Dan Price

New Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:14:00 +0000

So go to danprice.net to see me new blog. Bye bye blogger.

Mattress 2

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:09:00 +0000

Ok, so we just bought a mattress. A nice one. For really cheap. It's a Serta king size pillow/euro top with box springs. We got it for $400. Amazing. Hopefully, I will be more awake in the daytime and more asleep in the nighttime from now on.

Amsterdam

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:37:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who has supported out team to go to Amsterdam. We are leaving this Saturday. It's kind of crept up on me to be honest. It feels like we've been doing so many "different" kinds of services at Riverview lately that alot of my thinking and time has been caught up in that. But I'm very excited to serve our sister church there. Hopefully, by the time we leave, you will be able to check up on us at www.eriv.net/amsterdam.

bball

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:37:00 +0000

We are playing basketball at 5pm at the church today if anyone is game.

Dad

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:49:00 +0000

Thanks to Jeff for posting about my dad on blog.
John Lile was very close to our family and one of my dad's best friends. He passed away this past year also. The world sent heaven two great men last year.

More ONE Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:26:00 +0000

Great thoughts by Holly

"One, though we're not the same...One and no, I don't know everyone but I might try to...One and I don't have to like everyone but if they hurt, I hurt. One because on our own, we are like dysfunctional family members but when we come together we are an efficient, well designed family...as One. I never thought I would feel this way about a church or about God. Never ever."

Read her whole post.

One and One Year Ago

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:09:00 +0000

Well it was amazing to see 2000 people all together at ONE yesterday. Riverview is so much bigger than we realize. God has been up to some amazing stuff.

It's also a year ago today that my dad passed away. Death is such a weird thing. It's lost it's sting in a sense that there is more for us, we have hope, but at the same time we are just human and it's hard to see past this life. I miss my dad all the time. I mostly think about him when I'm in the car driving somewhere by myself. Sometimes I have to drive around the block or turn the radio on and get my mind onto something else before meeting with whoever I'm meeting with.

ONE

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:20:00 +0000

ONE

10am. Sunday. The Wharton Center.

Foam? Air? Water? Pillow Top?

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:21:00 +0000

I haven't slept well lately because our bed is pretty small. We are looking at getting a bigger bed, you know invest in a good night's rest. Any opinions? Do you like your mattress? What's a good price? Help me!

Blue

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:22:00 +0000

I wrote a song for my girl (or "grill" as the cool kids say it) last night. I put a quick recording of it here. Guys, If you have a guitar, do this for your woman. Seriously.

Chicago

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Well today I'm heading to Chicago with Kite to see the big city, talk with Jeremy about church stuff and see one of my favorite local bands, Cracklin' Moth. Will be back tomorrow.

Poker

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:47:00 +0000

Ok, so I've been losing at Poker lately, but last night my luck changed. I won a dollar. I'm still up $390 from September, but I was close to $500 a couple months ago. Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm a winner.

Fundi Vs. Liberal

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:55:00 +0000

Read this(Steve sent this to me). What do you think? Do you basically agree with what he says? Does some of it make you angry? What's your reaction?

Born Again in The U.S.A.

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:56:00 +0000

So, no MTV this weekend at the services. Story is that they were filming two brothers for a show called True Life and when the brothers came to church, the MTV crew said that it was against policy to film at church. They must melt or something... anyway, the message seemed to go ok. I think God spoke to people through it, so that's good.

By the way I picked up two new great cds today. Both Sides Of The Gun, by Ben Harper and Born Again In The U.S.A by Loose Fur. Good stuff.

MTV

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:06:00 +0000

Ok, so you should come hear me speak this weekend at church. I mean, I don't speak that much and you will have the chance to possibly be on MTV. For real.

Teaching

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:29:00 +0000

I want to apologize to everyone who hasn't received a response to a call or an email the past couple of days. I'm teaching this weekend at Riverview and have been working pretty hard on that. I actually have my first draft finished, so I'm farther ahead than I thought I would be.

Summertime in England

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:07:00 +0000

So the best classes I took in school were my creative writing classes. Here is a short that one of my professors Dr. Kevin Heath just sent me. It's really short, but read it, it's great.

danprice.com

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:49:00 +0000

It's been a while since I've visited the site, but Charlie pointed it out again and it's worth posting. I am one talented guy.

Here's my first voice over

Book Review

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:02:00 +0000

Look here soon for a review of Mark Driscoll's new book coming out in May...

to use Noel's favorite word...

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:33:00 +0000

OUTSTANDING!

Will watches 24 with us at Noel and Grace's on Monday nights. He wrote a blog post here. I made a comment and he sent me this email (edited for other 24 watchers)

"Dangit, why did I read this?"

A comment on comments

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:25:00 +0000

I'm sitting here laughing out loud reading responses to this weeks music. Most people seemed to really enjoy it for a change. I got some very encouraging notes from "Loved the music!!" to "Do the Folk thing again soon!" And then a couple anonymous "I hated the music tonight" notes. It's amazing how opposite ends people are always on. It's funny how most criticism is anonymous about music. Interesting. Well, Noel had a great post about criticism and he basically groups people into three categories: Bereans, Encouragers, and Cowards. What separates the Bereans and the Cowards, I would say, is their heart, their tone, and their attitude. Good stuff to think about. Read his whole post.

It's interesting being in a position where I hear positive and negative criticism almost every week. It can be really distracting either way, either pride can creep in when we are praised for doing a good job or insecurities tear at us when we are slandered. This comes when too much personal value is connected to our task. But it is complicated because we are leading people in corporate worship because of God and for God, but we are also serving the body, it isn't just us up there singing our praises to God, it's that plus the act of leading others in their praise of God. It gets tricky because you want to make music in which people will become mindful of God and it's easier for some people to connect with God using different kinds of music. I'm sure some monks in Germany, genuinely feel like they are able to think heavenward during a chant, whereas it's easier for me to hear a guitar solo and think of God.

One thing I hear sometimes from people is "we went to another church on vacation and their music was sooooo slooowwww..." or "they had no young people there..." but this is the same type of thing is going on. These words meant to encourage are sometimes slaps on the face to another group of Christians. We are needlessly criticising our brothers and sisters who are trying to serve God in a different way. It all adds up to elitism and that takes away from the Gospel and from God, because in the end, God gets the glory. He's the one who deserves it.

There is a really good thing about encouragement if it is done right. It's understanding "God is using you" rather than, "you are better than some other people." It's hard to tell the difference, but I know when my heart is wrong on this. I see the way God is working in something that I'm not a part of and sometimes I feel like "man, that's a dumb way to go about things etc..." But the cool thing about God is that he is the one working, not us. And he loves those people and he loves that they are responding to him. Sometimes we get lucky and he uses us to do great things, but when we see him face to face, He gets the glory.

But It's a crazy tension we have here. I think we all face situations where we either get too much affirmation or not enough and that affects us. We should always strive for balence and do thinks "as unto the Lord." Our goal in everything we do should be to please God. That means everything. Treating our families well, doing the dishes well, not gossiping about our boss, working even when we aren't being watched. Things change when God is your boss.

Weekend Update

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:46:00 +0000

Friday:
We had fondue with Jen and Eric craft. It was a great meal with steak, bread, cheese, toffee, fruit, artichoke dip, Chimay and best of all, good friends. A special occasion for sure.

Saturday:
The Amsterdam team met and a few people shared about their lives. It's amazing how much our past sticks with us. It's amazing to hear everyone's crazy background and to now see how God is working on them. Good stuff.

Then that night we started a weekend of folk-band music at the Riverview services. Brandon, Laura, Jeff and I played and it was some of the most fun I'd had playing in a while. We did some Hank Williams, some Nitty Gritty Dirt band and some Wilco/Woody Guthrie. Fun stuff.

Sunday:
Continuation of the folk stuff at Riverview.

Tonight we studied chapter 3 in Romans in our Bible study. It was probably the best talk so far. It felt like people were listening and respecting each other's opinions really well and it felt like we are starting to get to know each other. All good things.

Then later, I just hung out with the wife and kid. I love them so much. They are the greatest of my earthly joy.

Amsterdam

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:53:00 +0000

I have an incredible opportunity to travel with a team of 8 other people to Amsterdam in April and serve our sister church Zolder 50. Zolder 50 is a church started by people involved in Great Commission Ministries a few years ago in Amsterdam which is one of the least churched cities in Europe. Zolder 50 is no either the largest or one of the largest chruches in this city of over a million people. We'll be serving in whatever way the church asks us and possibly scouting out other towns for future church plants.

I'm really excited about the chance to serve them and to be a part of a team of people from Riverview.
The one thing is that I have to raise support for this trip, so if you would be interested in helping out, then let me know! Thanks!

Dance Pics?

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:54:00 +0000

Does anyone have any pictures of the dance that they can send me?
Here are a couple I took. I only had my camera out for about five minutes, so I didn't get many good shots, so these will have to do.

dance

noreply@blogger.com (Dan Price) — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:37:00 +0000

So we had the Valentine's dance at church this past weekend and it was a lot of fun. We had about 120 people there and it was crazy and pretty fun. Met many new people there. It's interesting that relationships are easily built when people are enjoying something good that God has given to us. I feel the same way about poker. I have all these new friends who I've gotten to know over beer and cards. I feel like as we pray for relationships that lead to people finding God, God is answering. I feel like he is doing all the work, we are just showing up. It feels like God works in so many differnt ways through so many different people, it really shows the character of God to use people who are unskilled, or introverted or have a foul mouth or are really poor or really rich or whatever, but he is using all kinds of people to reach others. This says so much about his character.