Stars align for Jimmy & Ben

Whether you want to admit it publicly or not- Sarah Silverman is hilarious.
A few months back she did a bit claiming to be f&*$@ing Matt Damon- the video featuring Damon was seen 8 million times on Youtube.

Sarah Silverman is dating Jimmy Kimmel in real life. When he found out about the "intentional sexual encounters" his girlfriend had been having, he decided to take matters into his own hands.

The result....a video featuring Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Meatloaf, Josh Groban, Harrison Ford, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, and a host of other stars announcing publicly that Jimmy Kimmel is f*&@#ing Ben Affleck.

Six Minutes of hilarity...



And...don't judge me...you know you are laughing on the inside! hahaha!!!

Coming this June...

Hey Friends...

These last few months have been very exciting for me on many levels. Perhaps, the biggest thing has been my career- as many of you know I have been employed full-time as Director of Youth Ministries at Nativity Lutheran Church for 2 1/2 years. I love my job, the people and students I work with, and the community that encourages freedom of thought, conversation, and social action.

Over the last two years, I have also been heavily involved as a volunteer with Rise Up International- an organization committed to ending the exploitation of children worldwide. I am currently serving as the president of their Board of Directors. While not a religious organization, it has been an amazing outlet for me to put my beliefs, theology, and values into practice.

Starting June 1st of this year, I will officially go part-time at Nativity and begin to work part-time at Rise Up. At Nativity we will be hiring a female associate director to implement a "team-approach" to our youth ministries. At Rise Up, I will be the only paid administrative staff stateside and serve as National Coordinator. It will be my job to develop resources for the organization and empower volunteers and interns to get involved and use their unique gifts and skills meet the needs of kids worldwide. I am really excited!!!

Please keep me in your thoughts as I move towards June. I am terribly nervous, amped, scared, and motivated...I'll take any advice I can get- and will keep you all posted as June grows closer.

McCain 2008: Like Hope...But Different

First off- if you have not seen the will.i.am produced, Barack Obama endorsement called "Yes We Can," go get a late pass here.

After viewing that video...check out this parody indictment of the atrocity that would be a McCain presidency...sooooooo funny.

Quickish...

So much on my mind, I just can't recline...breathe in- Blackstar's "respiration"

Life has been quite crazy as of late- the two week trek of awesome was just that... awesome, and since my return to Bend I have hit the ground running on a few things...trying to remember to take the advice of Talib and Mos- breathe in...breathe out.

There is so much that I would like to blog about regarding my trip to Tijuana, Los Angeles, and AZ- but, for now- just a few highlights...

*Great conversations with Kevo, Dave, Christina, Trevor, and other participants in the Developing Hearts for Justice conference.

*Hearing Richard Rohr, Jim Forbes, and Bishop Ruiz of Chiapas speak in TJ

*Splashing thru puddles in the pouring rain as we walked ten blocks to Karaoke in Mexico...and for that matter Karaoke in general!

*Senor frogs < 5 drinks= lame Senor Frogs > 5 drinks= awesome

*Free counting crows concert

*Renewed hope for my hometown of Phoenix (I previously thought it was all strip malls and no character)...the oneplacers showed me otherwise

*Working with friends towards an exciting future for Rise Up PHX

*Super Bowl Party at my folks house...let's just say Kevo and my dad ended up in the pool with their clothes on...

*Gentleman's Jack, Christina, Aisea, Kevo, Miah, and Shells and a long freestyle rap session

*Hearing Obama speak...and getting goosebumps

*Speaking at La Casa on immigration...

*Best coffee ever in Santa Monica at the Funnel Mill

*As always, reconnecting with old friends and meeting new friends...

Thanks to everyone who was a part of the journey- I look forward to seeing many of you again soon when Erin and I come out for the Grand Opening of the Rise Up store. I am sure I will elaborate more on some of these events in the future, I just needed a place to put them down in the meantime...love you all!