th. AND..... IT WAS AMAZING!! God was SO good to us and really blessed all of our hard efforts. It was awesome to see some of the teens in our youth group come together as the body of Christ, and grow so much.

These past weeks of practice and work have really blessed me and grown all of us so close, it's crazy. I'd say no matter how the event went, that in itself would make it worthwhile. BUT, it all went RIDICULOUSLY WELL! And people were clearly impacted and had a BLAST!

Although we had MANY chances to lose hope and sight of what really matters through the whole process and event. Satan CLEARLY didn't want us to do what we were doing, which made us all the more certain that God had BIG plans. Seeing the teens constantly re-focus and not let the many situations get them down or dampen their enthusiasm was SO encouraging. And God really blessed it!

Talk about extreme, you could very clearly see the spiritual battle being waged. Satan wasn't too happy about what we were doing and did everything he could to stop it. BUT OUR GOD IS EXTREME AND ALL POWERFUL GUYS!

The skit went super well, the lighting was sooo cool and super fun for me working on it all. Although the fog machine didn't end up working and neither did the spinning red beam. All the strobes did though. The son of the director of the camp, Josh, taped the whole thing on a really nice camera and is going to edit it some and put it on a DVD for us. SOOO.... hopefully you guys shall see it SOON!

KEEPIN IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT

Drama Team Extreme

2009-09-16T21:14:00.006-04:00

Today we had one of our last Drama Team practices for a big teen event our youth group is hosting at Circle "C" Ranch called "TEEN POWER-UP 2009". It's going to be SO rad! It's all free, with tons of different activities and things including lazertron, kan jam, rock wall, game room, and food and drink. (pizza) It's mostly an outreach event, tellin people about our AWESOME GOD, as well one big party.

The "Drama Team" is a skit to a song called "Everything" by Lifehouse. It's really powerful, as well as a lot of work. We've all worked really hard at it and its going to be really, really intense I hope. The Power-Up is THIS saturday, and our next practice is Friday night when we'll be working on lighting FX, there's still a lot that needs to be finished for this to work so I still have a LOT of work to do. Pray that it will all come together and that I'll keep most of the little sanity I have.

Hopefully I'll be able to get a video of it and upload it for you!

Speaking of videos, here's a snowboard video of some of the footy we shot last season. CHECK IT YO!

click here peeps

Props to LUKE MYERS!! My homie, filmer and bro in Christ. (He made the movie too!)
Enjoy,

KEEP IT EXTREME
I'M OUT

Drunker Safey Course

2009-09-15T21:41:00.002-04:00

Tonight I took my required 5 hr driver safety course. To give the general gist of it... "don't drink and drive, don't do drugs and drive, don't speed excessively... and don't get caught"

It really broke my heart though, because the dude that was teaching it was telling this story of how his best friend in highschool was killed in an accident riding in the car with a drunk driver. And just seeing the pain and the fear that he, and all the kids in the class have. And thinking, how awesome, so crazy awesome it is to have CHRIST in my life, and to have JOY and HOPE through even the hardest parts of life because I know what I'm living for, and that I have a purpose, I didn't just, HAPPEN. And even facing death I don't have fear, maybe sadness, but at the same time TRUE JOY!

Because, I KNOW WHERE I'M GOIN!!

Jesus has made it possible for you to know FOR SURE where your'e going too. Do you? Have you accepted the free gift he offers?

We never know which breath is our last, so don't play games with God dude, don't wait.

KEEP IT EXTREME,
I'M OUT

Extreme Summer?

2009-09-12T21:04:00.007-04:00

WOW! So, I have been SUPER busy this summer and I haven't posted at all! (actually I confess, I pretty much forgot about it all together... with all the things that have been happening)

BUT, now that school is started again and life is more (ideally) routine, I'll be able to be posting again.

So let me "explain"... no, there is too much, let me "sum up" (haha a little movie trivia for ya there, that would be Princess Bride)

For most of the summer I worked at Lamoka Lake Baptist Camp in Tyrone, NY as the boat dock manager person. About 8 weeks, although I didn't end up working every single week. Camp is so fun and crazy and it would be basically impossible to begin to describe all the crazy, extreme things that went down.

Mid July I went to Teen Leadership Conference at Baptist Bible College in Clark's Summit, PA. It was my 3rd year going there and as usual, it was INCREDIBLE. God really challenged me through it more than I had expected and I really got to bond with some of the kids in my youth group.

AND got to skateboard again ALL WEEK. It was basically the first time actually skateboarding since I busted my ankle, so it like heaven for me! Exept my ankle was still really weak so it hurt a lot of the time so I kept it rapped up. We filmed all week and got hours of skate footy so my friend and main filmer these days, Luke Myers edited a skate movie of the week! check it out.

CLICK THIS AND WATCH IT!

Altho I must say I could barely land any of my flip tricks anymore after not skating for 2 months and my ankle being really weak so its mostly all basic gaps and small stairs, fun stuff though.

BUT MOST OF ALL, this summer the most extreme thing for me has been growing WAY closer in my relationship with JESUS CHRIST MY SAVIOR! Its been AWESOME.

So thats a glimpse of my extreme summer.

Keepin it real,
Keepin it EXTREME,
I'M OUT

2009-06-03T11:20:00.003-04:00

DUDE!! Our internet has been down for the last few weeks, so I havn't been able to post, and havn't been able to get on Facebook. TORTURE!!

I'm not even sure I can remember all the stuff thats been going on, so I'm not gonna try.

Tomorrow I'm going to a homeschool convention for three days. Pretty much walking around a big center looking at different booths with lots of books and stuff. FUN right? And sitting in a bunch of sessions. Some of the teen ones are interesting so it hopefully won't be too lame.
Mom says to "meet people". Sure, I can see it now.... *walks up to some girl "Hey, is anybody sitting here?" *confident charming smile*. Just kidding I'm not really that kind of person. But It might be somewhat fun because were staying in this nice hotel thats right next to the convention center for 3 days. :D

On memorial day, we had a bunch of friends over. I was skateboarding with one of my friends and he was rollerblading. I was just dorking around doing some airs and stuff off one of my ramps only getting about 3 feet of air. Then one of the times, I came down with my ankle completly sideways and landed on it like that. Clocked it all the way around. Needless to say my ankle was huge. It was pretty gnarly. Now it looks so sweet because its all purple and yellow.

I got it X-rayed on thursday and it turned out not to be broken, contrary to our guesses. Then we went to walmart and I figured out the advantage to my disability. (Driving around like a maniac in the motor carts running people over :D )

Well, seeing how I'm at the library and my internet time limit is almost up... I'm gonna cut this off. But HOPEFULLY I'll be able to write more.

Keep it EXTREME.
I'M OUT

Extreme Weekend (part two)

2009-05-10T14:30:00.002-04:00

After a crazy extreme day of crunching metal, blood, broken glass, greasy McDonald's food, hospital beds, tears and laughs, we decided to STILL go as planned to the Bible study at the cafe and street witnessing in downtown Geneseo.

This would be the GOOD extreme. Even though I was REALLY tired and had a bad headache I decided that God obviously kept me alive earlier that day for a reason. So I decided to go, and DUDE! I'm glad I did! As soon as we hit the streets with the skateboards I felt totally alive and awake! It was THE night to do it, because it's a college town and all the students are finishing their work this week and Friday was the main party night. So there were tons of teens and college age people walking around.

We handed out maybe about 60 tracts and actually witnessed to about 15-20 people, handed out maybe 10 new testaments, it was AMAZING! And it was ALL on God's strength not mine because I was pretty much dead. I was able to witness to many of those people because of skateboarding so that was totally rad for me, that God could use what I do to reach dudes for him. And through playing music outside the cafe too! But the biggest conversation starter was the car wreck!

Just goes to show that God DOES work all things together for good for those who loves him. And although it's WAY easier to say it than to believe it, IT IS TRUE!!

Stay Extreme,
I'M OUT

Extreme Weekend (part one)

2009-05-10T12:45:00.003-04:00

This weekend was a weekend of two extremes for sure. Extreme bad, and extreme good.

It starts with the bad... We were on our way to the cases with our minivan packed full with seven people, when we got in an almost head on collision outside of warsaw. It was crazy. We all came several feet away from either dying or severe injuries, but ONLY by God's grace we were all safe except for some bruises and scrapes and minor whiplash.

Also I had my skateboard rail in the middle of our van leaning up against the middle bench, about a foot and a half in front of Katy Case, who was sitting on my left in the middle-back seat. So when we smashed, she went foward and hit her face on the rail just below her left eye. God is soo good, if it had been just a few inches different she could have been blind or not here anymore! Because of MY stupid idea to put it there, but by God's grace she's ok. (sigh)

Then went to the ER to get checked out and they were booked so that took FIVE HOURS!! Then when we finally got back to my home away from home we all crashed.

Change

2009-05-06T16:48:00.002-04:00

This is a song I wrote today, I really like it, too bad I type music, because the tune is pretty sweet too. Enjoy :D

VERSE 1:
They say change, act like they do,
You begin to think its true,
That who you are is second rate,
You’re filled with fear and filled with hate,

Now who you are is what you aren’t,
And you’re about to fall apart,
So drop this act and end this show,
Just be yourself and let it go….

CHORUS:
You don’t have to change for me,
(I’ll love you anyway), just wait and see,
You can just be your self, it’s what God made you to be,
You don’t have to change, Oh please don’t change for me.

VERSE 2:
You’re not this, and you’re not that,
You’re too thin or you’re too fat,
If words could kill than you’d be dead,
All these thoughts inside your head,

You talk too fast, or talk to slow,
I don’t care, I hope you know,
Cuz it’s not true, and they’re all wrong,
You’re my friend, so hear this song…..

CHORUS

VERSE 3:
When they say no, God says yes,
You don’t have to be the best,
Cuz he loves you for who you are,
He’s in control and never far,

He sent his son to Calvary,
Gave his life, so you’d be free,
But he’s alive, he’s not dead,
This is what he has said…..

Alternate chorus:

You don’t have to change for me,
I love you anyway, just wait and see,
You can just be your self, it’s what I made you to be,
You don’t have to change, Oh please don’t change for me.

Two Extremes - Genesis Chapter Uno

2009-05-06T10:56:00.006-04:00

I titled this post, “Two Extremes” because Genesis one talks about Creation vs. Evolution.

Verses 11 and 12: God makes the plants.
“Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.”

Did you notice anything interesting in those verses? The little phrase “according to their kinds.” What that means is an apple tree only produces apples, and apple seeds, and a pear tree only produces pears and pear seeds. Same thing with bushes, grass, flowers; whatever plant you want. There are many different types of apples, but notice, they’re still apples. there are many different types of grass, but its still grass. Not something in between.

Verses 20 and 21: God makes the fish and birds.
“And God said, ‘Let the water teen with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.’ So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.”

Same thing here, “according to their kinds”, sharks are sharks, whales are whales, sweetish fish are still sweetish fish.

Verses 24 and 25: God makes the land animals.
“And God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.’ And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the earth according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good."

Wow, and if you didn’t get that already, God made all the animals ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS. I mean, he said it five times in two verses. I think he means it! So next time some text book written by MAN tells you that you came from a monkey, tell them “DUDE!! GOD said that he made monkeys ACCORDING TO THEIR KIND. And though there are lots of different types of monkeys, they’re still monkeys.

Keep it extreme,
I'M OUT

God-given Opportunity

2009-05-06T10:49:00.001-04:00

Yesterday God just plopped an extreme opportunity right In my lap. My unsaved friend Joe came over to skate and brought the Bible and devo book that he got at our dodge ball tourney our youth group hosted a week ago. I asked him why he brought it and he said he didn’t understand it and wanted me to explain it to him.

WOW!! It was pretty extreme!! I felt like the Philip dude on the road to Damascus in Acts chapter 8 when God just sends this dude to him asking Philip to explain the Bible to him.

Anyway, since the devo book was on Genesis, I decided it would be a good place to start, so we did a Bible study on Genesis, chapter uno. I read through it, explaining it as I went along.

With God, life should ALWAYS be extreme. If not, then there's something wrong with you and God.

Keep it Extreme,
I'M OUT

Lets Get This Started

2009-05-05T09:20:00.007-04:00

My name is Cody Lutz. I am 16 and a junior in high school, Im homeschooled, and I am a complete skateboard and snowboard addict. Extreme sports is what I love to do, but thats not what makes my life so rad.

I'm a hardcore Christian and Jesus Freak to the max. Jesus Christ is the MOST important thing in my life. He gives me joy and true happiness thats way better than finally nailing a trick, or flying down the mountain. Even when hard things happen, and life gets pretty gnarly, He is ALWAYS there for me, and loves me even though I havn't always loved him.

I decided to start a blog because a lot of my friends have them, and for anyone out there in internet land that might actualy think anything I say is actually interesting. **polite smile** (yeah, RIGGHT)

As you can tell, Im not the best writer, Im not out to WOW you with my wonderful writing skills. I just write about my life and what I love to do, and thats praising my God, skateboarding, snowboarding, singing and chillin with my peeps.

I dont know how often Ill be able to post on this thing, so im not gonna make a bunch of promises. But Im going to try to post as often as possible, whatever that means.

SOOO, if you like what I have to say, then tell your friends, tell your mom........tell your moms friends, I dont really care, so long as some one reads my mindless writings.

Heres a lil eye candy for ya, and IM OUT. So go help your grandma down the stairs already.

-Cody