Alpena First Baptist Church Awana Kids Christmas Caroling, December 16, ...

A Short video of the Alpena, Arkansas First Baptist Church Christmas caroling.

We Overconsume Way Too Much

I believe the economy is important. Without the economy we would have no jobs to go to which help pay the bills and allows us to have a roof over our head. Remember the great depression and how people lived because of no economy? However that was caused because of the overconsumption lifestyle we lived during the roaring 1920s. There are pros and cons to the economy of course, but I still feel it’s very important. However, we as Americans do consume way too much stuff. We are running out of resources too quickly. I agree with what Annie Leonard had to say in the “Story of Stuff” video entirely (Leonard, 2007). She makes a lot of good points. We need to really reconsider our buying habits. We definitely overconsume, which takes away resources that our planet needs to survive and give us life. We should really rethink our strategy. I do believe those of the older generations were more concerned about the environment than we are today, and back in those days there weren’t any environmental agencies. According to a poll on MSNBC, 76% of millennials believe they care more about the environment than their parents. I tried to find articles referring to their grandparents, but couldn’t find any. I personally believe people were more concerned about the environment during our grandparents days though compared to now. They reused everything and stocked up on things and didn’t overconsume. Yes, Watching so much television because we are tired is bad for us. It causes us to overconsume because we see things on the tv we want, but don’t necessarily need. Which causes to work more than we should in order to pay for the junk we don’t need. Yes, the government may be for the people and by the people, but should we really expect them to make laws forcing us to not over consume, protect our environment, and recycle? No. Forcing people to do the right thing makes them not want to even more. But if you give them a choice, most people will do the right thing. This video hit home for me. When I worked a regular job, I was very depressed. I felt like my life had no meaning. I wasn’t happy with my job, only making minimum wage and working part time and not having much to show for it. I was also in my 20s and early 30s holding jobs that I had no chance of a real career in. I felt like a failure to the world, and that I wasn’t even important. I felt like another waste on society. All I would do is go home and work, and I couldn’t do much else to better myself because of that work. A tornado destroyed a grocery store I was working at which allowed me to go back to school in 2012, and ever since I’ve been a part of things. I’m more involved in actitvities going on in my community. I feel much happier as a person, and not like a failure anymore. Having money and overconsuming isn’t important; however being able to be with your family, and friends, and helping out where you can in your community is. I don’t believe or agree with this overconsumption mentality. We need to recycle as much as we can and even re-sell or donate things we don’t use or need anymore, and I do this as much as I can. As far as television goes, I do like to watch it as well, however get rid of anything that shows these ads. I do not subscribe to cable or satellite for shows, therefore I get none of these ads. As a business person, and capitalist though I also understand the business man’s point of view as well. They have to market themself in order to sell their products, or else they go bankrupt and out of business, causing them to not have a job and be homeless. Which is why economy is important. So we need marketing, but we don’t need overconsumption, but than the marketing leads to overconsumption because it causes you to buy buy buy. Maybe if that marketing presented something telling people to re-sell or donate their old item when they buy a new one? Maybe if that marketing even presented something telling people to buy only when absolutely necessary. But will that keep a business in business very long? Remember the old maytag commercials with the bored maytag man? He was bored because nobody bought new washers and dryers because they lasted a long time. I don’t have the answers. I don’t know what will work. I do believe we should rethink our habits, but not cause people to lose their jobs over it as well. References: Leonard, A., Fox, L., & Sachs, J. (2007). The Story of Stuff. Retrieved from http://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/ Timm, J. C. (2014, March 03). Millenials: We Care More About The Environment. MSNBC.COM. Retrieved from http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/millennials-environment-climate-change

Photos of Fire

These are various photographs I had taken of the fires the kids roasted there hot dogs on during the Awana Hayride at Alpena First Baptist Church.

  

Verse of the Day; October 04, 2015

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear. Matthew 24:35

Harrison, Arkansas District Fair Photos

On Saturday, September 26, 2015, I went to the fair in Harrison, Arkansas to get some photos.  These three photos were the best ones from that shoot.

 

Quote of the Day; October 1, 2015

"Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can neither think for itself nor understand the thinking of others. The first is of the highest excellence, the second is excellent, and the third is worthless."
-Niccolò Machiavelli

Verse of the Day; October 1, 2015

I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:10

Verse of the Day; September 30, 2015

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.

1 Timothy 2:1-2

Quote of the Day; September 29, 2015

"Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root."

-Ronald Reagan

Verse of the Day; September 29, 2015

“This is what the LORD says—the LORD who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the LORD: Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come."

Jeremiah 33:2-3

Quote of the Day; September 28, 2015

"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion."

-F.A. Hayek

Verse of the Day; September 28, 2015

For the LORD is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

Psalms 100:5

Quote of the Day; September 27, 2015

"Where there is hunger, law is not regarded; and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger."

-Benjamin Franklin

Verse of the Day; September 27, 2015

Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Verse of the Day; September 26, 2015

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

Verse of the Day; September 25, 2015

So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Quote of the Day; September 24, 2015

"A scientist has to be neutral in his search for the truth, but he cannot be neutral as to the use of that truth when found. If you know more than other people, you have more responsibility, rather than less."

-C.P. Snow

Verse of the Day; September 24, 2015

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!

Psalms 139:13-14

Quote of the Day; September 23, 2015

"The future ain't what it used to be." 

-Yogi Berra

Verse of the Day; September 23, 2015

Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Colossians 3:12

Quote of the Day; September 22, 2015

"If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control."

-William Graham Sumner

Verse of the Day; September 22, 2015

Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life. You can make many plans

Proverbs 19:20-21

Quote of the Day; September 21, 2015

"Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind."

-Ayn Rand

Verse of the Day; September 21, 2015

For the lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.

Zephaniah 3:17

Quote of the Day; September 20, 2015

"It would scarcely be an exaggeration to say that the greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regards as the public good."

-F.A. Hayek

Verse of the Day; September 20, 2015

This I declare about the lord : He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.

Psalms 91:2

Verse of the Day; September 19, 2015

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

Hebrews 10:35-36

Quote of the Day; September 19, 2015

"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."

-Sun Tzu

Quote of the Day; September 18, 2015

"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

Verse of the Day; September 18, 2015

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

Hebrews 4:15

Quote of the Day; September 17, 2015

"It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so."

-Ronald Reagan

Verse of the Day; September 17, 2015

My child, don’t reject the lord ’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For the lord corrects those he loves,

Proverbs 3:11-12

Verse of the Day; September 16, 2015

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.

Romans 8:26

Quote of the Day; September 16, 2015

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."

-Milton Friedman

Verse of the Day; September 15, 2015

Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.

1 Peter 3:18 NLT

Quote of the Day; September 15, 2015

"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law."

-Frédéric Bastiat

Verse of the Day; September 14, 2015

For I am not ashamed of this good news about Christ.  It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes – the Jew first and also the Gentile.

Romans 1:16

Quote of the Day; September 14, 2015

"The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff."

-Charles Koch

Verse of the Day; September 13, 2015

See, God has come to save me.  I will trust in him and not be afraid.  The Lord God is my strength and my song; He has given me victory.

Isaiah 12:2

Quote of the Day; September 13, 2015

"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."

-Thomas Jefferson

Verse of the Day; September 12, 2015

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Proverbs 4:23

Quote of the Day; September 12, 2015

"A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."

-J.P. Morgan

Verse of the Day; September 11, 2015

As the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the lord.”  When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much.  The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.

2 Corithians 10:17-18

Quote of the Day; September 11, 2015

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

-Leo Tolstoy

Wake Up, America

It is pretty messed up that we have to live in a country that has amendments that the supreme court is to uphold, yet in today’s America they don’t do an honest job and here’s why: 1^st amendment:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Yet, when the Supreme court announced their ruling of gay marriage being legal, and Kim Davis (the woman from Kentucky jailed for following her Christian convictions) got denied first amendment rights for practicing her convinctions.  I’m sure if a muslim did it, we wouldn’t even be talking about this right now!  For the first time in American history, someone got jailed for their Christian faith.  That’s wrong.

Yes, there is a statement in the 14^th amendment that does state EVERY person has equal rights, so not trying to deny any one their rights here.  And for the sake of proving my facts I’ll state it here:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

However, this country has states rights.  Always has.  If they didn’t, than why on earth are we voting on state laws for each year then?  Why do Washington and Colorado have legalized pot than if states rights do not exist?  Look it up in the 10^th amendment:

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

If a state votes against gay marriage that should honestly be their perogrative.  And in all honesty, according to Glenn Beck the government needs to get out of the marriage business in the first place.  The point of needing a license to marry was started by the government for tax purposes only, but in reality God doesn’t require you to need a license.  Nor does a preacher.  A preacher only needs one now because of a law, but pretty soon there is going to be laws made forcing preachers to go against their conscience and marry gay couples now.  When will this end?

It’s a double standard honestly.  Gay rights activists can say and do whatever they want to get their movement accomplished, however when a christian says their view on gay marriage they are called a homophobe and told they don’t have a right to speak.  Uhm, so you mean to tell me you have the right to speak your beliefs under the first amendment, but I don’t have the right to speak my beliefs under the same amendment?

I know for a fact they are practicing a double standard.  I have caught them in it with their own mouths!  I had to block one of them the other day on facebook (first time I ever had to block anyone), and he told me he’s not hypocritical.  Has no reason to be.  Yet, later he said that he has a right to stand for what he believes and christians don’t; and he also said that some friends of his defended him because of his standing up for what he believes.  So let me get this straight: you can state how you feel, but others can’t?  Isn’t that hypocritical?  It’s a double standard.

And before I get attacked, let me say this: I have nothing against homosexuals.  Never have and never will.  But once you take a stand on morals you are automatically called a homophobe.  I just think that they need to keep their bedroom lifestyles to themselves.  I also say the same for straight folks.  I guess that also makes me “straightophobe.”  I know what people talk about amongst each other in the work place.  Why should I be forced to hear about how your life is in the bedroom?  That’s between you, your partner, and God.  It’s not the rest of the world’s business.  All open sexuality does is causes a breakdown to society.  Take a look at our kids for example.  You have little girls expecting to wear sexualized shorts because that’s all parents can find in the stores anymore, and they wander why their kids are losing virginities at 10 years of age anymore.  Something that is supposed to precious to her, these days isn’t. and you wander why you hear about all these rape cases amongst kids, and pregnancy rates are occurring in kids as young as 10!  It’s insane.  God designed it for married couples only.  No, we can’t force people to make the right choices, but we need to educate them so that they hopefully do.  Wake up, America!

Verse of The Day; Monday, August 31, 2015

"As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands." - Psalms 119:143

Verse of the Day – August 26, 2015

“But the lord is faithful; He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.”

2 Thessalonians 3:3

Verse of the Day – August 22, 2015

“A Troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.” – Proverbs 16:28

Kingtut Blues Band - Yellville Performance july 25, 2015

Kingtut Blues Band performed at Yellville's Music on the Square on July 25, 2015. This is the video put together of that performance.

VBS 2015 Slide Show

This is a slide show I put together of photos I taken at vacation bible school in june 2015 for Alpena First Baptist Church.

Trip To Nashville - April 07, 2012

On April 07, 2012 (the day before Easter) I took a day trip business trip with a friend of mine to Nashville, Tennessee.  We left at midnight and got there at 8 in the morning, and left at 3pm and got there around 11pm to make it home by easter.  This 15minute video is a good intro video to show what to expect from Nashville.

The Weight - Kingtut Blues Band

In December 2011, Kingtut and friends recorded a cover of "The Weight".  This is the video I had directed for them.  I hope you all enjoy it.  very amazing cover!

PBL Chicago Trip Slide Show

In June 2015, the North Arkansas College PBL team competed at the PBL national conference in Chicago, Illinois. This is a slide show I put together of photos I taken.

Jacksonville, Florida Slide Show

This is a slide show I made of pictures I taken on my trip to Jacksonville, Florida in June 2015.

Highway 66 Revisited

On June 03, 2010 me and a couple friends of mine went to Rolla, MO in search of Route 66. When we found it we drove it from Rolla to Strafford, MO. we didn’t really see too much but it still was an interesting day.

Alpena First Baptist Church Slide Show

This is a slide show I made of pictures I took of various events at Alpena First Baptist Church in 2015.

2015 Alpena First Baptist Church Awanas Slideshow

This is the slide show I put together for the 2015 Awanas Banquet for Alpena First Baptist Church.

Verse of the Day - August 18, 2015

"Fear of the lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." - Proverbs 1:7

Two New Photographs For You To Enjoy

Here are two new images for you to enjoy.  The one on the left was of a sunset I took at 8:30pm, when a car was driving by at the same time.  The one on the right is of a Chevy Impala grille that was taken at a car show I went to recently.

 

Throw Back Thursday – August 13, 2015

This is a photo from our trip to Universal Studios Hollywood in 1994. My youngest brother Eric and I are standing in front of my favorite movie cars: the DeLorean from Back To The Future on display by the Back To The Future ride.

Pilot Knob Bluffs Photos

On August 1, 2015, I took my step kids and sister-in-law to the bluffs on Pilot Knob Road. While we were there, I decided to experiment with my telephoto lens on my camera. What does everyone think?

          

New Painting – “Confederate Flag”

 

In the wake of people trying to say “Ban the confederate flag!”  I decided to paint a painting of it just to tell the American government to back off and quit trying to tell us what we can and can’t do.

Don’t Recognize Myself These Days

I do not know what to say or think on things currently.  I do not know how to take my success I have been given.  There are so many emotional thoughts going on through my brain.  Growing up, I was never a part of anything.  I was always bullied, and the last one chosen for anything.  Lots of times I even sat out during PE class and read a book because of constant harassment.  I was a very quiet, shy, and introverted person.  And when people in high school would pick on me just for fun, I wouldn’t know it because of how bullied I was when I was younger.  Yes, I felt like a total loser growing up.  I didn’t even go to my own prom.  I graduated high school in 1999 toward the bottom of my class, and then went straight to work after graduation.  Working a dead end grocery store job that barely paid for anything, and then going on to a dead end night shift job at Walmart where it felt like the movie “Groundhog Day.”  Other jobs I would have would have the same effect.  I would go to work, and then come home, and the next day do it over again.  Nothing very exciting.  I was constantly depressed because I felt there was something more to life than just that.  I had desires of running my own business and doing media work but didn’t see any way or chance how.  I just felt lousy as a human being.  I just felt like a lonely retail stocker that wasn’t important.

My life has been changing these past couple of years (especially this last year) and I just don’t know what to think about it or how to handle it.  What my life is like now is not the Mike Irvan I know, and don’t get me wrong – I am 100% proud of myself for what I have accomplished in my life the last couple years.  I just don’t know how to deal with it or take it.  For the first time in my life I feel successful and for the first time in my life my dad told me he’s proud of me.  My last semester at Northark College I made the Dean’s list, I took a test one of my teachers suggested I should take and ended up 2^nd place in the state of Arkansas for that test, which allowed me to go to the National PBL Conference in Chicago this last week.  I didn’t even go to any of the PBL meetings so didn’t consider myself a member, and I was shocked I got 2^nd place in the state competition.  I don’t win at anything.  So I was able to go to a major competition event for the first time in my life, and felt like I was a part of something.  I felt accepted as part of their team.  It was an amazing experience.  I even got a chance to go on the stage to sub for somebody else which was pretty cool, and I also got to finally go into the Sears tower, and walked onto the ledge – which was intense!  It was amazing!

And on top of that, a couple of great people from church hired me to do video work for their production company.  I am now accomplishing things I have always wanted to do, I just never saw how.  I can’t even recognize this new Mike Irvan.  I now feel like I’m apart of things that are important and not doing the same old depressing grind.

God got a hold of me a couple of years ago, and my life hasn’t been the same ever since.  I just wish certain people I’m close to in my life who I love dearly would be proud of me for the accomplishments I’ve made in my life instead of just ignoring me because of other mistakes I make in my life.

“I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me.” – Philipians 4:13

“Life Moves Pretty Fast. If you don’t stop to look around for a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller

Handi-Capable Auditions Held in Jacksonville, FL

 

Handi-Capable is a brand new show for folks with disabilities who have a talent.  If you are handicapped and have a talent, please come audition for us.  We’ll be taking auditions at The University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, June 13^th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.  For more details, please visit http://handi-capable.us/uncategorized/jacksonville-florida-auditions/ or call 417-319-4624.

‘Handi-Capable’ talent contest to hold Arlington auditions | Star-Telegram.com

 

By Robert Philpot

dfw.com

Posted 3:13pm on Wednesday, May. 20, 2015

Ronnie Hurst likes to joke that the photo of him and Rachael Lynee Burns is the “beauty and the beast” photo, then cracks, “but she’s not that bad.”

But she is the beauty, with the pageant cred to back it up: She was crowned Miss Texas International 2014 on March 16, 2014, and she has earned several other Miss Texas International and Miss Texas Galaxy honors since 2010.

She’s also a ballet dancer. Hurst is her manager, a guy with more than two decades of management experience in the entertainment industry, including a stint in the ’90s managing Elvis tribute artist Michael Wroughton, producing dinner theater shows, and writing, directing and producing a show in Branson, Mo.

To read the rest of the article, please go to  Handi-Capable’ talent contest to hold Arlington auditions | Star-Telegram.com.

Handi-Capable

 

This is a new program that is great and needs to be out there!  It’s a talent show much like American Idol or America’s Got Talent but showcasing handicapped folks.  There are several folks out there who are talented and have disabilities and end up getting discriminated against in the entertainment world because of being handicapped.  This is wrong!  You don’t have to be perfect to be talented.  If you have a disability and have a talent, this show is for you!  For more details, please visit the show’s  facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Handi-Capable/1551772668408525?fref=ts or check out their website at http://handi-capable.us/ to see where they will be holding auditions at!  You can also view a short three minute clip explaining what this show is about by visiting https://youtu.be/STHl5XGCtok.  Please help spread the word about this amazing show!

“You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Talented”

Very Excited!

Just got back home from our trip to Texas, and I have to say that I'm so excited to be on board with Magic Mirror Productions. I really love the concept for The Handi-Capable show and what it's about and I'm glad to be a part of it. These are dreams that just seemed unreachable to me only a few years ago. It's amazing what can happen to someone once God gets a hold of you! I don't recognize me nor my life these days. I just graduated college with my associate's degree in digital media, made the dean's list, and a fantastic christian couple willing to give me a chance to work in media production. I don't take any credit for any of this. I give God the glory for it all. Phillipians 4:13 and 4:19 "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me.” ; "But My God Shall Supply All Your Needs According To His Riches In Glory By Jesus Christ."

Verse of the Day, May 23, 2015

 

“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God freely and graciously declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. ” – Romans 3:23-24

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Quote of the Day, May 22, 2015

 

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” – George S. Patton

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Verse of the Day, May 22, 2015

 

“So stop telling lies.  Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.” – Ephesians 4:25

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Made The Dean's List

I can't believe I made the dean's list this year! that's awesome! it's amazing what happens to your life when you choose to put God first. I feel so blessed. God is good! I need to make sure I do my best to not let all this go to my head to where I end up sounding like a braggart.  To view the complete list, visit http://www.northark.edu/news_events/default.aspx?id=339

God Deserves The Credit

I feel so blessed right now. I'm just an introverted person who kept to myself a lot. Just a simpleton who doesn't know too much. Sometimes I still feel like that. If you would have told me 3 or more years ago I would graduate with my associate's in digital media and with my small business management degree, I would have laughed. When I first signed up for college in 2012, I still wasn't sure what to think. However, because of certain circumstances that happened in spring 2013 I decided to get right with God come fall 2013. He's changed my life and blessed me in so many ways, and sometimes I wonder - where do I rate? what did I do to deserve this? I don't deserve any of what he's blessed me with. I still have my faults and struggles, but he's blessed me still and all my prayers aren't answered, but some have been. I'm blessed with a 2nd chance: I had an oppourtunity at 17 to work as an intern in media, but blew it - but he has put people in my life that are giving me that 2nd chance. I know I probably say too much about it at times, but I just feel so blessed right now and appreciate Wayne Hicks and Kathy Hicks to give me a chance. I also help out with activities in my community. I'm doing things now, I never thought I would ever do. Some may think I should take all the credit for accomplishments I made the last couple years, but I give all the glory to God. God is who changed my life. Philipians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." I'm definitely looking forward to what He has in store for my future. Stay tuned for pictures from graduation, coming soon.

You Are Worth Something

Won 2nd Place In State Competition

If you would have told me a couple of years ago I would have won 2^nd place at a state competition, I probably would have laughed at you. I never win anything, let alone a state competition. Last semester one of my teachers advised I'd take a certain test which would help on a resume. A few weeks ago I took the test, and thought I failed it. Come to find out I won second place in state! Now I get to compete at the national level in Chicago in June!

Senseless Cop Shootings

 

Ok, here's how I feel on these stupid cop shootings: apparently another black person got shot and killed by a cop in South Carolina. The cop got fired and put in jail. Should these cops use lethal force? Probably not. They have tasers for a reason. However, with that being said - they doing their job and what they are trained to do. They are trained to get a suspect to stop at any means necessary. This cop told this suspect to stop but instead of stopping the guy ran from the cop so the cop shot him! I'm sorry, but whether you did something wrong or not, if a cop (or any authority for that matter) tells you to stop YOU STOP! quit blaming cops for what they are doing. regardless if it's wrong or right what they are doing, that's not the point. the point is if a cop tries to stop you THAN YOU STOP! use some common sense people! If you stop when told, than these senseless shootings wouldn't be occurring!

Verse of the Day, April 07, 2015

 

“Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people.” – Ephesians 6:7

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Arkansas Passes Privacy Bill That Could Kill Street Photography

One reason I've been a little leery about taking photos of those I didn't know:



Arkansas Passes Privacy Bill That Could Kill Street Photography

Verse of the Day, March 28, 2015

 

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” – Matthew 24:35

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Verse of the Day, March 27, 2015

 

“And it is impossible to please God without faith.  Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.” – Hebrews 11:6

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Verse of the Day, March 26, 2015

 

“I will never forget your commandments, for by them you give me life” – Psalms 119:93

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Quote of the Day, March 26, 2015

 

“The minute you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.” – Will Rogers

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Business Card Designed For Christian Bickerton Plumbing

 

This is a business card I created for a friend of mine.  What do you all think about it?

Designing In Word Just Should Not Be Done

 

As a designer myself, I find that designing anything in Microsoft Word is a joke. I hate having to design anything using Word, but unfortunately a class of mine won't allow me to design something using InDesign. It has to be Microsoft Word only. Word is only useful for document creation only. Even though you can use it to make layouts and newsletters, etc. I don't recommend it at all unless it's all you got and you don't have access to a good designer who doesn't use Microsoft Word to design things, lol.

Verse of The Day, March 25, 2015

 

“A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.” –Psalms 84:10

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