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mike

He makes all things good

About Me

No power of hell No scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand Till He returns or calls me home Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

My Interests

Haiti, the mandolin, guitar, music, volley ball, racquetball, making things, recording things, laughing a lot, being creative, i love driving in my car and looking around.

I'd like to meet:

This is johnny cash doing an elvis impression.

Music:

right now: john mayer, andrew osenga, iron and wine, caedmon's call, patty griffin.

Movies:

transformers, stranger than fiction. kung fu movies.

Television:

Lost, gilmore girls, the office, food or nature shows.

Books:

the Bible, Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller, Irresistable Revolution - Shane Claiborne, The Shadow of the Almighty - Elizabeth Elliot, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis, Cash-the biography, Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

Heroes:

Johnny Cash, Jim Elliot, John Piper, Andrew Peterson, Paige Benton, shane claiborne.

My Blog

ceasing from sin...

this is something that i read this morning and really liked...(its from All of Grace, by Spurgeon)      IN THIS PLACE I would say a plain word or two to those who understand the method ...
Posted by mike on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:17:00 PST

for the reading, if your up for it...

Hey here is a cool article I was offered to read...I really liked it so I figured I would share it as well, enjoy! (sorry if the text formatt is weirdly spaced)     All of Life is...
Posted by mike on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:17:00 PST

fixed the broken mando

alrighty...i finished the broken mandolin finally. I fixed it once, and put strings on it, then the hot hot heat inside my car melted the glue and it broke again. So this time I bought lighter gauged ...
Posted by mike on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:14:00 PST

Project 3...the beginning

This is a new project. I love old instruments. I purchased this 1950's or 1960's Kay Mandolin from Ebay a few weeks ago. When I bought it, the owner said it was in 'good condition'. When it arrived at...
Posted by mike on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:36:00 PST

Project 2

This is a Lap Dulcimer. Its what you call a 'mountain instrument'. Meaning it was common for mainly Irish settlers and other mountaineers. I saw one of my favorite singer/songwriters Rich Mullins play...
Posted by mike on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:25:00 PST

Project 1

Here is the original "Johnson" A-style Mandolin. By the way, these things come FREE when you buy a cheap Johnson Guitar from MusiciansFriend.com. Hopefully that will put into perspective how cheaply m...
Posted by mike on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:16:00 PST