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Shon

a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.

About Me

I'm a 4th grade teacher. I enjoy a wide variety of activities, many of which are listed below. Serving God is very important to me - and I believe everthing that I do is a part of my service to Him, even if that activity isn't a 'churchy' or church-related thing.

My Interests

Worshiping God, Playing Guitar, Film/Video, Creating short and long form videos, teaching school, and much much more....

I'd like to meet:

The short list (for now): Robert Rodriguez, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman

Music:

King's X, Pink Floyd, U2, Hillsong United, Vineyard Worship, Chris Tomlin, David Crowder, Dream Theater, Mute Math, the Beatles, the Monkees, and just about anything except Country and Rap

Movies:

Anything that Robert Rodriguez has ever done, Office Space, Wallace and Grommit, Pixar Animation, the Harry Potter Series (especially Goblet of Fire), Indiana Jones Series, Star Wars Series, the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the Passion of the Christ, Braveheart, and several others....

Television:

CSI, CSI:NY, Doctor Who (new and old series) - check it out on Sci-Fi, 24, the Office (UK and US versions), the X-Files

Books:

The Bible, The Message, The Purpose Driven Life, Becoming Real, the Harry Potter series

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, my mom and dad

My Blog

Finally, a new entry... death and LIFE

Hello everyone. It has been quite a while since I've added to the blog. Lots of things have been going on. I had a miserable case of poison sumac that left me feeling itchy for a week. Fortunately, wi...
Posted by Shon on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:20:00 PST

Chapter 3: Magic

From 'Problems' to 'Magic.' In Chapter 3, Miller relates a story about seeing a famous magician. One of the things that magician said was that there was no such thing as magic, there are only illusion...
Posted by Shon on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:34:00 PST

Problems - Part 2

I wanted to add one more thought from Chapter 2, 'Problems.' I ended yesterday's discussion by talking about humans (each one of us) being the problem. Why are there problems in society? Look in the m...
Posted by Shon on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:56:00 PST

Chapter 2: Problems

Hello again! I'm back with some additional thoughts on 'Blue Like Jazz' by Donald Miller. Although I'm only two chapters in, I can say that it is a very good read. Whether you are a Christian or not, ...
Posted by Shon on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:22:00 PST

Welcome and Blue Like Jazz

Hello everyone! Welcome to my first blog entry. I'm pretty new to blogging, so I'm not sure how often the updates will come. I'm also not sure what I'll be talking about, probably just whatever comes ...
Posted by Shon on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:29:00 PST