This is going around a bit - so why not

The Sevens are going around the blogsphere... Seven things to do before I die (in no particular order)

1. Plant a bunch of churches

2. Perform both my daughter's weddings to decent men

3. Stay married to my wife

4. Write a big thick book - I mean a really big, thick one - not a boring one, but one with some girth

5. Teach the gospel to some of my friends' kids

6. See Va Tech win a national title in football - and not fall into idolatry

7. Own a Harley

Seven things I cannot do

1. Speak Esperanto - but I know those who have attempted to learn

2. Bench 400lbs

3. Drink Coffee (unless Caramel Frappuccino counts)

4. Laplace Transforms

5. Wear pants with a 32 inch waist

6. Travel through worm holes to other galaxies

7. Stop eating pizza

Seven things that attract me to my spouse

1. Her quiet wit

2. Her tenacity (in sports, in shopping for a good deal, in quietly matching me in an argument - man I love that - or do I hate it...no, I love it!)

3. How cute she is coaching soccer

4. She is smokin good lookin

5. She is kind to our girls when they are sick...and me too.

6. She has a sharp mind

7. She accepts my complexities

Seven things I say most often

1. Crud!

2. I'm a fat piece of $^^#%# (hang ups from my wrestling days when I was 4% body fat)

3. Using the word "Jacked" with 5 different meanings

4. Daddy loves you

5. Heavy sighs when I am burdened (well, not exactly words, but it counts)

6. Let me read you something

7. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that

Seven books or series I love

1. Desiring God by John Piper

2. The Reason for God by Timothy Keller

3. Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton

4. ESV

5. The Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards

6. On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt (a great piece of philosophy by a Princeton Prof)

7. Proslogion by Anselm of Cantebury

Seven movies I would watch over and over again (no particular order)

1. Braveheart

2. Lord of the Rings - any of em

3. Star Wars - any of em, even Attack of the Clones

4. Its a Wonderful Life

5. The Sound of Music - yeah, but only because my Mom hooked me on it

6. Fletch

7. My Big Fat Greek Wedding - in honor of my buddy Jim Krouscas

Seven people I want to join in too (most don't have blogs...)

1. John Hardie

2. John Piper

3. Sandy Young

4. Jim Krouscas

5. Doug Gotcher

6. Mark Driscoll

7. Jeff Schulte

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