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My Interests

Music (guitar, drums harmonica), People, Business, Photography, Reading, Hiking, Camp fires, Fall in Wisconsin, Travel, Hanging out with my bride. Talking like a pirate. Dreaming about the future. Learning.

I'd like to meet:

Mr T, CS Lewis, King David, William Wallace, Michael Jordan, Oprah, Bono, Jack Bauer, Bobby Hill.

Music:

U2, Coldplay, Kevin Prosch, Johnny Cash, Jason Upton, Circleslide, David Crowder band, over the rhine, Capercallie, David Grey, Jessi Oates, Aradhna.

Movies:

All of the LOTR movies, The Matrix, The Fugitive, Gattaca, Uncle Buck, Braveheart, Terminator 2, Napoleon Dynamite. Fun with Dick and Jane. Ice Age 2. Unbreakable. Dead poet's society, Crash. Rocky 1 to 4...I wonder how bad 6 is gonna be. Rambo 1, The Lion the witch and the wardrobe, Lady in the water

Television:

CSI Vegas, CSI Miami, 24. Thats about it try not to watch tv to much.

Books:

Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God knows what, Wild at heart, Why men hate going to church, The message, The lion the witch and the wardrobe.

Heroes:

My Parents, My inlaws too, Dean Kosage, Terry Felber, John C. Maxwell, John Eldridge, JESUS. Mr T. Optimus Prime. William Wallace.

My Blog

Mute

Lately I feel like my life is on mute and I think its due to the absence of community. Its become increasingly clear to me that a lot of who we are is best expressed in community. We are designed to l...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:10:00 PST

Death, The fear of dying, losing control and surrender...

For the last couple of years I have feared death more and more. Not just death, but sickness, or the death of loved ones around me. I suppose they are all normal fears. I used to try and come up with ...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:50:00 PST

sojourner trying to settle down...

I've been in madison for 2 months now. Its taking some time to settle in. I feel frustrated about not having any solid friendships. Thats one of the bittersweet things about ywam. I have made some fan...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:55:00 PST

So close.

Hey. Its been ages since I have posted. Sorry. My life seems so busy now since I am working full time and I'm a dad full time. Its good though. Challenging, but good. I can't believe my wonderfu...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:46:00 PST

the latest developments

Well we just moved to Scotland (temporarily) while we apply for my US Visa so I can live and work there. Currently we are staying with my dad in the city of Paisley. I lived in Paisley when I was st...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:28:00 PST

and then there were 3

Kael Asher Oates was born at 3:13pm on August 24th weighing 8lbs 1oz after 39 yes THIRTY NINE HOURS of Labour (A c-section was the way Kael came into the world). Mother, Baby and myself are all doin...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:03:00 PST

3 days late

Baby Oates this is your father speaking...its high time you make like a baby and head out. So it would appear that baby oates is very much like his dad, often a little tardy. Yeah he...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:24:00 PST

Twenty years from now...

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in yo...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:55:00 PST

I wish my boy would hurry up and come out

So 3 days to the due date. I am tired of waiting for my little friend to come out. I feel like there is nothing to do, but wait. Jessi's mum arrived yesterday, which is encouraging t...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:29:00 PST

YWAM No more...

After 7 years with youth with a mission...we are done. I can't believe its been 7 years, wow. We feel that God has called us out and we will be moving from Vancouver to Minneapolis on October 1st. ...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:13:00 PST