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Re: On the Dumbing-Down of Spirituality (or the Search for Substance)

michaelcosta — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:17:03 -0000

Hi Justin, good to hear from you man. Thanks for the wise words. Community is vital for Rita and I as well. We want a place we can develop some great relationships and plug in where needed. Small groups definitely are the place for great discussion too, which we really want. I guess I just don't want to enjoy a great small group at the expense of having to sit through the fluffy service every week. As far as the electric guitar idea, the last thing I believe is that every electric guitar player at a church is just trying to be cool. I have played electric guitar on church stages many times (and admittedly I was probably hoping I looked cool, but that's beside the point). The point is that electric guitar players are not the problem—the problem is that I have so much trouble enjoying it because of so many different past church experiences. I went to DCF a pretty good amount in college with Adam and really loved it. It was a super authentic community that is very similar to what we are looking for.

If people enjoy a service that happens to have someone rocking out an electric, that's great and I am glad there's a place that fits their need. But I am in a place now where I am more of an organ and choir kind of guy. That's what gets me in the zone, if you will.

Re: On the Dumbing-Down of Spirituality (or the Search for Substance)

michaelcosta — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:01:07 -0000

Thanks Megan, I really appreciate it. We'll definitely add them to our list to check out.

Re: Some Italy Photos

michaelcosta — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:44:16 -0000

Thanks Ashley, I really appreciate it. You are so nice. And your photos have been really incredible lately, I am jealous and wish I had taken them!

Re: http://blog.michaelcosta.net/post/3611331021

michaelcosta — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:17:07 -0000

Good points guys. I would guess that any solution would take more than a 3 minute youtube video to explain. Also, I would hope that more money wouldn't just mean throwing gadgets at teachers or dropping food to areas of severe world hunger. It would mean having the funds to try to improve these problems at the roots. Adding money won't fix everything, but cutting more money will definitely hurt, which is happening for some of these categories.

Re: Stand-Ins

michaelcosta — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:31:30 -0000

Justin, good catch. We all laughed about that painting because it did look like it was giving Mary Norton a mean look. We decided to reverse it and it looked a lot better.

Re: http://bethbrownables.tumblr.com/post/638795028

michaelcosta — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:03:40 -0000

man i love those. i want one right now.

Re: Kitchen in Kiawah

michaelcosta — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:14:16 -0000

Hey Harrison, most of it is in the shooting process, lighting, and editing, not the quality of gear. If that's what you mean by technology. Or if you mean Photoshop, then that does play a relatively large role. Good idea for a future post.

Re: http://bethbrownables.tumblr.com/post/608720306

michaelcosta — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:30:18 -0000

This is awesome. I know I don't comment much but I wanted to let you know that I have really been enjoying your blog lately. And Matt's too.

Re: ::Chat Roulette::

michaelcosta — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:24:37 -0000

I heard it was usually pretty dirty.

Re: comealive

michaelcosta — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:40:24 -0000

HA HA dude it's like pat swayze day today

Re: home is...

michaelcosta — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:39:59 -0000

this is the kind of stuff you need to steal whenever you leave that school one day.

Re: home is...

michaelcosta — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:17:00 -0000

this is mysterious

Re: home is...

michaelcosta — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:23:57 -0000

there is way too much slow motion in that beach boys video. I laughed really hard like 10 times watching that.

Re: I will always remember

michaelcosta — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:21:42 -0000

how is fitz feeling?

Re: presenting...

michaelcosta — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:32:55 -0000

did you take a picture of beth while you were driving?

Re: home is...

michaelcosta — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:48:36 -0000

is that his official name? is he a he? He looks pretty manly in this picture...

Re: home is...

michaelcosta — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:17:58 -0000

it looks so awesome! perfect template! it's really interesting, this is something for a presentation you are doing this summer?

Re: ::summer harvest::

michaelcosta — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:27:27 -0000

i can't believe i ate some of THAT cucumber. just kidding it was delicious. i had a great time at dinner the other night, sorry we had to head a little early.

Re: ::summer harvest::

michaelcosta — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:54:28 -0000

dude, all that stuff looks delicious. and it was.

Re: I Put Out a Fire!

michaelcosta — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:03:58 -0000

yeah pretty much, it ruled.

Re: full-text

michaelcosta — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:56:51 -0000

this is awesome!

Re: - oldfilmsflicker: teapotsonfire: megmess: ...

michaelcosta — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:26:57 -0000

this is WRONG!

Re: home is...

michaelcosta — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:10:10 -0000

it's ridiculous how much I enjoyed watching this. I'll probably watch it again tomorrow morning while I eat breakfast.

Re: comealive

michaelcosta — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:14:27 -0000

classic.

Re: - i just want to try this.

michaelcosta — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:03:14 -0000

it looks like he's not doing too well since he's leaned up against the building!