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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
The future of nursing and nuclear engineering.
Jack, pre-interview.
So is this not the nerdiest picture ever? Yes, we have to wear our hats for graduation. Twenty dollars spent and we wear it twice. Once for this picture and once for graduation. Yippee. The only redeeming point to all this is that in 25 days, after 2 long, but interesting and productive years, I will be graduating from nursing school. This has long been awaited and while I'm so nervous to actually get out there and be a "real" nurse, I'm ready as well. I am thankful the Lord has given me a passion for something in my life. I finally feel direction.Jack has officially taken a position at Oak Ridge National Lab and will be starting that probably at the first of the year. This is exciting because 1. it means Jack will finally be done with 10 years of schooling! Dr. Jack Galloway. and 2. we get to stay in the Knoxville area for an extended period! We are both looking forward to what this new phase of life will hold. Expecting great things and trusting the Lord for change, in many, many, necessary ways. Praise God for His faithfulness, grace, love and mercy.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
ATL Don't Waste Your Life Tour, w00t!!
This past weekend Jack, Hien and I traveled down to Atlanta to see Mom and Dad and to attend the Don't Waste Your Life Tour. It was an awesome concert!! Too bad Hien had to hang out with Mom and Dad and study...boo. But we all had a great time! Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us crash at your place!!
A little cornhole while hanging out at M&D's
Hien, chillin' watching some c-hole.
Dad doing a ballerina pose after his toss
My cute mom
Contemplating cornhole strategy...
Beautiful form Hien!
The tour!
inside the concert, yay for long arms
outside the concert
We had to walk through the CNN building to get to the concert (well we didn't "have" to but we got to!)
Jack graciously drove all the way down and all the way back to Atlanta while Hien and I....
slept.
A little cornhole while hanging out at M&D's
Hien, chillin' watching some c-hole.
Dad doing a ballerina pose after his toss
My cute mom
Contemplating cornhole strategy...
Beautiful form Hien!
The tour!
inside the concert, yay for long arms
outside the concert
We had to walk through the CNN building to get to the concert (well we didn't "have" to but we got to!)
Jack graciously drove all the way down and all the way back to Atlanta while Hien and I....
slept.Overall, great trip! Very tiring! Jack has more to post on the concert, plus maybe a video or two. Enjoy the pics for now. If you haven't heard about the 116 Clique check out two posts down from this one. It's awesome, convicting and you need to check them out!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
A Post Of Debbie!
I realized I have a few pictures of my sis playing ultimate and I thought I would share them! I enjoy watching her play! Here's to you sis!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Christian rap
I heard people like pictures on posts and they don't read as much if there aren't, so here's some eye candy ... then read the rest!
So, it's been a while for me (Jack) to post and it's about time to do it again. My spiritual life has been awakened over the past ~1 year by finding Christian rapper after Christian rapper who have lyrics that double as theological teaching. They are absolutely phenomenal. Here's a quote from a song called "Back to the Cross", that has been hitting me over and over:
Blood flows from the hands used to perform miracles,
blood drips from his brow, treated like a criminal,
scourged him and whipped him, hurled him and kicked him,
later made him carry the very thing that would lift him,
high above the people that he came and died for,
how quickly we forget the way they treated our Lord,
slapped in the face by the man he created,
'shhhhhhhhhhh', silence still brewing hatred,
still he remained all humble it seems,
difficult to view him as the King of all Kings,
never raised a finger to the people that would judge him,
all the while be denied by people that have loved him,
every blow heard a groan, every kick heard a moan, every sin was atoned,
they knew it when they rolled the stone,
yes He is back at home, every King has a throne,
every Christian has a cross, you got to carry your own ... I'm going back!
I like rap, so I'll address the topic first with that caveat; but also want to stress that the lyrics are worth wrestling with even if you don't normally like the style. A corollary from my life; old hymn style music grates on me, but the lyrics in old hymns is so fantastic that I still delve in for growth and find myself loving them. Similarly, I find the lyrics from these guys phenomenal, their knowledge in Christ is astounding and they run hard for Christ in a way I currently can only envy (an indictment on me no doubt). There isn't enough length in a standard post to sniff the volume of their music, but I'll give you thoughts and names if you care to look them up and listen (most every song can be first "listened" to on youtube).
A group called the 116 Clique (after Romans 1:16). 5 guys who are phenomenal, Lecrae (most well known), Trip Lee, Sho Baraka, Tedashii and Flame. Made and album called "13 Letters", regarding the 13 letters that Paul wrote, going through one book per song. It's fantastic; two of my favorites are Philippians and Titus ("To Live is Christ" and "Sound" respectively). Each artist has their own albums also, which are fantastic. I should mention, a guy named Dillon Chase also puts out some albums, I'm less familiar with him, but the quote given above was from his song and I have bought his album and love it too. www.reachrecords.com to learn more about the 116 clique type guys.
A couple songs to check out: "Don't Waste Your Life" by Lecrae. "Make War" by Tedashii (you will find John Piper's teaching heavily influencing all of them). "Joyful Noise" by Flame.
Another guy who packs unbelievable knowledge in his songs; Shai Linne. Shai Linne has a song called "Spurgeon", go figure it's about Charles Spurgeon and details his life. He's got one called "High Priest" that works as a historical fiction about a High Priest going through the prescribed steps for him when offering sacrifices before going into the Holiest of Holies. It's great. Check out "Greatest Story Ever Told", it's the story of the bible from Genesis through Christ, the fall through the redemption; marvelous.
Finally, a guy I have been floored with recently; Timothy Brindle. He's less musical (in my opinion), but the easiest to understand and phenomenal with his lyrics. He hits hard on sin; his latest album called "Killing Sin" is unheard of in it's detailing of what sin is to God and what man's position is in relation to God. He rails hard against pornography amongst other sins, while humbly talking about his own struggles and how Christ has worked so powerfully in his life. Several songs that cut to my heart with respect to sin: "The Sinfulness of Sin", "The Humility of Christ", "Step Into the Light". He also hits hard on weak Christianity, "Faulty Doctrine" is an indictment against watered down, feel good Christianity. "Vanity" uses Ecclesiastes and King Solomon to shed light on our culture. "The Excellency of Christ", marvelous, "Blessings of Obedience", fantastic. He's like a bizarro Puritan.
God has used these guys to really work in my life. I'd encourage anyone who's curious to take time and wrestle with their lyrics (you can find them online if they're hard to hear, or ask me and I'll find them). I could go on and on about other songs that I love, and if you want any other recommendations feel free to ask. Christ has powerfully worked in my life through these guys and if it can serve anyone else, I'd be glad to have someone else to share my joy with!
So, it's been a while for me (Jack) to post and it's about time to do it again. My spiritual life has been awakened over the past ~1 year by finding Christian rapper after Christian rapper who have lyrics that double as theological teaching. They are absolutely phenomenal. Here's a quote from a song called "Back to the Cross", that has been hitting me over and over:
Blood flows from the hands used to perform miracles,
blood drips from his brow, treated like a criminal,
scourged him and whipped him, hurled him and kicked him,
later made him carry the very thing that would lift him,
high above the people that he came and died for,
how quickly we forget the way they treated our Lord,
slapped in the face by the man he created,
'shhhhhhhhhhh', silence still brewing hatred,
still he remained all humble it seems,
difficult to view him as the King of all Kings,
never raised a finger to the people that would judge him,
all the while be denied by people that have loved him,
every blow heard a groan, every kick heard a moan, every sin was atoned,
they knew it when they rolled the stone,
yes He is back at home, every King has a throne,
every Christian has a cross, you got to carry your own ... I'm going back!
I like rap, so I'll address the topic first with that caveat; but also want to stress that the lyrics are worth wrestling with even if you don't normally like the style. A corollary from my life; old hymn style music grates on me, but the lyrics in old hymns is so fantastic that I still delve in for growth and find myself loving them. Similarly, I find the lyrics from these guys phenomenal, their knowledge in Christ is astounding and they run hard for Christ in a way I currently can only envy (an indictment on me no doubt). There isn't enough length in a standard post to sniff the volume of their music, but I'll give you thoughts and names if you care to look them up and listen (most every song can be first "listened" to on youtube).
A group called the 116 Clique (after Romans 1:16). 5 guys who are phenomenal, Lecrae (most well known), Trip Lee, Sho Baraka, Tedashii and Flame. Made and album called "13 Letters", regarding the 13 letters that Paul wrote, going through one book per song. It's fantastic; two of my favorites are Philippians and Titus ("To Live is Christ" and "Sound" respectively). Each artist has their own albums also, which are fantastic. I should mention, a guy named Dillon Chase also puts out some albums, I'm less familiar with him, but the quote given above was from his song and I have bought his album and love it too. www.reachrecords.com to learn more about the 116 clique type guys.
A couple songs to check out: "Don't Waste Your Life" by Lecrae. "Make War" by Tedashii (you will find John Piper's teaching heavily influencing all of them). "Joyful Noise" by Flame.
Another guy who packs unbelievable knowledge in his songs; Shai Linne. Shai Linne has a song called "Spurgeon", go figure it's about Charles Spurgeon and details his life. He's got one called "High Priest" that works as a historical fiction about a High Priest going through the prescribed steps for him when offering sacrifices before going into the Holiest of Holies. It's great. Check out "Greatest Story Ever Told", it's the story of the bible from Genesis through Christ, the fall through the redemption; marvelous.
Finally, a guy I have been floored with recently; Timothy Brindle. He's less musical (in my opinion), but the easiest to understand and phenomenal with his lyrics. He hits hard on sin; his latest album called "Killing Sin" is unheard of in it's detailing of what sin is to God and what man's position is in relation to God. He rails hard against pornography amongst other sins, while humbly talking about his own struggles and how Christ has worked so powerfully in his life. Several songs that cut to my heart with respect to sin: "The Sinfulness of Sin", "The Humility of Christ", "Step Into the Light". He also hits hard on weak Christianity, "Faulty Doctrine" is an indictment against watered down, feel good Christianity. "Vanity" uses Ecclesiastes and King Solomon to shed light on our culture. "The Excellency of Christ", marvelous, "Blessings of Obedience", fantastic. He's like a bizarro Puritan.
God has used these guys to really work in my life. I'd encourage anyone who's curious to take time and wrestle with their lyrics (you can find them online if they're hard to hear, or ask me and I'll find them). I could go on and on about other songs that I love, and if you want any other recommendations feel free to ask. Christ has powerfully worked in my life through these guys and if it can serve anyone else, I'd be glad to have someone else to share my joy with!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Fourth of July and New Windows!!!
So this is going to be a LONG post with TONS of pictures. Jack and I have been really busy lately; we traveled down to Wilmington for the 4th of July and hung out with friends and family and then when we got back to K-town we got the news that our new windows had arrived and were going to be installed! Yay! You may not know but our house was built in 1950 and we believe the windows were original so we figured it was high time to invest in some new energy efficient windows. So below are some pictures of the 4th, and some before and after pics of the windows. Oh yeah, to top it all off, the night before we were getting the new windows we had a huge rain storm and our power went out. The next morning Jack woke up to find that our thermostat was not working. We think we had a power surge and it got fried. So Jack ran out to Home Depot to get a new one (picture below) and on his way out he saw a bathroom sink and vanity on great sale and decided to buy it seeing as how the one from the previous own was broken and would leak all over the floor! So Monday was a very productive day around the house!
The Galloway's beautiful backyard in Wilmington!
Debbie and Brian hanging out in backseat on our way to Flaming Amy's!!! Woohoo!!! Oh wait, it was closed so the Mellow Mushroom had to do :)
What would hanging out in the backyard be without cornhole?!?! Especially on NEW homemade by Gary Galloway cornhole boards and using handmade cornbags by Brian Lowther?!?!
Oh yeah, who's got the Independence Day spirit!!!!
Almost more bars in more places... Jack and Jennie needed to switch places :)
The newlyweds, Melody and Saul :)
I mean, have you ever seen a cuter mom-in-law?? Gearing up to head out for a morning of golf. I had a lot of fun, Jack...welllllll you might just want to ask him how it went :)
Now on to the house "repairs" and "updates":
some pretty flowers we just planted, just to throw them in here and spice things up a bit :)
Back of house before new windows:
Our new touch screen thermostat! It's so cool.
Guest room side window, before:
Window above our bed before:
Living room window before:
Breakfast nook window before:
Kitchen window before:
Didn't have this room before pic but here it is after the new windows, we have yet to rehang our blinds...we'll get to that eventually.
Computer room after, yet again, no before pic that I really felt showed the old window.
Bathroom window before:
Old (but actually fairly new) pedestal sink in bathroom:
And I just love our barn and had to include this picture :)
The Galloway's beautiful backyard in Wilmington!
Debbie and Brian hanging out in backseat on our way to Flaming Amy's!!! Woohoo!!! Oh wait, it was closed so the Mellow Mushroom had to do :)
What would hanging out in the backyard be without cornhole?!?! Especially on NEW homemade by Gary Galloway cornhole boards and using handmade cornbags by Brian Lowther?!?!
Oh yeah, who's got the Independence Day spirit!!!!
Almost more bars in more places... Jack and Jennie needed to switch places :)
Bill, nursing his wounded knee with a cold beer
Gary slaving away over the hot coals, I mean, what would the 4th be without grilled hotdogs (or in our case turkey sausage I believe) and hamburgers???
Jack, wasting away to nothing waiting for the food :)
Saul, entertaining everyone with another audience capturing tale from Iraq
Aww, aren't they cute? But wait...where is their red, white and blue, hmmm?
Jennie, Becky and Jack hanging out in the kitchen
The newlyweds, Melody and Saul :)
Hanging out at Olive Garden, we got a free wine sampling and the food was fantastic.
Group shot
I love my hubs
I mean, have you ever seen a cuter mom-in-law?? Gearing up to head out for a morning of golf. I had a lot of fun, Jack...welllllll you might just want to ask him how it went :)Now on to the house "repairs" and "updates":
Front of house, before:
After
some pretty flowers we just planted, just to throw them in here and spice things up a bit :)
Back of house before new windows:
After (please excuse the messy back deck, we haven't cleaned it up since they moved everything to do the windows):
Our new touch screen thermostat! It's so cool.
Guest room side window, before:
After:
Window above our bed before:
After:
Living room window before:
After:
Breakfast nook window before:
After:
Kitchen window before:
After
Didn't have this room before pic but here it is after the new windows, we have yet to rehang our blinds...we'll get to that eventually.
Computer room after, yet again, no before pic that I really felt showed the old window.
Bathroom window before:
After:
Old (but actually fairly new) pedestal sink in bathroom:
NEW!!! I love the new one!
And I just love our barn and had to include this picture :)
The fancy things our new windows do!! Yay!!
So there you have it, new windows and other things. We still need to remove all the stickers off the windows and rehang blinds and such but all in all we are very pleased with our new energy efficient windows and are excited to see how much more we can save on our energy bill now that we aren't heating and cooling the outdoors through the cracks and crevices and single window panes that once stood in the new windows' place!
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