28.6.10
MMM.
Local Natives - Sun Hands (Live on KEXP)
Phosphorescent - Full Grown Man
Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
25.6.10
Hey, mister
24.6.10
I felt the earth move under my feet.
Today, I felt the earth move under my feet...well, actually under my bum. I was sitting in the grass, and it started to shake and rumble. There was an earthquake in Ottawa! A real earthquake. So close to my home. So crazy...
It was a big deal 'round these parts.
So basically the exciting thing is that I felt my very first earthquake EVER.
That's all for today.
Pretty cool.
xx Jan
It was a big deal 'round these parts.
So basically the exciting thing is that I felt my very first earthquake EVER.
That's all for today.
Pretty cool.
xx Jan
22.6.10
'We are Wild' Stationary
I've come up with something new.
A stationary "line", if you will, called 'We are Wild' under my photography label, Lark&Sky.
I am selling these hand-drawn cards by sets. One set includes four little cards with four little envelopes.
I am selling one set for $12.50. If you're interested, lemme know!
xx Jan
Chilled tomato & green bean salad
Today I got hungry between lunch and dinner, and decided to experiment. The outcome isn't very avant garde -- ha -- just a salad. But it was tasty, and very refreshing!
Here's the recipe:
1/4 c. fresh green beans, chopped
cilantro, to taste, finely chopped
1/3 of a tomato, diced
1/2 cap full of lemon juice
salt and pepper
I added it all together in this order, then placed it in the freezer to chill for around 10 minutes. It was delicious, filling enough to satisfy me, and still healthy and low in calories, fat, and all that other stuff... :)
Here's the recipe:
1/4 c. fresh green beans, chopped
cilantro, to taste, finely chopped
1/3 of a tomato, diced
1/2 cap full of lemon juice
salt and pepper
I added it all together in this order, then placed it in the freezer to chill for around 10 minutes. It was delicious, filling enough to satisfy me, and still healthy and low in calories, fat, and all that other stuff... :)
Flora
Well. Today is a little bit glum. The rain is pouring down, the sky is very gray.
Even though it's a melancholy sort of day, I am very inspired. Right now, I am finally sewing... I think this is only the second time I've sat down at my sewing desk and accomplished something with my trusty old machine.
I found an adorable dress at 'The Clothes Line'... a local thrift shop that I absolutely LOVE. There are so many hidden treasures there. I usually check in a couple times a week. There's always something new to discover there.
It's a blue dress with tiny little flowers on it. It's got a really cute top, but the dress itself is a little bit long. You know that awkward mid calf length that makes you look like you have cankles? yep. So i'm shortening it, and hopefully it turns out. I found a sweet floral zip up jacket, too... but it has mammoth shoulder pads. I know, I know, they're in right now. But... I just can't do it. So they're definetely coming out.
I'll post pictures later.
Even though it's a melancholy sort of day, I am very inspired. Right now, I am finally sewing... I think this is only the second time I've sat down at my sewing desk and accomplished something with my trusty old machine.
I found an adorable dress at 'The Clothes Line'... a local thrift shop that I absolutely LOVE. There are so many hidden treasures there. I usually check in a couple times a week. There's always something new to discover there.
It's a blue dress with tiny little flowers on it. It's got a really cute top, but the dress itself is a little bit long. You know that awkward mid calf length that makes you look like you have cankles? yep. So i'm shortening it, and hopefully it turns out. I found a sweet floral zip up jacket, too... but it has mammoth shoulder pads. I know, I know, they're in right now. But... I just can't do it. So they're definetely coming out.
I'll post pictures later.
such lovely arrangements. collage, watercolour, illustrations...
i like this a whole heck of a lot..
i like this a whole heck of a lot..
art by NATSKO
21.6.10
ahoy matey
For those of us who have always dreamt of being pirates, sailing off into the stormy seas, such bravery...
here is some pretty stellar wallpaper that I would like to have on a wall or two in my own home.
find this wallpaper for sale at a fine little shop.
pendleton pillows
I am in very much like with these crazy cool pillows.
These pillows are handmade and each an individual treasure created and sold by Kara Green. They can be found at her online store. Your couch would look mighty fine with some of these beauties restin' atop!
20.6.10
16.6.10
Can't Muster It Up
This week Ernesto is teaching on discipleship, and the different areas of our lives that we will see transformation and renewal in as we learn to live in the Spirit and give to others what the Spirit has given to us. The first session, Ernesto addressed what a Spirit-filled life looks like, and the importance of living that way. The qualities of the Spirit are evident in the lives of those who live Spirit-filled lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. We can't muster up all of these things without the annointing of the Holy Spirit. Jesus says in His Word that unless someone is born again and made new in Christ, he or she cannot bear the fruit of the Spirit because the Spirit does not dwell within him or her... There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews. Late one night he visited Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we all know you're a teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-appointing, God-revealing acts you do if God weren't in on it." Jesus said, "You're absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it's not possible to see what I'm pointing to--to God's kingdom." John 3:1 (The Message translation) We cannot bear something if we don't have it in us to bear. An apple tree cannot bear cherries. We cannot see with eyes of the Kingdom of God, if we are not within His kingdom--if we do not have His Spirit dwelling within us, and if we are not living a Spirit-filled life, outpouring the gifts He gives us. Ephesians 2:1 says 'It wasn't so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn't know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It's a wonder God didn't lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, He embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company wih Jesus, our Messiah.' (The Message) We are ALL disciples of something. We are all followers in one form or another. We have in us the desire to be a part of something, be counted, be involved, be seen. But we look to the wrong things, the world, the status-quo of our own cultures, the current state or norm of life. The word says that we are inately lost, broken, rebellious, and unable to find and make peace on our own. We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners. Sin is the fruit a sinner bears. That is why, when someone is reborn 'from heaven' as the message translation puts it, when someone is a new creation in Christ, when the Holy Spirit is involved in someone's everday life, the fruit of that is not sin, but rather love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. The more involved the Spirit is in every day life, the more these things grow.
Living a spirit filled life doesn't mean perfection. There's still that instinct to rebel, to sin, to do what feels right, or what looks right. It's always easier to do what appeals to the senses. But when someone is following the Holy Spirit every day, the desires of his or her heart are gradually changed and transformed into something pure, something true.
As I write this, I think of people who don't believe the same things I do who might be reading all this, thinking 'why the heck would I want to follow the Spirit of some God who 'they say' is loving and who supposedly cares about me? That's creepy... I want to be my own person, I want to follow my own dreams, I don't want to just be told what to do all the time, I don't want to be "holy" or "pure" or strive to live up to someone else's standard..' I can see why someone may think that. But God, rich in mercy, and with an incredible LOVE took our death, our emptiness, our lacking of purpose, our boredom, our sadness, our endless fight against life, and He embraced us. He has given us something BEYOND good. His spirit, which is a part of himself, he allows us to connect with relationally, filling the void in our hearts, that we may hear His words, and follow His heart and LIVE IN HIS LOVE...and being with Him in this life is the best thing there is. And you know, God wants us to be ourselves. He has given us gifts, talents, abilities, strengths, BEAUTY, that He wants very much to evoke and bring out in us. He does not want us to be bland, visionless, uninspired clones.
He does not make cookie cutter christians.
Living a spirit filled life doesn't mean perfection. There's still that instinct to rebel, to sin, to do what feels right, or what looks right. It's always easier to do what appeals to the senses. But when someone is following the Holy Spirit every day, the desires of his or her heart are gradually changed and transformed into something pure, something true.
As I write this, I think of people who don't believe the same things I do who might be reading all this, thinking 'why the heck would I want to follow the Spirit of some God who 'they say' is loving and who supposedly cares about me? That's creepy... I want to be my own person, I want to follow my own dreams, I don't want to just be told what to do all the time, I don't want to be "holy" or "pure" or strive to live up to someone else's standard..' I can see why someone may think that. But God, rich in mercy, and with an incredible LOVE took our death, our emptiness, our lacking of purpose, our boredom, our sadness, our endless fight against life, and He embraced us. He has given us something BEYOND good. His spirit, which is a part of himself, he allows us to connect with relationally, filling the void in our hearts, that we may hear His words, and follow His heart and LIVE IN HIS LOVE...and being with Him in this life is the best thing there is. And you know, God wants us to be ourselves. He has given us gifts, talents, abilities, strengths, BEAUTY, that He wants very much to evoke and bring out in us. He does not want us to be bland, visionless, uninspired clones.
He does not make cookie cutter christians.
Turbo Retreat
Here I am, day 3 of the Turbo Retreat, taking place at Hidden Hollows just outside Marlette Michigan. So far, we've played games, laughed together, ate together, learned together, talked together, worshipped together and prayed together. It has been a great turn out...a good amount of students showed up, and even though there's a chance of rain, the clouds have managed to keep it all in!
The amphitheatre is finished and looking REALLY good. Ernesto, who has been teaching the sessions this week, invited the worship team from his church to put on the first official concert in the beautiful, new amphiteatre. The sound was amazing, the music carried well in the woods, and everyone had an awesome time singing together.
It's been really awesome so far, and it's not over yet!
The amphitheatre is finished and looking REALLY good. Ernesto, who has been teaching the sessions this week, invited the worship team from his church to put on the first official concert in the beautiful, new amphiteatre. The sound was amazing, the music carried well in the woods, and everyone had an awesome time singing together.
It's been really awesome so far, and it's not over yet!
13.6.10
Paranoid Poladroid
a wall of collected assam tea boxes, the wolves at my door, looking out my bedroom window, a lonely broken gravestone, feeling like i'm falling off of the roof, and a rainy day in auckland city.
10.6.10
Right now, I'm sitting on the train, on my way to Sarnia to meet my lovely Ricky. This week I have the priviledge of spending time at Hidden Hollows in Michigan to help out with a youth retreat. I have a good feeling about this week. I look forward to what God has in store...
Lately I really really really miss my friends from my DTS. I miss Auckland, I miss living with eleven other girls in an apartment, as crazy as I might sound. I miss seeing their faces every day... learning and growing together. I miss beautiful New Zealand, the land, the water, the barefeet, even the accents.
I've been thinking about DTS a lot lately. More than usual. I've kind of come out of honey moon phase, as a friend referred to it as, and now I'm living in reality. I'm officially back into the swing of things at home, and it feels strange again. For a while it was pretty rough. For someone like me, whose default is usually melancholy, coming home as exciting as it was, was probably one of the hardest aspects to my entire DTS experience...and it was a stretching time as a whole. I was down for quite a long time, and eventually over a period of a couple months, came out of that phase. However, now I'm feeling pretty darn discouraged, missing people, missing community, missing a tight, rapidly growing, evolving and changing Christ-centered environment. I understand that God is still teaching me things, that He has something for me today, right now, but it just feels so different than it would on DTS. I've mentioned this before, but I feel like all of the things my class discussed about coming home during debrief week is finally hitting me. And the one thing that I can say about how I feel is that I miss, most of all, Jesus. I miss Him. I feel like I'm too busy for Him, too occupied with myself. I hate that! I want to slow down so badly... and drink Him in. One of the elders from my church taught a few weeks ago, and he left us with a line. "Live from God". That simple phrase spoke to me heaps, especially just coming home from Cambodia, and feeling so spiritually and emotionally weary. I want to live from God, and I want to live FOR God. I want to make Christ a bigger reality in my life. In the very breath that I take.. I want to take it from Jesus... "Freely you have recieved, freely give." I have recieved everything I need to live my life to the fullest potential possible, and just as I have recieved and continue to recieve the things of God everyday, I want to give it and shine it from that place of blessing... I really hope this is making sense!!
I'm so excited for the future... for getting involved in YWAM again, for travelling and discovering my gifts and further discovering how and when to use them... and I think it's great that I'm finally excited for these things, because for the past few months, I haven't had much ambition or excitement for making decisions and getting motivated. I have had no specific interests or ideas. And now I do, which feels really good and to be honest, it's a bit of a relief. I didn't understand why I didn't care about making plans.
BUT.
I don't want to miss today. I want to hear God today, I want to soak in His presence and hear His heartbeat, so to speak. I want to be wise, make godly decisions, and continue to learn and grow in who Jesus was and is. I need a breath of fresh air. I need to clear my head and listen for the Truth.
On behalf of reminiscing, I decided to post a few photos from lecture phase.
Enjoy!
Lately I really really really miss my friends from my DTS. I miss Auckland, I miss living with eleven other girls in an apartment, as crazy as I might sound. I miss seeing their faces every day... learning and growing together. I miss beautiful New Zealand, the land, the water, the barefeet, even the accents.
I've been thinking about DTS a lot lately. More than usual. I've kind of come out of honey moon phase, as a friend referred to it as, and now I'm living in reality. I'm officially back into the swing of things at home, and it feels strange again. For a while it was pretty rough. For someone like me, whose default is usually melancholy, coming home as exciting as it was, was probably one of the hardest aspects to my entire DTS experience...and it was a stretching time as a whole. I was down for quite a long time, and eventually over a period of a couple months, came out of that phase. However, now I'm feeling pretty darn discouraged, missing people, missing community, missing a tight, rapidly growing, evolving and changing Christ-centered environment. I understand that God is still teaching me things, that He has something for me today, right now, but it just feels so different than it would on DTS. I've mentioned this before, but I feel like all of the things my class discussed about coming home during debrief week is finally hitting me. And the one thing that I can say about how I feel is that I miss, most of all, Jesus. I miss Him. I feel like I'm too busy for Him, too occupied with myself. I hate that! I want to slow down so badly... and drink Him in. One of the elders from my church taught a few weeks ago, and he left us with a line. "Live from God". That simple phrase spoke to me heaps, especially just coming home from Cambodia, and feeling so spiritually and emotionally weary. I want to live from God, and I want to live FOR God. I want to make Christ a bigger reality in my life. In the very breath that I take.. I want to take it from Jesus... "Freely you have recieved, freely give." I have recieved everything I need to live my life to the fullest potential possible, and just as I have recieved and continue to recieve the things of God everyday, I want to give it and shine it from that place of blessing... I really hope this is making sense!!
I'm so excited for the future... for getting involved in YWAM again, for travelling and discovering my gifts and further discovering how and when to use them... and I think it's great that I'm finally excited for these things, because for the past few months, I haven't had much ambition or excitement for making decisions and getting motivated. I have had no specific interests or ideas. And now I do, which feels really good and to be honest, it's a bit of a relief. I didn't understand why I didn't care about making plans.
BUT.
I don't want to miss today. I want to hear God today, I want to soak in His presence and hear His heartbeat, so to speak. I want to be wise, make godly decisions, and continue to learn and grow in who Jesus was and is. I need a breath of fresh air. I need to clear my head and listen for the Truth.
On behalf of reminiscing, I decided to post a few photos from lecture phase.
Enjoy!
XX janna
9.6.10
Good morning, good morning!
My day looks something like this : wake up, eat breakfast, currently buying a train ticket online for Michigan leaving tomorrow :), shower, get dressed, go to Zoumi, come home, do laundry, go for a run (if it's not raining)... and that's all I know. I'm pretty sure that isn't very exciting news to anyone, but thought I'd share anyway.
Found this. Pretty darn cool. I think I'm going to Iceland.
Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.
via A Cup of Jo
Found this. Pretty darn cool. I think I'm going to Iceland.
Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.
via A Cup of Jo
8.6.10
Peachy
A Brand New Discovery.
Sometimes I get so lost in the world of blogging. I love blogs. I follow an innumerable amount, and get super excited about them. They inspire me. I creep around a lot, getting ideas, forming opinions on different things, keeping up to date of what's going on in the booming world of blogging. Well, friends, here is something I just came across. An independant magazine. This makes me so happy. I love magazines, for one thing. And no, I'm not the kind of girl who prefers a magazine over a good book. I DO read, and I want you to know that. But something about a good hearty magazine inspires me. I want to start one of my own. I'm really fascinated by Zines, and want to learn more about how to get one started. So, when I saw this magnificent creative magazine, I got all giddy...
Sometimes I get so lost in the world of blogging. I love blogs. I follow an innumerable amount, and get super excited about them. They inspire me. I creep around a lot, getting ideas, forming opinions on different things, keeping up to date of what's going on in the booming world of blogging. Well, friends, here is something I just came across. An independant magazine. This makes me so happy. I love magazines, for one thing. And no, I'm not the kind of girl who prefers a magazine over a good book. I DO read, and I want you to know that. But something about a good hearty magazine inspires me. I want to start one of my own. I'm really fascinated by Zines, and want to learn more about how to get one started. So, when I saw this magnificent creative magazine, I got all giddy...
TUNES FOR TUESDAY
Gungor - You have me
Thanks to my lovely sister Jessica, Gungor is now a band I like. :)
Beautiful worship, GOOD music.
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez
A giant sigh for today
Today is confusing me. I feel miserable. I'm coming down with something...feeling achey and blah, and I have a sore throat. I slept for 13 hours last night, but it didn't do much to help me, it seems.
Tonight there's a pool party for the Static kids. Static is the youth group I've been helping out with here and there. Tonight is the last youth night before summer... so there's a big ol' party for them. To be honest, I feel sick, and tired, and completely unmotivated. I really don't FEEL like going, but I know that it will be good for me to be there. I really do care about these kids and want to hang out with them. They're so sweet. Grades 6 - 8 which is a crucial age... and I like being a small part of their lives.
I tried to keep myself going today. I slept in until around 10:30... which was good because I'm sick, but I really don't like sleeping in. It makes me feel lazy and gross. I mowed the lawn and cleaned the kitchen, painted a picture (which turned out hideous but the point is, I tried.) Now, I'm eating a piece of Margaret Span's delicious raisin toast, curled up on the couch under a blanket because it's so chilly!!
I'm really missing my DTS friends, and I feel like all the things we talked about during our debrief week is finally hitting me. I feel like I'm distracted by the smallest things... like when I try to get with God, something comes up. Every time. I need a breath of fresh air. I need to get out of my little bubble of focussing on myself. I need to get away, and learn what it looks like to be who I am. I also really really miss my girlfriends. All but one are away from home, now. I am so glad Susie Stouffer is around to be my girl. But everyone else is missing from my life, and I can feel it. It hurts. :(
Soon we'll be together, but for now, I just need to keep my chin up and get excited for not only the future, which is looking very bright, but for today. Who knows what can happen yet today, who knows what God wants to teach me. It could be something really good. Then again, it might be something small, and I'll probably go to bed thinking, yup! just another day, the same old story... nothing to write about...blah blah blah... BUT I'll hope none the less. I just need to hope in the Lord, cause I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that He's got joy for me, He's good, forever.
I also need a little bit of inspiration...
Wedding video on Eric Whedbee, Vimeo
Our Wedding from Eric Whedbee on Vimeo.
Tonight there's a pool party for the Static kids. Static is the youth group I've been helping out with here and there. Tonight is the last youth night before summer... so there's a big ol' party for them. To be honest, I feel sick, and tired, and completely unmotivated. I really don't FEEL like going, but I know that it will be good for me to be there. I really do care about these kids and want to hang out with them. They're so sweet. Grades 6 - 8 which is a crucial age... and I like being a small part of their lives.
I tried to keep myself going today. I slept in until around 10:30... which was good because I'm sick, but I really don't like sleeping in. It makes me feel lazy and gross. I mowed the lawn and cleaned the kitchen, painted a picture (which turned out hideous but the point is, I tried.) Now, I'm eating a piece of Margaret Span's delicious raisin toast, curled up on the couch under a blanket because it's so chilly!!
I'm really missing my DTS friends, and I feel like all the things we talked about during our debrief week is finally hitting me. I feel like I'm distracted by the smallest things... like when I try to get with God, something comes up. Every time. I need a breath of fresh air. I need to get out of my little bubble of focussing on myself. I need to get away, and learn what it looks like to be who I am. I also really really miss my girlfriends. All but one are away from home, now. I am so glad Susie Stouffer is around to be my girl. But everyone else is missing from my life, and I can feel it. It hurts. :(
Soon we'll be together, but for now, I just need to keep my chin up and get excited for not only the future, which is looking very bright, but for today. Who knows what can happen yet today, who knows what God wants to teach me. It could be something really good. Then again, it might be something small, and I'll probably go to bed thinking, yup! just another day, the same old story... nothing to write about...blah blah blah... BUT I'll hope none the less. I just need to hope in the Lord, cause I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that He's got joy for me, He's good, forever.
I also need a little bit of inspiration...
Wedding video on Eric Whedbee, Vimeo
Our Wedding from Eric Whedbee on Vimeo.
7.6.10
toms charcoal cordones
I discovered that I'm quite fond of these babely shoes:
find here : http://www.toms.com/
1.6.10
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