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First thought Koinonia – vLog365 Day11

ecko — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:17:27 +0000

httvp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hq0YDX-z54

Building Community and Relationships

ecko — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:34:37 +0000

This post is not about how it is about why, Why Build Community and Relationships? This to me is an intresting question, and simply answered why not. But I would like to delve a little deeper and tell you a little bit more of why i am wanting to develop community here.

First is Sharing

Sharing of heart and mind. I want to hear from others about what is on there mind. What moves you to speak, what moves you to act? these are the things I want to know. These are the things I share.

Second is Helping

Helping to solve problems and Acting to resolve them. This is how I think community’s should act. If i am wrong tell me, if you want clarity ask questions.

these are the 2 main things that build community and relationships.

Food for thought

think about how you enter in to a new relationship. and I mean any relationship not just starting to date someone. You both enter in to a time of discovery of the other person, by asking questions of the other and they share there answers. In turn you are both sharing and helping each other to learn about one another.

Further on down the road in a relationship as you strengthen what has already been built you can ask more of the other people but I urge you to give more than you get. Add value to the other people in your life versus take take take, this will build a better relationship and a stronger community.

The end of every blog post I ask for your comments just so I know how I can be of more value to others. So what are your thoughts on community and Relationships? And What things do you look for to add value to yourself?

Hope, Affliction, and Prayer

ecko — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:56:55 +0000

The more I study and write the more I am drawn closer to God. and the less I want for self. yet there are still times I fail, I get up dust myself off and go on. Today I am going to bare a little more of my heart and soul, allow you to see a part of me that is not normally visible. I came across the verse Romans 12:12 “rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer” in the course of doing research for this post, and it is what has pushed me to ba a little more forth coming with what I am about to write.
I have a skin condition known as psoriasis, and I have had it from the time i was about 6 or so. A lot of my physical and emotional problems have stemmed from psoriasis. causing me to constantly scratch, or be uncomfortable, and at times made fun of. the wors thought is about 2 years or so ago I came down with the arthritis that can accompany this skin disorder. The pain in my joints causing me to wince more than I care to think about, or prohibiting me from doing more things I would like to. The psoriatic arthritis is a debilitating disease, and I wish no one ever had to live with it. This is my affliction, tribulation if you will. I feel God has given me this, for what I am not always sure, but I feel better physically when I am doing what he commands.
I have Prayer, it helps me manage some of the discomfort, as well as allows God to communicate with me. Praying is my life line and connection to God, knowing he is there allows me to know he has allowed me this to teach me something. prayer also lets you tap into the main power source, and shows God that you are there for him and not just when you want something. Prayer is a beautifully intimate act, and better yet God wants it. He wants you to come to him, because he wants to impart and instill insight and wisdom.
Lastly hope, I hold the truth that when I pass from this earth I will no longer have to deal with this earthly body. I will be free of pain, and able to do the things I once was able to. Hope helps me in times of the worst pain, knowing full well my savior died on a cross for me, and that pain was immensely more horrific than my own. I have hope.

Every morning I wake up, and am thankful.

yahweh shalom

ecko

13 April 2010

ecko — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:59:10 +0000

just got done with pushing out teh vLog365 for today, was a lil tiered when I shot it. have had some thoughts of naming it and doing more of a lil show, vs just a 1-3 minute thing. also in the sidebar you may have notice flickr pics. that is in correlation with the goatee365 project picture a day.

any thoughts on how I should work some of this? any input is welcome, constructive preferred.

vLog365 Day2

ecko — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:34:45 +0000

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C6RcD5KNio

I am debating constantly what to post in conjunction to the new daily vlog. I can ether A post more about things in the vid, or B post things that are more in-depth. any thoughts let me know?
as for today I will post a lil more in-depth about things in the vid
last night when I posted the first vid within 10 minutes it had a comment, so a shout out to youtubber DannyBrake84. I tell a little about goatee 365. then I go into some of the things I went and did yesterday on my b-day with my mom, I am hanging with friends later in the week. then I tell how I felt with the people leaving birthday wishes on facebook’s wall

Touched & Blessed

ecko — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:56:34 +0000

I have the privilege of meeting lots of people in my travels. some are just in passing others I get to build a relationship with. Yesterday I had the chance to go and pray with people from all walks of life. This was an honer and a blessing

How I was touched, simple just being in the presence of what some would call unclean. I also met people who just needed encouragement. and some of whom I met were just down on there luck in this life. coming to get fed spiritually and physically, are these people who touched my life and they don’t even know it.

These people were also my blessing. They showed humility, not that they were humiliated. Some prayed when we prayed for them others had a tear drawn to there eye and stayed silent. God blessed me by showing me a few more walks of life where there are people in need. in need of food or shelter, just a way to feed there belly and sleep in a safe dry place.

This is a ministry where any one can help. Case in point, one gentleman came in asking how he could get a loaf of bread to make sandwiches to hand out downtown to the homeless in St. Augustine. Little things like this are how we can help. Little Acts of Kindness as you walk through life.

How are you helping? A sandwich, a cup of soup, or a blanket. these little things help.

Pax Yahweh

ecko

Social Judgment & cultural climate

ecko — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:52:18 +0000

I have a thought for you today, do you think all media you create will be judged by some of the media you create? better stated a younger you did a stupid video and you left it up for a year. It had lots of views and then one day you start doing more professional vlogs. Do you think that the new content will be judged by the old?

I think it will be counted, but as time goes it will only be seen as a novelty and nothing more. The media shows how the individual has evolved from knowing little to sharing knowledge they have learned. Even with skill social mediaists you see growth with every year.

Which brings the thought, in this new digital social world that says “you will be judged by what you say not what color your skin is. you will not be considered black or white, red or yellow. you will be seen as a person on planet earth only separated by water.

This is something I very much belive in. yes there are still going to be people out there who just don’t get that though we have different ideals we can still communicate and get along. This is what I see happening in this ever-changing ever evolving digital landscape.

I think that as time goes on and more children are raised in the web enviroment and in a social atmosphere the less bigotry and hatred there will be in the world. This should not just be for us but really for our children and grand children. we are borrowing the world from them. they are getting it when we go, so should not we make sure it is in an ok state.

So today i am asking for your thoughts on this. How do you view someones past digital media? and how do you think the social cultural climate is?

Where am I to Serve?

ecko — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:12:51 +0000

I had a post written earlier and now the software I was trying has stopped working. this just tells me 2 things a im on the we enough that I really don’t need an external program. I just need to find a decent Firefox plug-in that will do the job.

but on to the title of today’s post, this is a question I have had for a few months now. and the more I think on this question I realize the skill set I have is in computers and several things on the internet. I have an understanding of social media, and am now starting to utilize it. I am starting to get in and make connections and cultivating relationships.so this breaks down to learning the different software platforms and setting up touch points.

why am I now doing this, I have never really wanted to be an internet rock star. as great as that would be im wanting to set up a solid community for a non-profit I work with known as People Reducing Homelessness. I feel that God is leading me to set up the social side to get the internet community involved and to get the word out that One Act of Random Kindness can do a lot to change a person’s life.

But at times I do not feel this is enough, lately I have been thinking of serving in youth ministry. I have no real sign from God on this, hence why I have not just jumped in. I think this is also due to the fact that I am still Finding God again and am not yet ready to serve in leadership. I know that when God is ready he will put me where I need to be.

as for now pray and search where does God want you to serve

Pax Yahweh

ecko

Knowledge, Wisdom, and Apathy

ecko — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:20:37 +0000

Today’s Confession

Yesterday I had made the Claim I am attempting to quit smoking. in the stretch of the last 2 week’s I have drastically cut back on the number of cigarettes I smoke from 15-20 a day ( yes that is close to if not a pack a day) to around 5. I have done this primarily cold turkey, and in the coming week ahead im aiming to get this number to zero. Like I said I write this here to be accountable.

Aside from that the post I was going to craft for today just did not seem to be the right one. instead I would like to share a thought or two from my morning reading of the bible. over the last week I had been reading Proverbs, but today I started into Ecclesiastes. and the thought comes from the last verse (18) of chapter 1.

Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV) For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

The entire chapter talks about how meaningless striving for the things of the world are, but this verse stuck out the most to me. I feel an ownership for this passage. as I have mused about it, it has reminded me of the last few years of my life and the knowledge and wisdom I have learned. I relate this to the years prior to dating my ex-wife and on through marriage and divorce. every step of the way I was learning something, and the more I learned the more grief I had. All this also caused me to become calloused and apathetic. The apathy grew until most things in life, love, hate, fear, etc., just did not bother me any more. Which this brings me to the next verse that came to me today.

Ezekiel 36:26-27 (NIV)26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

I have been praying that God will remove the callous from my heart and cure my Apathy. Praise be to him that I know he will, the moment I read this verse this morning I cried. I prayed, I praised, and I cried, and after that I called others I knew and shared what God had showed me.

So here is the point where in most blog posts there would be some sort of call to action. be it a comment below, or donate blah blah blah. I will be no different other than to say search your self and your heart for God .

Pax Yahweh

Ecko

Anew Day Anew Dawn

ecko — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:16:27 +0000

Today I quit, I quit smoking and start blogging. I will use this as my outlet for my thoughts, ideas and, my progress. who ever reads this makes me accountable for what i say and how I act. this is my platform, these are my words. I do this to connect with people and to make headway in my own life, a journey that is not lightly undertaken.

This blog is a home for my confessions. a confession is not just an admission of sin or guilt, but can be used to state a religious belief. in as much as I will write some if not all my struggles, I will also share what God has shown me and taught me through is word. so in this since this will be a journal of what I am trying to accomplish in my life, the activity’s I participate in, and even some poetry from time to time.

As well as this is a new day and a new beginning for myself it is the same for this blog. I am removing all the old and starting fresh and anew. over time most of the content here will be re-posted, as well as some of the content from my portfolio home at dvnttech.com. I will also be posting pictures and vlogs here from time to time.

Let the journey begin…

Pax Yahweh

Ecko