Nate Houge

13March2007

soldering god redeems recording to be

Posted by nate under: Uncategorized.

i did it.  I fixed a mic chord and a headphone extension thingy with the help of radio shack and by my own raw and unrestrained magical skills.  Now when justin and graham come up tomorrow there’s nothing to hinder the ep of the century.  That’s right Justin Rimbo is making a solo debut e.p.. i’m sorry did you just pee your pants? can’t say i’m suprised. can’t say i’m suprised.

12March2007

The sermon on terror and children’s war

Posted by nate under: fact.

I’m breaking away from my normal stance of no religion and/or politics and introducing a new segment I call: Know Religion and/or Politics.
I think it’s safe to say there’s no end to Children’s Sermons or the idiot’s War on Terror anytime soon, so let’s take a look at how both can be done with the utmost of efficiency and success in six simple steps.

#1 Know how to get in.  Have an introduction that clearly states your purpose, objectives, and reasons for gathering the kids/troops. 
#2 Have ample supplies.  Perhaps you normally have 4 kids/troops gathered. Prepare for at least 8.
#3 Be Flexible.  Without deviating from the end objective realize that it’s okay to take a different route or restate your said intentions.  This rewording may be called flip-flopping, but everybody knows that flip-flopping is a made up word with no merit.
#4 Empower.  You’re not really giving the message as much as you are facilitating the message.  No one remembers the talking head nearly as much as they remember the response invoked.  This response tells the message.
#5 Make it everlasting.  Once the kids/troops/nationals get a sense of what the Gospel lesson/foreign policy is about help them bridge between the abstract and concrete so that they can see the everlasting in their day to day.  Love your neighbor is a bit abstract.  Helping someone get up when they fall off their bike is concrete.  A war on terror is abstract.  Bombing the shit out of Iraq is concrete.
#6 Know how to get out. Having based my outline on the linear unfolding of a sermon/war this step is #6, but when preparing your own children’s sermon/war on terror, make it #1.  The first thing you must come up with is your closing.  Be able to some it up succinctly so that everything you do leads to conveying God’s love/democracy. This is also nice for when all hell breaks loose and you need to get out fast.

For those on the front lines, I salute you.  For those on the steps by the altar, I salute you.  For those about to Rock, I salute you.  God Bless You, and God Bless America.
 

9March2007

Three of Us Come True

Posted by nate under: song.

Here’s an old song (2 years?) that I recorded a while ago (2 years?).  It’ll have to do for this weeks song, and I need to post it before Baby X shows up and feels left out.  It’s forty degrees out and Lydia and I are contemplating a trip out to her great grandpa’s in CA this July for his 100th birthday.  This song seems to fit my thoughts.

Three of Us Come True 

Can’t seem to find the lyrics.  Guess you’ll have to trust your ears on this one.