Moving on up!

Hi friends,

After many years here at Blogspot, I've moved to another blog site.  Blogspot is nice, but I'm trying something new.

rock.
Tyler

Job and the question of suffering...

A friend of mine asked me what to make of the book of Job recently.  The problem with Job is that it appears to be one big bet between God and Satan about whether or not Job is faithful, and the suffering in it seems lacking in compassion and altogether unnecessary.  Along with that, God at first seems rather casual about allowing Satan to ruin Job's life.  It's a tricky book.  Most of us just skip it and pretend it's not there.  I think that's a bad way to use the Bible, as it leads to a slippery slope of a self-selected canon, where we only have the stuff we like, and pretend the other stuff doesn't matter.

The unsatisfying answer as to what's going on in Job is "I don't know."  Frustratingly, there are a lot of places in the Bible where the only conclusive answer we can get is that we don't really understand what is fully going on.

But there's more to Job than just "I don't know," obviously.  There is a lot that we CAN understand from Job, but the answer to why is happens is a bit tricky.  Particularly the relationship between God and Satan (which is from the Hebrew word "ha-satan," appearing here for the first time in the Bible, and meaning simply "the accuser" or more like "the antagonist," like a debate partner).  Clearly the relationship between God and the Satan in this book is more cordial than we expect, but if you look throughout the Bible, Satan is by no means an equal power or threat to God, so God regards him with anger only inasmuch as Satan is causing pain and temptation for people.

Beyond all that (it's easy to get bogged down in that...), to me the larger point of Job is one of HOPE.  Job trusts in God, even when his wife and his friends tell him to curse God.  Elihu, the last friend to speak is the only one who seems to get it right, chastising Job, and yelling at Job's friends.

IN the end, Job cries out to God, asking him "Why?"

The interesting thing is that God doesn't really answer that question.  He comes back at Job saying that Job has nothing to fear, that God is bigger than everything, and that he can save Job from anything.

This is rough at first, but then we see that Job relents at the end, and says "Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." Yet a better reading of this would be "I get that I'm not in control, and I take comfort in you, even while I'm suffering."

Basically, Job starts to think that, as his friends are telling him, our suffering has something to do with our own actions, and likewise that our blessings are a direct result of our obedience to God.

What God is frustrated at is that Job begins to show that his faith in God was dependent on his being blessed, that once those blessings had left him, that his faith in God's ability/intention to save Job from death was weakened.

Job had more faith in the good stuff God gave him as a sign of God's love, than in the fact that God promised to protect him.  He started to think, clearly God does not love me, as he's taken all my stuff.  he said he loves me, but he doesn't.

The trust had moved from faith in God, to faith in God through stuff.

Once the stuff was gone, Job lost faith.

God's frustration with Job is that while Job seemed to really ahve a strong faith, eventually, once the good stuff was gone, he lost faith in God.  His faith was in the blessing, and not in God's word.

Likewise, our faith shouldn't be in our blessings.  It should be in the One who blesses us.  That is real easy when we are surrounded by blessings, but very hard when blessings are hard to see.

God is still with us even when we suffer, even when we think he's abandoned us.  God has promised to never leave us, and he wants us to trust in that, even when we are blinded by pain.

In the end, Job is restored, but hopefully with a faith in God, and not just in God's stuff

(Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac is along the same theme - putting faith in the blessing rather than in the One who blesses.)

When we are not the church...

The following is part of the end of a sermon that I preached this past Sunday.  I would argue that we are not often actually "the church" - the Body of Christ in the world - but are more often simply a group of people who gather together each week.  More like a social club then followers of a world changing Christ.

The syndrome of being "luke warm," as Christ would put it, is more of an epidemic than we let on.  We are Christians like we are fans of a sports team or like we are residents of a particular state.  We may be proud about it and endorse it loudly at times, but it doesn't really set us apart as people who are defined by it.

It leads us to the difficult, yet frankly vital question we must ask ourselves.

If your life is not dramatically changed by being a follower of Christ, then are you really following Christ?  Or are you just claiming to?

God is alive.

God is here.

So what does all that mean? 

It means that the God who created all things has never given up on you. 

The God of all creation died for you. 

The God of all creation is working in you. 

Not just you as a congregation, but you as a person. 

He is shaping you into the person that you were created to be.

And he’s working in the person right beside you as well. 

God loves you. 

Even when we resist, God still sustains us and doesn’t give up, and he uses our failings to build us back up.

Jesus Christ is not a part-time God. 

He is fully invested in us.

But that also means that we can’t be part time Christians. 

We can’t pretend that God is with us right now then forget all about him as soon as kickoff happens. 

We can’t accept that God is working in all things, yet go back to work on Monday thinking that it’s all up to us to get things done. 

We can’t sit in the pews beside people that we just pretend to know.

We can’t just show up once a week and think we truly are members of a church.

We can’t be servants of God if every time we come to church, we expect to have God and others serve us.

We can’t call ourselves Christians if we ignore the people that Jesus tells us over and over are the ones his heart breaks for.

We can’t say we have faith in God’s grace if we are using our money as a means of attaining power and status.

We can’t call ourselves “the Body of Christ” if we don’t care about the things that Christ cares about.

We can’t ask God to fix parts of our life without allowing him to change the whole thing.

We can’t profess to believe in the communion of saints, yet treat each other merely like coworkers.

We can’t keep living like God needs us, like we do him a favor by blessing Him with an hour of our time here, or a few dollars there.

You NEED God.

God does not need you.

But…

God loves you.  He wants to be with you.  He loves you more than you can ever imagine, a love that is never ending.  And God does not change.  He does not give up on you.  He never leaves you, and will never stop working in you.

God is alive. 

And he wants to be alive in you.

He created you.  He sustains you.  He gave you a future – a future that ends not in death, but in life.

If we are truly going to call ourselves “the Body of Christ,” if we are to be the full time representatives of our full time God, then we need to give him full time access to our lives, to completely surrender to him.  

We need to fully trust him in all things, not just sitting in a room for one hour a week, not just giving him our leftovers or putting in our time.

We need to receive what Christ has done for us, to be shown that following Christ is more than just attendance and good behavior - to allow ourselves to be completely changed.

Jesus calls us not to simply show up, but to act. 

Jesus calls us to love each other, but how can we do that if we don’t even know each other.

The Psalmist tells us that God delights in those who put their hope in his unfailing love.  Not partially, but completely.

Paul was telling the Colossians, you can’t have it half way.

God created you and sustains you.

God is fully invested in you.

How invested are you in God?

Back Home Again (and the Prodigal God)

Welcome back.

I have been on a long hiatus from the good old blog.  I now announce (as have so many times before) my return.

The last few months have been filled with great joy, watching Elliott grow from a tiny baby to a literal toddler.  He just turned one in September, and has been walking for about three months, which he has more or less mastered at this point.  Elliott is awesome, and well worth sacrificing time from other more superfluous things (like, say, a blog).  Add to that that we are six months away from baby No. 2, which hits the world hits coming March, and is already garnering a lot of rave reviews (being touted not so much as a sequel to the first one - Elliott 2: Elliott Harder - but more a whole new production, with similar themes, yet completely different than No. 1)

At the same time, there have been a lot of other life elements outside of the home which have caused the past several months to be fairly "unpredictable."  In the midst of this, I have understandably lost a certain level of "routine," and have therefore become backlogged on a lot of things.  So I figured some sort of structure is in order.  Blogging again is set to be one of those.  At first, I am back to at least once a week, but seek do even more regular writing as I go forth.

So here is day one of the return to the blog.

I relay to you the basics of a sermon that I gave last month.  The sermon was on the parable of the Prodigal from Luke 15.  As I prepared for it, I was excited to see what God was saying in this passage that I had never seen before.  I had not really seen this approach to the parable before, and was excited to share the insight with others - then I read of Tim Keller's book The Prodigal God, which essentially saw the same thing in the parable I was so proud to have discovered.  This tells me two things:  first, God is still speaking to us through the Bible, and often the most "familiar" passages are the ones which can give us the most unexpected insight.  And two, that neither Tim Keller or I actually came up with a "new reading" of this passage.  The Holy Spirit is revealing things to us - God is present in the exposition of the Word.  Hebrews tells us that "the Word of God is living and active..." which means that it's still alive, still relevant, still speaking...  Ignoring scripture, or dismissing it as "not culturally relevant" is boxing up God and saying that he cannot speak to us through this book anymore.  If we are saying that he can't do that, what else are we saying that he can't do?

So anyway, here you go - my thoughts (and Tim Keller's), both of which are not really ours, but God's - on The Prodigal:

Luke 15:11-32

 ¹¹Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. ¹²The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

 ¹³"Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. ¹⁴After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

 ¹⁷"When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! ¹⁸I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. ¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.' ²⁰So he got up and went to his father.
      "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

 ²¹"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.^[b]'

 ²²"But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. ²⁴For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.

 ²⁵"Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ²⁷'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'

 ²⁸"The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. ²⁹But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. ³⁰But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'

 ³¹" 'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. ³²But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' "

…

 ¹Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. ²But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

Aside from the nativity story, this might be one of the most familiar stories in the bible.  We have probably all heard it more times that we can remember, and so we feel comfortable in assuming that we know what it’s all about.  However, it’s specifically because this is such a familiar passage that we need to look carefully at it, to see what is there that we might have missed, and what isn’t there that we were always assuming was.

In truth, this passage is really part of the larger thought that was started at the beginning of chapter 15.  The chapter starts out saying, “¹Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. ²But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."” Jesus hears this and proceeds to tell the people the parable of the lost sheep, emphasizing the desire of the shepherd to find the lost sheep, and the joy that he had in finding it.  Jesus then continues, in the same thought, to tell the parable of the lost coin, telling of the woman who turns her house upside down in order to find a coin that was lost, and again emphasizing the desire to find the lost, and the joy in finding it.  He then continues on with this parable.  The text specifically sets about linking the three parables together, as this is one unified point that Jesus is making (even noting in our text today, “Jesus continued…”).

In light of this, verse one becomes incredibly important – why was Jesus telling these three parables?  It seems to be a direct result of the scoffing of the Pharisees and teachers of the law, who detest of Jesus company with sinners.  In this way, the three parables of the Lost are a response to the scoffs of the Pharisees – a direct answer to their taunts.

As I said, the first two emphasize the celebration of finding the lost.  Our parable today also does that, but it leaves us without an ending…  Let’s start at the beginning.  The younger son demands that his father give him his share of the inheritance, and he then sets out to live a life of wild living.  The inheritance was what was to be his after his father died, so he was in essence saying to his father, “I don’t want to wait until you die.  I want my money now.”

After what we assume is a good while, the younger son has spent all of his inheritance, and then, after a famine hits the country, he is forced to work for a man who owns pigs (a gentile).  The younger son is so hungry that he is willing to eat the food that the pigs are eating – symbolizing that he has gone as low as he possibly can.  It is here that he resolves to go back to his father.

But here, it is important to realize why he goes back – it is not because he feels remorse or sorrow.  It is because he is hungry.  He needs something that his father has.  He needs nourishment.  There is no real reason to believe that the son is returning for any other reason.  Even the line that the son says, “'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son,” is rehearsed.  The son does not reach this as a conclusion, he plots it as a way for him to get back into his father’s house and get some food.  When he returns to the house, he sees his father, who runs to him and embraces him.  How does the younger son react?  ““'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son,” – not with tears or hugs in return.  With a line.  The father’s love was poured out the second he saw the son, and it appears that he didn’t even hear (or care) what it was that the son said.  He immediately throws a party, much like the shepherd in the first parable, and the woman in the second parable.

But here is where this parable is different.  There is a second son.  This is the elder son.  This is the son who did not run away, who stayed at home and did everything the right way.  (On a side note, the gospel of Luke was originally written in Greek, and the Greek word for “elder” is “presbuteros,” which is where we get the word “Presbyterian.”  So we might call the elder son “the Presbyterian son.”  Let’s wait a few minutes on that, though to see if you really want to…).

The elder son sees that there is a party being thrown for his brother who had run away, and he refuses to go in.  The father comes out and pleads with the elder son to join the party.  The elder son refuses, angrily stating that he has being slaving away at home, doing what is right, but his father never threw him a party.   He even pulls the “YOUR SON” line, essentially disowning his brother, (you know that trick, parents…) “this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes…”  “But you are with me, and all that I have is yours,” replies the father, and then the father replies by reconnecting the bond between the two “this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.”

And then, here is the most incredible part of the story – it ends.  Not with a “Yeah,” or an “ah!” but with a “huh?!”

There is no conclusion.  No real ending.  The two previous stories focus on the finding of the lost, and conclude with the celebration of the found.  This story has that celebration, but the climax of the story is instead on the refusal to recognize that which is found, an unwillingness to celebrate.  It ends with scoffing.

If we see the passage for what it is, that all of chapter 15 is one solid episode, we see that the entire passage begins and ends with scoffing – with a mocking and refusal to celebrate with those who aren’t good enough.  Jesus is telling these parables specifically for the Pharisees and teachers of the law – the religious people who do everything right.  The church people.

Usually when we read this story, we like to imagine that we are the younger son, the son who runs away, but when he sees the error of his ways, he returns to his father, and upon seeing how sorry the younger son is, the father forgives him, and celebrates the sons return.  It makes us understand the forgiving nature of God, even in the face of our inclination to sin and run away from God, and emphasizes that if we merely humble ourselves and ask for God’s forgiveness, we will be accepted again.  It’s a feel good story about how much God loves us.

The problem with that understanding is that the story doesn’t go like that.  It’s not about one brother, it’s about two brothers.  It’s not about forgiveness, it’s about celebration, and the struggle to participate in that.  The younger son doesn’t even truly repent.  He wasn’t seeking reconciliation, he was merely seeking nourishment.  He did not expect restoration.  The older brother refuses to acknowledge his brother.  He doesn’t think that the younger brother deserves a party.  And he’s right.  But who ever said that parties are only thrown for people who have earned them?

Instead of a feel good story, what we have in reality is a challenge – a conundrum.  A non-ending.

Most of us have been raised to believe that good deeds are rewarded, that if we work hard and live good lives, there will be treasures in heaven for us.  We want life to be fair.  We want the people who work hard to be the ones who succeed.  We want the people who squander their lives to have to pay for it eventually, to learn their lesson.

But that’s not how it is with God.  If Jesus is telling us anything conclusive with this parable, it is that God’s love for us is not fair.  He loves the ones who are faithful, but he loves the ones who are unfaithful, too.  The big question that Jesus leaves us with in this parable is this:  How much does that matter to you?  Does it matter enough that you would refuse to go to the party?

The story we read from Jonah is much the same way.  It’s another famous bible story that actually ends far differently than we would like to imagine.  We usually end it with the whale, God saving Jonah even in his disobedience, and loving him anyway.  Jonah learns his lesson, and goes on serving God.  But that’s not how that story goes either.  Jonah does finally go and do God’s work, but only after he tried everything he could to escape it.  When he finally does what God has asked him to do, he complains that it turns out differently.  How could God forgive the Ninevites??  They were terrible people.  If God’s not going to give them what they deserve, then Jonah has had it!  He doesn’t even want to live any more.  This story ends much the same as today’s parable, with a father pleading for his child to understand how his love works, that it’s bigger that we can understand, that it isn’t fair, and with a child stubbornly standing on the outside, refusing to accept that.

In Australia, cow herding is a huge industry.  There are two main ways in which it can be done.  One way is the “bounded set,” which puts a fence around the heard, to protect them from what it outside, and to keep them all inside.  If the fence is secure, little is required by the cattle to remain safe.

The other method is called the open set, or centered set.  Many of the herds in Australia are far too big for it to be economically feasible for a fence to be built, so instead, ranchers will dig a well, and create a spring.  Since water is relatively scarce in the wilds of Australia, the cattle will naturally stay close to this body of water, and no fence is needed.  

The main difference between the two is access to the center.  The bounded set requires little of the cattle, and no well is needed at the center.  The cattle can simply be watered from a trough each day to get what they need.  However, it is very clear which cattle are in, and which are out.

The open set puts the emphasis not on the boundary of in or out, but instead on the substance at the center.  There is a genuine need of all living things for water, and the cattle, no matter how far away they stray, will always be drawn back to that need.

Why am I talking about Australian cattle ranches?

This is the story of the church.  When we put all our emphasis on who is out and who is in, we have little need for emphasis on what is at the center.  There is no real need for a strong center if you have a clear fence designating who is in and who is out.

On the other hand, if we were to get rid of the boundaries, and focus on where our center is, then we would be able to fill ourselves with water, and others would be drawn in as well.

The story of the lost son is the story of a crazy father whose love is unfair.  He throws a party for his son who has disowned him.  He embraces and accepts the son back into his him before the son can even say a word.  There is no boundary, no debt he has to repay.  It is also the story of two sons, one who is undeserving of and not expecting love but is served it in abundance, and another son who refuses to join in the celebration until his philandering brother makes amends.

The word “prodigal,” which is usually attributed to the younger son in this story, is one that we might misunderstand.  It simply means “recklessly extravagant.”  It is an apt description of how the son was with his inheritance, but it is perhaps an even more adequate description of how the father is with his love.  God’s love for us is unreasonable.  It makes no sense, and it’s frustratingly available to those who seem like they deserve it, and those who clearly do not. 

What the story is showing us is that we don’t serve God so that he will throw us a party.  We are all invited to the party right now.  We can’t earn what is already offered freely.  Instead, we should serve God with joy as a response to the love he already has for us, not so that we can get some reward later.  Christ has destroyed that boundary, and dug a well for us.  Our response should be to try to tell as many people as we can about this party, and get them to come, too.

But are we truly doing that?  Do we honestly want EVERYONE to get in to the party? 

What if we got to heaven, and Hitler was there...  Would you want to go in?

Or are we the scoffers, the Pharisees, the elder brother?  The ones who understand the value of the gift that Christ offers, but don’t want others to simply walk in and enjoy what we have been working our whole lives for? 

Are we the younger brother, blindly coming back home each week simply hoping to get a place at the workers table to get enough food to get us through the week, not really invested in reconciling, but simply in search of a quick meal?

Jesus is telling us that, it doesn’t really matter which son we are – both are invited to the party.  Both should rejoice. This whole collection points to the fact that God cares far more about rejoicing in that which is found than he does about simply being a good person and doing what it right.

We need to know what is at our center.  If our core is simply determining who is in and who is out, separating ourselves from the danger that surrounds us, then we don’t actually have a center – we merely have a fence.  Is our focus on bringing as many as we can to the well, or are we simply focused on maintaining the fence?

What does it mean to take the fence down, and center ourselves solely on Christ, truly understanding the love that Christ is talking about in the parable, a love that is indiscriminate and prodigal, for all people, whether they deserve it or not? 

What would that church look like?

God is pleading for us to come to the party and celebrate what is found.  Are we willing to go in? 

God loves you and me and the entire world.  And it’s not fair.  Let’s rejoice in that.

Mission Trip Musings

Last Sunday, I returned from a week in Chicago with 26 others on our youth group's Mission Trip.

Here are some things that I learned this year on the trip:

- People from North Carolina are crazy for 7-Eleven.  Desperately crazy.

- I am crazy for Jamba Juice.  I already knew that, but it was nicely supported on this trip.

- Toy Story 3 is an amazing movie, even when seeing it with a theater full of 300 elementary kids.

- Chris Shore made it into a surprisingly large amount of our pictures, considering he was in Montreal while we were on the trip.

- Chicago is still the coolest city in America.

- It's amazing how much fun can be had with a clothes pin and some sneakiness.

- Filling 1 pound bags with Wheaties for four hours is surprisingly satisfying.

- Curtis Crews is one slippery fellow.  Michael Telford is not.

- "Ice Cream and Cake" is a dance, not just a popular menu for birthdays.

- "Naked" (a fruit juice blend without preservatives or added sugar) is the perfect beverage for the road.

- It's better to be a pencil than a pen.

- There is a Target in Chicago.

- A field full of hundreds of wind turbines is beautiful.

- Carl will tolerate nasty candy, a lousy seat in the game, and post it notes on the car.  He is one of the best friends you can have.

- A circular room filled with tricycles is fun no matter how old you are.

- In large groups, high school folks care a lot about the World Cup.

- You can get free wireless in Chicago if you are willing to walk around a bit and sit on a street corner.

- Lake showers are almost as good a regular showers.

- 15 hours in two vans in one day is much easier than I would have thought.

- Mexican candy has the potential to create emotions in you that you didn't know you had.

- Jared Elder has seen things that you wouldn't believe.

- Family Force 5 needs to release an acoustic album.

- If you take a Frisbee on a youth trip, there's a good chance it's not coming back with you.

- Seating in Perudo matters more than I would have thought.

- Everyone wants to sleep on Marshall Horsman's shoulder.

- Chicago is easy to navigate, but also easy to get lost in.

- Portillo's is worth getting lost for.

- You can only get so wet in the rain.

- Most kids just want someone to notice them.

- There are few things as amusing as looking at your reflection in a huge bean shaped mirror for a while.

- Sometimes, they have tornadoes in Chicago.

- Cooking hamburgers in a frying pan on a camp stove is a bit dicey.

- We have amazing leaders in our youth group.

- We have awesome students in our youth group.

- This will be a hard trip to top.

- There is a lot of need in Chicago.

- God is doing great things, both in the city, and through the members of this group.

a new life.

After five months of being a dad, I have realized something that no one told me:  this is easy.

Months and months of advice and coaching as to how life was going to be once we had this baby never told it straight:  this is easy.

My life has been moving at a speed that is double what it used to be.  All of the idle moments have been filled up with chores that there used to be plenty of time for.  There is a constant fatigue.  Even when I get enough sleep, the notion of "down time" is all put a memory.  And yet, this is easy.

Our modest budget, which was predicated on trying to keep it so that only one of us would have to work full time, has gotten thinner and thinner.  Treats that we so simple they barely used to need consideration now seem like luxuries.  The iPhones, the Blue Ray player, the HD TV, the X Box which seemed just a pay check away, now seem like fantasies.  And yet, this is easy.

It was never truly told to me how much I would love Elliott.  I was told my life would change.  I was told babies are amazing.  I knew babies were cute and joyous, though I have never been one to ask if I can hold someone else's baby.  I've been around enough babies to know the score.  But I had never held Elliott before.  I had never looked into the face of my son before.  I had never known what it was like to love someone like that.  I love my family.  I love my wife.  But I had no idea what it was like to love my child.  And now... I know... 

...this is easy.

My Year in 160 characters...

2009 was a big year in a lot of ways, becoming a father and turning 30 being two of the biggest.  I started looking back at some of my old status updates from the year and realized they told a far more autobiographical tale then I would have imagined.  So here I present to you every single status update from me in 2009.  I've been everywhere, man.

Tyler Domske is about to lose thirty pounds.

January 5 at 1:12pm  

Tyler Domske just bought 11 pairs of pants for $30. Tyler will miss you, Steve & Barry's.

January 5 at 11:58pm

Tyler Domske is trying to figure out the ethical dilemma of whether or not I should be come Facebook friends with a dog.

January 7 at 10:58am

Tyler Domske is amazed at how many people want to go on a "ski trip" without actually skiing.

January 12 at 9:58pm

Tyler Domske is dancing with the devil by the pale moon light.

January 13 at 9:35pm

Tyler Domske is too tired for it to be Wednesday.

January 14 at 9:44am

Tyler Domske about ready for Lost to start back up. Bring it.

January 16 at 10:50am

Tyler Domske is oddly jealous of his friends who are buried in snow. It's not cold enough in Carolina.

January 16 at 3:44pm

Tyler Domske has just realized he's been playing Ninja Ropes Extreme for over two hours: http://www.sarkscape.com/games/iphone/ninja-ropes-extreme/

January 16 at 10:06pm

Tyler Domske Enjoying the Steelers game at a ski lodge in the Carolina mountains while playing Belvedere with high school homies. Rock.

January 18 at 8:47pm

Tyler Domske is hopeful. (and incredibly surprised at what little snow it takes to qualify as a "snow day" in NC).

January 20 at 9:30am

Tyler Domske just walked into the office and found out we have a new president.

January 20 at 12:09pm

Tyler Domske is reading Galatians.

January 21 at 12:47pm

Tyler Domske is excited about the future.

January 22 at 8:15am

[Though I didn't reveal it for another few months, this was the day I found out Adrien was pregnant with Elliott.]

Tyler Domske needs to start writing things down

January 23 at 11:21am

Tyler Domske is about to eat his weight in chili at FPC.

January 25 at 5:21pm

Tyler Domske is getting sick. Bring on the Lock-In!

January 26 at 1:29pm

Tyler Domske spent the night playing Carl Ball at the Lock-in for roughly 80% of the evening. And out of 27 students, only 1 actually went to slept. Rock solid.

January 27 at 1:54pm

Tyler Domske is sick. Blah.

January 28 at 12:24pm

Tyler Domske is dog walking with Adrien & McFly.

January 29 at 11:02am

Tyler Domske is still sick. Double blah.

January 30 at 6:41am

Tyler Domske is already excited for the game. Hooray for Steelers.

February 1 at 12:53pm

Tyler Domske is happy for Groundhog Day, my favorite pointless holiday.

February 2 at 2:27pm

Tyler Domske is now satified that it legitimately snows in North Carolina.

February 4 at 11:18am

Tyler Domske has of late been listening to the Vampire Weekend album in its entirety more than he has listened to any album as a whole in a long while.

February 4 at 5:03pm

Tyler Domske is "enjoying" a Presbytery meeting in Mount Airy (Mayberry) today. Now thinking of ways to stay entertained...

February 7 at 9:09am

Tyler Domske is now making the trip worth it with a meal at Snappy Lunch.

February 7 at 12:45pm

Tyler Domske is getting ready for PYF.

February 8 at 3:04pm

Tyler Domske is mapping out the week.

February 9 at 4:18pm

Tyler Domske is at the dentist, about to be crowned the new king of Brokentoothton.

February 10 at 12:00pm

Tyler Domske is just now realizing that today is Friday the 13th.

February 13 at 9:56am

Tyler Domske really wants to play video games.

February 14 at 4:13pm

Tyler Domske dares you to change your profile picture to the scariest face you can make

February 15 at 10:30pm

Tyler Domske has been at the movie theater since 10am & is about to watch his 5th consecutive movie. Take that, Oscars!

February 21 at 9:31pm

Tyler Domske was surprised by how happy-sad he got both from watching the last Conan O'Brien & when Heath Ledger won his Oscar.

February 22 at 10:38pm

Tyler Domske is about to adopt a new tooth into his tooth family. (Boy, is tooth adoption expensive!)

February 24 at 1:59pm

Tyler Domske is en route to a return to the Florida Keys.

February 25 at 4:19pm

Tyler Domske forgot to announce that his mouth is now the kingdom of Chester the fake tooth, who was crowned the King of My Teeth yesterday (it's a constitutional monarchy)

February 25 at 9:48pm

Tyler Domske is actually enjoying an official snow day. Sweet, sweet climate change...

March 2 at 9:44am

Tyler Domske is tired of being without internet at home, but looking forward to Watchmen tonight.

March 5 at 11:27am

Tyler Domske is going to meet this T Rex in about 7 months.

March 5 at 5:56pm

Tyler Domske is through being vague: Adrien is pregnant.

March 7 at 10:50pm

Tyler Domske is wondering when he will stop returning to his car in the parking lot at the grocery store by riding on the cart. Because today clearly is not that day.

March 10 at 2:17pm

Tyler Domske getting frustrated at constantly hearing grown adults say "fustrated." If you can't say that first "R," pick a word that you can actually say correctly.

March 11 at 3:43pm

Tyler Domske is remembering that whenever Adrien goes away, he forgets how to go to sleep.

March 11 at 11:15pm

Tyler Domske thinks Rob Bradford is dumb.

March 13 at 6:36pm

Tyler Domske is wondering what the heck happened to Facebook?!?

March 16 at 5:06pm

Tyler Domske is beginning to think that strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

March 17 at 2:50pm

Tyler Domske has been watching far more "ALF" recently than is perhaps recommended by most doctors. (Willie Tanner is a comic genius).

March 18 at 11:53am

Tyler Domske just remembered that MARCH MADNESS HAS STARTED!! He also remembered that he doesn't really care. Back to watching old Disney DVD's & online crossword puzzles.

March 19 at 2:45pm

Tyler Domske is looking for God in Will Smith movies.

March 20 at 11:56am

Tyler Domske is enjoying some morning coffee, watching a Rob Bell video, & getting ready to go to Hollywood (literally). None of those three activities are related.

March 21 at 9:18am

Tyler Domske needs to relax, so he's going to to Hollywood for a week.

March 22 at 9:45pm

Tyler Domske isn't sure what day it is, but he's sure he's in California.

March 23 at 9:07pm

Tyler Domske went to church with Buster from Arrested Development and saw the janitor from Scrubs, Tim Meadows, Kelly from The Office, and the hotel manager from Ghostbusters.

March 30 at 3:00am

Tyler Domske is back in Carolina, doing the things that need to be done. Tonight is Supper Club and Confirmation. Rock.

April 1 at 4:21pm

Tyler Domske went back for another Baby Doctor visit today. Heard the baby's heartbeat, and it sounded like Pac Man - hence, we now have a new baby nickname.

April 2 at 1:36pm

Tyler Domske wonders if the "can you hear me now" guy is happy with the way that his career has turned out.

April 5 at 3:36pm

Tyler Domske is just about ready for Monday. Feeling rather Garfield-like today.

April 6 at 10:03am

Tyler Domske is wondering how the world will be different now that the Tar Heels are champions of it.

April 7 at 12:14pm

Tyler Domske has forgotten what day today is about three times already. I'm not sure what that means, but none of the answers are good ones.

April 7 at 4:03pm

Tyler Domske has realized that today is essentially meeting with people and eating with people.

April 8 at 12:39pm

Tyler Domske is out with Adrien on a mission to buy sardines for turtles. And no, that isn't code for something else.

April 9 at 11:29am

Tyler Domske went from a Maundy Thursday service to a Cold War Kids/Death Cab For Cutie concert. Huzzah.

April 9 at 9:09pm via Mobile Web

Tyler Domske wonders if sitting down at a concert is parallel to riding a roller coaster with your arms down.

April 10 at 7:49am

Tyler Domske is one of the Easter people.

April 12 at 7:45am

Tyler Domske is one of the Easter people.

April 12 at 10:24am

Tyler Domske misses good rap music.

April 15 at 11:45am

Tyler Domske wonders what happened with American Idol. Has it always been this dumb, or have I just gotten smarter?

April 16 at 2:40pm

Tyler Domske is out in the woods.

April 18 at 5:46pm

Tyler Domske hath come from the woods. His legs are lacerated from an intense afternoon of capture the flag, but it was worth it. Flags were captured... cheesecake...dolphin...Telford.

April 19 at 10:16pm

Tyler Domske is tired of Christians spending all of thier time arguing with each other, leaving little time or energy for serving Christ.

April 21 at 12:05pm

Tyler Domske thinks that the potential cost of not caring about the environment far exceeds the cost for caring about it, & is thusly confused when people don't care.

April 23 at 8:50am

Tyler Domske could watch this all day: http://tinyurl.com/czk782

April 23 at 7:27pm

Tyler Domske just realized that he's somehow managed to schedule away all of his days off until May 7th. Hooray for the next two weeks!

April 24 at 5:02pm

Tyler Domske just realized that, not only is hockey still played professionally, but Pittsburgh still has a team.

April 26 at 12:16pm

Tyler Domske is a romantic.

April 27 at 6:58pm

Tyler Domske has been on the road, driving quietly for 6 hours. He just surprised himself by suddenly singing the words, "Stonewall Jackson shrine" which he read on a sign.

April 27 at 7:05pm

Tyler Domske is in DC, but only for the morning.

April 28 at 11:48am

Tyler Domske is confounding his GPS by going off track to look for Dunkin Donuts coffee.

April 28 at 2:05pm

Tyler Domske is somewhere twixt hither and thither.

April 28 at 4:50pm

Tyler Domske thinks that somedays it feels so good to take your shoes off. Today is one of those days.

April 29 at 9:59pm

Tyler Domske is burnt.

May 2 at 9:27pm

Tyler Domske is feeling it.

May 3 at 2:47pm

Tyler Domske walked out of the house today, and was surprised to find that he was legitimately excited that the grass might be ready to mow again in a day or two. Mowing the lawn is apparently his new favorite thing.

May 4 at 11:35am

Tyler Domske thinks it's too early in the week to not know what day it is.

May 5 at 5:04pm

Tyler Domske would say that his favorite thing about American Idol are the ridiculously stupid Ford Commercials with the contestants. And this year, even those have been lame. Not lame funny like they used to be, but just straight up lame.

May 6 at 9:54pm

Tyler Domske is tired of seeing that stupid guy dump a whole freaking thing of spinkles on an ice cream scoop to tell us about cell phones! BAH! HEAD A SPLODE!!! [BOOSH!!] ....

May 6 at 10:26pm

Tyler Domske was not ready for the Star Trek movie to be that good. The fact that I legitimately thought I might cry at 4 or 5 points in the movie makes me realize that I am a far bigger Star Trek dork than I thought I was. (Note to George Lucas - That is how you do it)

May 10 at 8:04pm

Tyler Domske saw what his baby is thinking the other day. What is on the baby's mind? Grey stuff.

May 11 at 12:21pm

Tyler Domske did the expecto patrunum spell and discovered that his patronus looks like an inanimate bottle of Flintstones vitamins.

May 12 at 10:10pm

Tyler Domske is beaching it up with a gaggle of middle schoolers for the weekend.

May 15 at 5:32pm

Tyler Domske is back between the waves.

May 18 at 12:27pm

Tyler Domske after years of watching the show each week, for the first time ever, almost voted for American Idol last night. He didn't, though. A moth flew through the room, and he got distracted, and suddenly, the polls were closed.

May 20 at 10:33am

Tyler Domske had no idea that world would take American Idol as seriously as they do. In terms of what it actually means it's about one step above the award for "World's Greatest Grandpa."

May 21 at 10:26am

Tyler Domske is happy that the house is finally a home again.

May 22 at 11:13am

Tyler Domske thanks God for G-Ma.

May 22 at 3:48pm

Tyler Domske is trying to figure out whether he is going to try to care about hockey for a few weeks now that the Pittsburgh Penguins are in the Stanley Cup.

May 27 at 10:50am

Tyler Domske just realized it was Friday. How sad is that?

May 29 at 4:09pm

Tyler Domske is off to the 80's birthday party. Rad.

May 30 at 6:04pm

Tyler Domske Might my phone actually be allowing me access to Twitter now?

June 2 at 10:52am

Tyler Domske is starting to realize that the impending baby is making him more cautious about things (texting while driving notwithstanding).

June 2 at 4:55pm

Tyler Domske is thankful that pizza is on a bagel now. Before he could only eat pizza at preapproved times, but now the calendar is completely open.

June 2 at 7:21pm

Tyler Domske has a headache in his eye.

June 3 at 4:57pm

Tyler Domske is back in PA after a day of car trouble. Almost as much waiting as driving. Bring on the funeral.

June 4 at 11:20pm

Tyler Domske is sleepy, but really happy to see family.

June 5 at 12:51pm

Tyler Domske is on the road again.

June 6 at 12:58pm

Tyler Domske is sleepy after too long in a car.

June 7 at 10:16am

Tyler Domske preparing for a rap battle.

June 9 at 3:32pm

Tyler Domske is not sure how it happened, but he's watching hockey.

June 9 at 10:15pm

Tyler Domske working out the logistics of the mission trip, and getting excited about it.

June 10 at 12:02pm

Tyler Domske suspects that "trans fat" is a made up thing to make us think junk food isn't as bad for us as it could be. Like saying it has "0 troll ...

June 11 at 10:44am

Tyler Domske is vacuuming the garage and singing "She's Your Queen to Be" from Coming to America. (Adrien comes back tomorrow)

June 11 at 10:33pm

Tyler Domske feels analog today.

June 12 at 12:51pm

Tyler Domske ironically, my non-digital watch stopped working today.

June 12 at 7:04pm

Tyler Domske thinks that, short of going to the store to buy one, there's not much he would actually do for a Klondike Bar (& even that is a stretch).

June 13 at 11:27am

Tyler Domske is about to play ultimate in honor of being here a year.

June 15 at 8:31pm

Tyler Domske is trying to stay on top of all that's going on this week.

June 16 at 9:47am

Tyler Domske thinks the movie "Up" is emotionally overwhelming. Brilliant, but overwhelming.

June 16 at 9:09pm

Tyler Domske is sitting on the back patio thinking about Romans 8.

June 19 at 5:37pm

Tyler Domske is taking care of all sorts of lawn/outside work.

June 20 at 4:59pm

Tyler Domske getting ready to preach on Roman 8.

June 21 at 8:42am

Tyler Domske wishes that iPhone commercials would stop making me want an iPhone so much.

June 22 at 10:17am

Tyler Domske sees an evening of Kingdom Hearts ahead on me.

June 22 at 5:42pm

Tyler Domske really doesn't understand what is so great about drinking. Even less about why people take pictures of drinking & post them.

June 22 at 9:37pm

Tyler Domske is too tired for having gone to bed as early as I did.

June 24 at 10:34am

Tyler Domske is thinking about really good noodles.

June 24 at 7:57pm

Tyler Domske just found out Michael Jackson died. It's hitting me hard...

June 25 at 6:52pm

Tyler Domske thinks this is Thriller night...

June 26 at 12:02am

Tyler Domske wants to be starting something...

June 26 at 1:39pm

Tyler Domske remembers the time...

June 26 at 6:52pm

Tyler Domske is just another part of me...

June 27 at 4:00pm via Twitter

Tyler Domske is not gonna spend his life being a color...

June 27 at 10:05pm

Tyler Domske is in DC with 32 awesome mission trippers.

June 28 at 9:44pm

Tyler Domske is about to serve some mission food...

June 29 at 11:34am

Tyler Domske is taking a stop with the League to check out the Anacostia Smithsonian before heading out to play with kid this afternoon.

June 29 at 2:22pm

Tyler Domske is eating Vietnamese with the evil league of evil.

June 29 at 6:50pm

Tyler Domske is taking The League out to garden in NE DC.

June 30 at 10:17am

Tyler Domske Went to the zoo with The League - saw a panda. Now back to Children of Mine to play with kids and help clean.

June 30 at 2:40pm

Tyler Domske is taking the Evil League of Evil to downtown DC to sing for and work with the elderly. Can see God working in awesome ways...

July 1 at 11:36a

Tyler Domske is one of 10 homeless runaways...

July 1 at 3:05pm

Tyler Domske sitting in DuPont Circle in DC while the amazing League is gathering donations for a feast with the homeless.

July 1 at 4:44pm

Tyler Domske delivering food throughout DC & Maryland this morning. Rock.

July 2 at 9:58am

Tyler Domske had a lunchtime roller skating funtime with the League in Anacostia Park. On to helping kids at Child of Mine. Rock.

July 2 at 4:16pm

Tyler Domske and Donovan are putting tomatoes in the fridge, peeling some corn, living the dream...

July 2 at 4:22pm

Tyler Domske is trying to figure out how this day is going to work.

July 3 at 1:33pm

Tyler Domske got the day figured out. Now at the Nationals/Braves game with 32 orange shirted awesome people.

July 3 at 6:51pm

Tyler Domske is bringing it all back home.

July 4 at 11:15am

Tyler Domske is home and trying not to conform. Awesome trip, awesome youth group. Thanks, guys.

July 4 at 6:25pm

Tyler Domske is here to change the world (thanks, Captain EO).

July 7 at 2:38pm

Tyler Domske loves watching the rain.

July 9 at 1:17pm

Tyler Domske just found the terrifying and rare Fatal Frame II at Gamestop. He will not be sleeping for the next four days.

July 9 at 9:22pm

Tyler Domske is about to become a fan of becoming a fan of things. Wait, I mean a fan of NOT being a fan... it's gotta be your bull...

July 10 at 4:12pm

Tyler Domske is finally done being exhausted, and is just plain tired.

July 12 at 4:45pm

Tyler Domske is recovered enough to get ready for this week's trip.

July 12 at 10:59pm

Tyler Domske Operation "Save Bags of Quickrete from the Morning Downpour" seems to have been more or less a success.

July 13 at 9:26am

Tyler Domske thinks it's the best Potter ever (and thinks he may not have ever heard the F-word as many times in a row as he did waiting in line for it).

July 15 at 3:06am

Tyler Domske likes that for as much as we think we have the world figured out, we still don't really know how or why cats purr.

July 16 at 4:52pm

Tyler Domske does the Black Eyed Peas song say "Mazal Tov" for no real reason in the middle of it? Did they write that song in 2 minutes or did it take a full 5?

July 16 at 10:04pm

Tyler Domske guesses it's about time to start packing for NWMC...

July 17 at 3:56pm

Tyler Domske is done packing...(?)... and misses his wife + 1.

July 17 at 10:00pm

Tyler Domske will be there by 3.

July 18 at 12:39pm

Tyler Domske I be tweeting @ the #nwmc as well. Bring it on, Holy Spirit.

July 18 at 7:29pm

Tyler Domske has noticed that apparently #nwmc is one of the speaking engagements that @breyeschow feels he needs more than flip flops.

July 18 at 8:04pm

Tyler Domske likes what he is hearing at #nwmc - Prebyterians have a gift to offer the world - the gift of COMMUNITY. We just have to show it.

July 18 at 8:48pm

Tyler Domske From #nwmc - we in the church can/need to be in community even if we don't agree on everything. But do we? Eh.

July 18 at 8:52pm

Tyler Domske is seeing God in so much here. Trying to rejoice and be glad in it #NWMC.

July 20 at 10:47am

Tyler Domske starting to get sick at #nwmc. Mah. God is doing awesome things, which are become so clear. Just like the fact that I'm getting sick.

July 21 at 1:10pm

Tyler Domske #facelessint shared amazing & sad things tonight at #nwmc. Disappointed by how they were interrupted. Still made a strong connection w/youth

July 23 at 2:31am

Tyler Domske just learned the two main questions in life: who is God? & who am I? (Thanks Na & Calvin) #nwmc

July 23 at 11:46am

Tyler Domske is sensing God even in the midst of rain, lack of sleep, & illness. Hope the kids are sensing Him, too (at #nwmc )

July 23 at 2:59pm

Tyler Domske is excited for what God is doing today - in spite of illness & exhaustion. Help us to rejoice (even when we just want some sleep). #NWMC

July 24 at 10:07am

Tyler Domske is hoping that the best way to cure the post #NWMC blues is a trip to Kennywood. Thunderbolt & Phantom's Revenge have started things right.

July 25 at 2:31pm

Tyler Domske is so proud of the PYF students who went with him to #NWMC. Blessed to be a witness to what God is doing through them. Rejoicing & glad.

July 26 at 4:27pm

Tyler Domske is so proud of the PYF students who went with him to #NWMC. Blessed to be a witness to what God is doing through them. Rejoicing & glad.

July 26 at 4:27pm

Tyler Domske has a prophetic tweet for someone: It doesn't mean you should be afraid to try, it just means that you should try harder.

July 27 at 3:53pm

Tyler Domske this is the day...

July 28 at 11:58am

Tyler Domske is sicker than before. When I cough it sounds like a woman. I don't mean that in a sexist way - it literally sounds like a woman coughing.

July 29 at 7:39pm

Tyler Domske alright Pittsburgh Pirates. That's enough. You have called my bluff. No matter how asinine your trades are, I will never stop loving you. Now will you please stop dumping on my heart with your terrible trades? "Future prospects" does not mean "future prospective trades.”

July 29 at 9:22pm

Tyler Domske is far sneezier than usual.

July 30 at 7:40pm

Tyler Domske is still sick?

August 3 at 4:34pm

Tyler Domske thinks you should be listening to the Vampire Weekend station on Pandora. Non-stop greatness.

August 6 at 11:01am

Tyler Domske doesn't think he's ever been sick for this long. Two weeks?!? What is that about?

August 7 at 2:24pm

Tyler Domske just realized that (1) Mooresville Band Camp starts today, and (2) it is supposed to be the hottest day of the year so far - topping off at 97. Good luck and stay hydrated, homies.

August 10 at 10:25am

Tyler Domske wonders if I told you "DO NOT THINK OF A DINOSAUR." which type of dinosaur you would immediately think of...

August 10 at 2:32pm

Tyler Domske wants to set the record straight on a hot button issue: currently, I am anti-biotic.

August 12 at 3:12pm

Tyler Domske is coming to terms with summer being over. Bring on the fall. I'm ready.

August 14 at 10:35am

Tyler Domske battled with huge roots and won, and dug three holes yesterday. I then mused on how many literal holes I have dug in my life, and realized the answer was "I don't know." I submit that "I don't know" is the only appropriate answer to that question. If that is not the answer you get, you need to get up, get out, and do something.

August 16 at 10:39am

Tyler Domske is in the mood for some Japanese animated cinema.

August 17 at 2:20pm

Tyler Domske is about to do real "summer" things for the first time this summer.

August 20 at 12:33pm

Tyler Domske is spending the evening in Pittsburgh (in Mooresville).

August 22 at 7:50pm

Tyler Domske - "GO BANANA!"

August 23 at 10:19am

Tyler Domske has been listening to a lot of Hillsong recently.

August 25 at 2:25pm

Tyler Domske cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome.

August 30 at 7:37am

Tyler Domske thinks that if, while shaking hands with the Vice President, you are clearly taller than he is, than you are too old to be in the Little League World Series.

August 31 at 12:32pm

Tyler Domske is Tim Grady.

September 5 at 9:25am

Tyler Domske is at camp in the woods of NC having an interesting conversation with folks about how ridiculous Twitter is.

September 5 at 9:47pm

Tyler Domske join everybody in non-conformity.

September 6 at 12:29pm

Tyler Domske is taking a daycation tomorrow.

September 6 at 9:23pm

Tyler Domske is wondering if 361 gigs of music might be too much music.

September 8 at 12:55am

Tyler Domske Adrien is, according to the doctor, three days away from being a ticking baby bomb, ready to go off at any second. Better go and get your armor.

September 11 at 12:14am

Tyler Domske just had my mind blown by Girl Talk. Thanks, Tobyn! (It only took me 11 months to finally listen to it...). "Hey, you got filthy rap music in my 80's music!" "Hey, you got 80's music in my filthy rap music!"

September 11 at 8:59pm

Tyler Domske Glenn Beck makes my head a splode.

September 14 at 5:47pm

Tyler Domske is a big fan of iTunes 9. Hooray for HomeShare!

September 16 at 1:46pm

Tyler Domske laments the fact that the Wipeout and Shaq Vs. seasons are both done. Well, brain, it looks like your vacation is over. Back to work.

September 17 at 10:42am

Tyler Domske is now measuring time in 3 minute increments.

September 18 at 7:32am

Tyler Domske From now on, we will be known as "Adrien & the two dudes."

September 18 at 3:00pm

Tyler Domske Elliott Xavier Domske showed up today @ 2ish, and promptly pooped all over everything. Good on ya, little donkey!

September 18 at 5:08pm

Tyler Domske D-Day (daddy day) +1. Elliott & mom are doing great. The boy has some lungs on him, and his favorite pastime is pooping.

September 19 at 9:15am

Tyler Domske just put the baby in a corner.

September 19 at 8:26pm

Tyler Domske just realized that today is Tuesday...(right?)

September 22 at 1:12pm

Tyler Domske does anyone have a copy of the newspaper from Friday (September 18th)?

September 23 at 9:37am

Tyler Domske is so happy to be a husband and a dad. Thanks, God! rock.

September 23 at 10:26am

Tyler Domske sorting through 260 GB of music has made me rediscover some awesome music that I forgot I had. Current choice: Amazing Grace by Ani DiFranco.

September 24 at 7:12pm

Tyler Domske is looking for God in James Bond movies with PYF.

September 25 at 8:04pm

Tyler Domske wondering if Elliott can break his record today of an 8 second long sustained fart. He sure is trying hard to break it.

September 26 at 8:16pm

Tyler Domske - A man and a woman had a little baby. Yes they did. They had three in the family (and that's the magic number).

September 28 at 6:31pm

Tyler Domske Hooray for October. The champange of months.

October 1 at 3:14pm

Tyler Domske is due to have a baby today.

October 4 at 11:04am

Tyler Domske has legitimately fallen asleep on the floor at least 6 times in the past two weeks.

October 5 at 3:14pm

Tyler Domske in Atlanta, missing my wife & son, but looking forward to Catalyst, wondering if #zachhunter will be there to talk about his new book.

October 6 at 10:22pm

Tyler Domske is in two places at once at #cat09

October 7 at 9:39am

Tyler Domske in some ways feels like the Carl of the group today @ #cat09

October 7 at 9:53am

Tyler Domske @chipstpleton - Carl is here...sitting right beside you #cat09

October 7 at 10:02am

Tyler Domske #cat09 - SO GOOD.

October 7 at 10:43am

Tyler Domske is reflecting deeply on Deuteronomy @ #cat09 (& missing the sounds of baby)

October 7 at 11:28am

Tyler Domske just heard a man sneeze one of the funnier sounding sneezes I have yet heard in my life @ #cat09

October 7 at 1:51pm

Tyler Domske TWLOHA @ #cat09

October 7 at 2:32pm

Tyler Domske - "...what a priviledge that we get to do life TOGETHER..." @ #cat09

October 7 at 3:02pm

Tyler Domske is getting refilled @ #cat09 but really wishes Tob & Ben could be here (and wishes I was with A & X).

October 7 at 5:28pm

Tyler Domske is about to see drops like stars. ( #cat09 )

October 7 at 7:48pm

Tyler Domske is longing to change a diaper...

October 7 at 10:39pm

Tyler Domske saw God in goats, bees, ping pong balls, soap bars, opposite-handed

writing, Will Ferrell movies, & shattered flowers in one day @ #cat09

October 8 at 1:14am

Tyler Domske is praising God with 12,000 others @ #cat09 , but wishing there were 4 or 5 more here...

October 8 at 9:35am

Tyler Domske Malcolm Gladwell is droppin science @ #cat09 . Ya heard.

October 8 at 11:27am

Tyler Domske About to get re:Bell-ed @ #cat09

October 8 at 2:04pm

Tyler Domske "God needs a whole lot more gardeners & a whole lot less guards..." - Shane Hipps @ #cat09

October 8 at 2:24pm

Tyler Domske cannot help but to praise God at the top of my lungs @ #cat09

October 8 at 3:09pm

Tyler Domske "you can use 'God's work' to excuse all kinds of unhealth in your life" as a leader..."Jesus invites us to simple, beautiful work..." - ...

October 8 at 3:30pm

Tyler Domske just drank a full glass of concentrated TRUTH @ #cat09 - I had no idea I was that thirsty...

October 8 at 3:59pm via Twitter

Tyler Domske misses the smell of Elliott's baby head.

October 8 at 8:09pm

Tyler Domske Final day @ #cat09 - Got this update from Adrien: "...just got up a bit ago and gave Elliott a bath. Ain't nobody dope as him."

October 9 at 12:11pm

Tyler Domske #cat09 has been truly life changing (though excited to get back to my other two life changers!)

October 9 at 2:03pm

Tyler Domske is pheasantly surprised.

October 10 at 2:53pm

Tyler Domske is in the third dimension with PYF. I forgot how good the Toy Story movies are!

October 11 at 5:07pm

Tyler Domske has taken on the new role of baby mattress.

October 12 at 4:33pm

Tyler Domske has realized that the usage of cloth diapers have dramatically increased the amount of times that I stick my hands in toilet water on any given day.

October 18 at 9:56pm

Tyler Domske now has two full time jobs.

October 19 at 11:43am

Tyler Domske really likes John Calvin - "There is no place where God is not."

October 20 at 11:12am

Tyler Domske forgot how funny the movie Dumb & Dumber is.

October 24 at 8:28pm

Tyler Domske is waiting at Scarowinds. Waiting...

October 29 at 10:00pm

Tyler Domske has set the goal for today: to catch a leaf that is falling from a tree before it hits the ground.

October 30 at 2:00pm

Tyler Domske really likes Michael Jackson.

November 2 at 6:38pm

Tyler Domske hurt his back lifting a box full of cassette tapes of Christian music from the 80's & 90's. I knew that music was good for nothing. Blast you, Petra!

November 4 at 9:01am

Tyler Domske, 30.

November 5 at 8:02am

Tyler Domske thank you, Facebook friends, for filling my feed with birfday wishes! Now I have a different box to check whenever I take surveys. My favorite gift was a special watch that predicts the future, telling me the exact time it will be 12 hours from now...

November 6 at 10:40am

Tyler Domske thinks that Yo Gabba Gabba might legitimately be my favorite show on TV right now.

November 11 at 11:12am

Tyler Domske just walked in to see that Adrien found a Black Widow spider inside the house. Awesome.

November 14 at 5:37pm

Tyler Domske is not a fan of living in an NFC market. Doesn't my TV realize the Steelers are playing the Bengals?!?

November 15 at 12:31pm

Tyler Domske is tired of hearing how good Glee is. They use so much auto tuner that all the singing sounds like campy robots from DeGrassi High. Boo.

November 17 at 9:48pm

Tyler Domske can only remember legitimately combing his hair once in the last 15 years.

November 22 at 2:06pm

Tyler Domske My knees lament the game of Carl Ball.

November 22 at 10:04pm

Tyler Domske thinks he can smell what The Rock is cooking - a middling movie career.

November 24 at 8:30am

Tyler Domske is watching So You Think You Can Dance & reading Origin of The Species. Yes, Mr. Darwin, this is what it's come to.

November 24 at 10:50pm

Tyler Domske thinks that the infinitive form of the verb "to evolve" should be "to evolute" to make it match better with the word "evolution." One might even say that the language itself should evolute to meet this new grammatical fitness.

November 25 at 11:06am

Tyler Domske is still giving thanks.

November 27 at 12:35pm

Tyler Domske is starting to think that getting older means that you start to listen to Christmas music earlier and earlier each year. This year, it was November 27th for me.

November 30 at 10:20am

Tyler Domske Today is day one of 25 Days of Scrooged. Bring it on, Bill Murray.

December 1 at 10:15am

Tyler Domske thinks that The Muppet Christmas Carol might be the best version of A Christmas Carol.

December 5 at 6:58pm

Tyler Domske just cleaned out my Facebook mailbox and found messages in there from 2006. Has it been that long, Facebook? I remember when we were both so young... look at us now, sitting on the porch watching the kids play and yelling at them to get off our lawn...

December 7 at 10:48am

Tyler Domske just remembered that "The Alphabet Song" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" are the same song & it blew my mind.

December 8 at 9:20pm

Tyler Domske a character on Community just sang the song "Jesus is a Friend of Mine." Best show ever.

December 10 at 10:52pm

Tyler Domske tired of accomplishing so much during your day? Go to stumbleupon.com You're welcome.

December 11 at 12:26pm

Tyler Domske hold up... it's 2 AM? My watch is 12 hours fast!

December 18 at 2:07am

Tyler Domske it's snowing, and Captain EO is returning to Disneyland! Now what to do with my third wish...

December 18 at 3:47pm

Tyler Domske There's a party in my tummy.

December 19 at 8:01pm

Tyler Domske when is Christmas? Is it this week or next week?

December 22 at 11:50am

Tyler Domske is kind of a jerk.

December 23 at 6:14pm

Tyler Domske just realized that it’s Christmas Eve… :)

December 24 at 12:03am

 Merry Christmas, friends.

rock.

Tyler