german translation

Ich bin kein Interesse mehr an einen Glauben, dass die Linien hinter immaterielle Ursachen und Veränderungen im Lebensstil. Ich nicht mehr werden sich Menschen, die Spenden an wohltätige Organisationen, aber Spaziergang, vorbei an den Bettler, als ob er nicht existiert. Ich werde nicht mehr schweigen, wie meine Kollegen schreien, gegen die Misshandlung von Tieren, aber nichts tun, die Welt zu verändern Hunger-Krise. Die Bowery Mission in New York City folgt einer einfachen Philosophie, wenn es dient Lebensmittel, zuerst das Haus, dann die Straßen, auf diese Weise müssen wir uns selbst anwenden. Mit den Krisen, die unsere Welt, in der wir handeln müssen in eine konkrete Art und Weise.

Viel wirkungsvoller als schriftlich eine Überprüfung so einige andere Leute tun können, die Arbeit geht und die Arbeit selbst tun. Nun kann ich Liste von Statistiken und Fakten über all die Grausamkeiten auf einer täglichen Basis, aber Sie haben alle gehört, vor. Aber wenn Sie gar nichts tun, dann können Sie auch den Abzug betätigen Sie, wenn Sie sind nicht Teil der Lösung, werden Sie Teil des Problems.

Was mich betraf die Kindersoldaten im Kongo sind nur so viele Opfer von Joseph Kony der terroristischen der Tagesordnung, wie sie sind reich Minderheit Apathie. und das ist nur ein Beispiel.

Man könnte sagen, dass sie nicht in der Lage zu reisen, um die schrecklichen Teilen der Welt zu tun, und das ist OK, aber Sie sind in keiner Weise aus dem Schneider. Es gibt Menschen buchstäblich in Ihrer Stadt, die auf Ihre Hilfe angewiesen. Tun Sie etwas dagegen, etwas, die Lösung sein. Wenn dies etwas für Sie die Übergabe etwas Geld, dass Sie wahrscheinlich ohnehin gewohnt verpassen, dann haben Sie die Nummer vollständig. Wenn Sie gute Taten haben die größten Auswirkungen? Wenn sie eine tatsächliche Opfer.

Würde die Erlösung der Welt etwas zu bedeuten, wenn jemand Jesus nicht sterben, um für sie?

Dies ist nicht zu sagen, was für Ihr Geld ist falsch an und für sich, aber meiner Meinung nach, ist es sinnlos, wenn es nicht auch durch eine Art von Maßnahmen. In der gleichen Weise kurzfristig Mission Reisen sind bedeutungslos, es sei denn, Sie nehmen es als ein Stichwort zu leben, wie ein Diener 24 / 7 365. Ist mir egal, wie groß der ein Erlebnis, wenn Sie sich nicht ändern lassen Sie in gewisser Weise.

NICHT bete zu G-tt für die Änderung, die Sie nicht bereit sind, sich selbst zu tun, manchmal Sie sind die Antwort auf Ihre Gebete.

Etwas tun. Etwas wirkungsvoller, etwas Sinnvolles, tun Sie es heute tun es jeden Tag.

Adrifter I: Jonah

Here it is from start to finish, I hope you like it.

1-Running, Not Running to You, Running Away From You.
I am a wanted man
Wanted for some greater purpose
that feels thrust upon me
I do not want this, I do not want you
Leave me alone
Where can I run? Away, Surely.
I do not want to run to you
I will live my own life
On my own
I awake from a dream
Men were shouting "Throw him overboard, Throw him overboard!"
This means something
so, I will run to the shore
Leaving all I know behind
I will find a new life
Somewhere in the sea

2-Sitting by the Sea ( How Many Miles?)
How many heartaches till I find that one?
What is the meaning of our meeting?
Was it all just coincidence,
or was it just some sick joke played by the fates?
I think there's a greater purpose here.
G-d has a plan,
or at least I need to think so.
If not I think I'll go insane.
Though its not too bad, I've been there before.
Nice to visit, though I'd never live there.
Let's get together sometime,
we'll converse about what could be someday
but sometimes.... sometimes...
sometimes, I wonder though.
How many miles from one heart to another?
How many feet from soul to soul?
I think the distance is just too far.
I'll never make it.
I think I'll sit and stare at the ocean
and wait as the tide covers me
wondering about what could be .
I think I'm being dragged out to sea
But I don't care, I just hope one day,
I'll wash ashore, somewhere.
Somewhere,
somewhere closer to you.

3-This Silent Ocean, This Brilliant Sunlight
I'm drowning, drowning, in this sea
some invisible hand shoving my head under water
every time I try to catch a breath,
my arms flailing, legs kicking
attempting to tread water
treading water, this frozen, cold water
water, treading water, this cold water
My lungs fill up, I'm drowning now.
I cant see your face
I cant even see my limbs for the darkness of the ocean floor
content now with where I am. knowing where my hopw lies
I sleep, knowing that soon,
I will see the face of my maker
I will rejoice,
I was cold, but now am warm
Was drowning, but now can breath
was cold, but now I'm warm
In this sunlight, this brilliant sunlight.

*(interlude) Not Now (How I was Near Death/Plans for Me Yet)
not yet my child
though you are yet finished in this vast sea
your time to join me is not now
*the Adrifter coughs and gasps for air*

4-Adrifter
These waves have been my only companion
for days
bordering on insanity
choking on my own tongue
salt water is all i have to drink
sun scorching my skin
this driftwood i cling to
is all that is keeping me afloat
I once thought my journey done
as I sank to the ocean floor
but G-d had something for me yet
As I look around
i see
nothing but waves
for miles around me
I cling to some hope of land though these waters are large
and I am quite small.
tossed about in this ocean
the clouds darken and a chill sets in
My companions take on an evil tone
I feel a storm rolling in

5-The Storm, One for the Ages.
Dear G-d this storm is raging
I know I must weather it
but keep me safe
To be rescued from the depths only to die in this maelstrom
is not your plan
I have no idea how to save myself from this
but only though you
I am knocked back and forth
back and forth
One moment I am flying, the other drowning
where is the eye of this storm?
only for a moment my son
but now
I am sorry, but back into the hurricane you must go
Sweet reprieve, now gone
I cling only to myself and to You.

6-Purpose, Planning. Brought from The Sea, Into New Life.
wake up, wake my son, sweet Adrifter
you have reached land
now to the city you must go
Run! Run Quickly !
I will give you the strength you need.
I now have purpose, There is planning to be done, but I have purpose.
Sprinting for the city.
I now know what I must do.
I will be unstoppable
For I was thrown into the sea by my own doing
but now I was brought from from the deep
and through the storm
by The Hand Of G-d
Though there be rocks before me
I shall not fear.
If this what real life feels like
I want more.

The Joker, Resignations, World Hunger, and September 11th

The Joker: "Nobody panics when the expected people get killed. Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plans are horrifying. If I tell the press that tomorrow a gangbanger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will get blown up, nobody panics. But when I say one little old mayor will die, everyone loses their minds!"

A few months ago, a friend of mine resigned from his post as youth pastor, the reasons made sense. I find it odd that me and most everyone I know who has found out flipped when they first heard it. It didn't fit with the plan, the unconscious plan we all had, that this wouldn't be the case. We don't like it when things don't follow the plan. And everyone knows the plan, the way things should be and ought to be. These people die, these people don't. Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes--one child every five seconds. A fact easily found, did any of you even flinch as you read that? No, not at all. Because it's part of the plan. On Sept. 11th 2,974 died, and the nation was thrown into disarray. More than 5 times that number (2,974) die every day, EVERY DAY. But no one flinches because that fits into the plan. I think People need to care about this. Someone estimated that, to provide the entire world clean water and food,to solve this crisis, it would cost roughly 20 Billion dollars. America, spends that much on Ice cream, in a year. Where are our priorities?

I did not mean to trivialize the tragedy that was Sept. 11th, 2001. That day was burned into my mind forever, and I have no connections to it. I cannot fathom what it must be like for those that do. I simply used the statistics to point out a flaw in our mindset. America is not the world, we are a small part of a global community, but we don't act like it.

We Are the Peacemakers, We Are the Forces Of Change.

I am no longer interested in a faith that lines up behind intangible causes and lifestyle changes. I no longer will abide people who donate to charities but walk past the beggar as if he does not exist. I will no longer be silent as my peers cry out against the mistreatment of animals but do nothing to change the world hunger crisis. The Bowery Mission in NYC follows one simple philosophy when it serves food, first the house then the streets, in this way we must apply ourselves. With the crises affecting our world we must act in a tangible way.

Much more impactful than writing a check so some other people can do the work, is going out and doing the work yourself. Now I can list statistics and facts about all of the atrocities committed on a daily basis, but you have all heard them before. But if you do nothing, then you might as well pull the trigger yourself, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Yes, the humans dying every day from pointless wars starvation and greed are very much victims of the horrible people who literally do commit these crimes against humanity, but they are, in my opinion also victims of the rich minority's apathy.

One might say they do not have the ability to travel to the more horrible parts of the world to do anything, and that's OK, but you are in no way off the hook. There are people literally in your town who need your help. DO something about it, anything, be the solution. If this doing something to you involves handing over some money that you probably wont miss anyway, then you have missed the point entirely. When do good deeds have the most impact? When they require actual sacrifice. Would the redemption of the world mean anything to anybody if Jesus didn't have die to for it?

This is not to say giving of your money is wrong in and of itself, but in my opinion, it is meaningless, if it is not also accompanied by some sort of action. In the same way short term mission trips are meaningless unless you take it as a cue to live as a servant 24/7 365. I do not care how great of an experience if you do not let it change you in some way.

DO NOT pray to G-d for change you are not willing to do yourself, sometimes YOU are the answer to your prayers.

DO something. Something impactful, Something meaningful, do it today, do it every day.

some new stuff

Get Up. Be Fake. Sleep. Repeat.

Your lack of conviction astounds me
you stand there in your suit and jacket
looking around
admiring how righteous you are
But really your soul is rotting from the inside out
Live this life or dont
I can not abide this any longer
not in my house
not in this place
You think you're fooling everyone
but I see through you
you are no better
than a whitewashed death camp
clean on the surface
but reeking of death
You are luke warm water in my mouth and I will spit you out

This Frozen Ocean, This Brillaint Sunlight

I'm drowning, drowning, in this sea
some invisible hand shoving my head under water
every time I try to catch a breath,
my arms flailing, legs kicking
attempting to tread water
treading water, this frozen, cold water
water, treading water, this cold water
My lungs fill up, I'm drowning now.
I cant see your face
I cant even see my limbs for the darkness of the ocean floor
content now with where I am. knowing where my hopw lies
I sleep, knowing that soon,
I will see the face of my maker
I will rejoice,
I was cold, but now am warm
Was drowning, but now can breath
was cold, but now I'm warm
In this sunlight, this brilliant sunlight.

So this is the new year....

here's to you 09, i never thought about you before.

Coming Home Early/Notable Things I Have Seen and Witnessed/Thoughts and Musings

So, first things first, The Tour has been cut short, and I'm coming home early. The headliner of the Canadian leg of the tour, dropped off the tour, so we're not going to Canada, and coming home early. It's bittersweet, at once I'm excited to come home and see everyone there, and be able to heal up. For those of you who don't know, I've been fighting some sort of sinus infection/cold thing since almost the beginning of the tour. But I'm also sad to go home, I love the road, and will miss meeting new people every day, and seeing the dudes all the time. I also wanted to be able to say that I've toured the US and Canada, just to be able to say, I've done it.

But anyways

Here's a list of things I've seen/done/witnessed/etc in the past weeks of tour in no particular order:
-The Grand Canyon
-Canyonlands National Park
-The Painted Desert
-The Rockies
-New Mexican Desert
-The Pacific Ocean
-The Atlantic Ocean
-The Gulf Of Mexico
-People we've never met open their homes and feed us.
-Lasting Friendships
-After praying for Red's(the drummer of Man of Sorrows) Wife to miraculously get up and leave the hospital, free of all sickness, getting a call from his wife saying that she left the hospital, free of all sickness.
-Sun Records, Yes The Sun Records where Elvis and Johnny Cash among others were discovered.

living in a van with three other dudes and a dog is interesting. Basically I'm married to them. I've certainly matured, and been toughened up by it. I've learned a lot. I'm going to miss tour a lot, and can't wait to tour myself. I've made a lot of friends who I miss dearly. Sometimes sarcasm can get tiring. I love everyone we've toured with and all the dudes I tour with. I'm going to miss them when I'm gone. I miss all of you too. I'll be home soon

With Love
-Chuck

for the sounded alarms and the sirens of ships wrecked

this is new
this is old
this is me breaking me free
from scathing eyes
and public thought
this is opinion
honest and raw
this is one man's search for G-d
this is one man's search for himself
for answers
for questions
for the peace within himself
for Christ in the every day
past bullshit
and phony
public personas
put on
in an effort
to fit in
past cliché'd
recylcled
unoriginality

RE:lationships

As always I'm continually impressed by high relationship turnover rates especially in and around my own youth group you would think that with the yearly sometimes BI-FREAKING-YEARLY sex/relationship lessons we get that people still go and fornicate (the looooong form of the f word) it up like its their motherfornicating jobs. Not that I'm that much better, but I consider myself a little better than most. But enough about me lets talk about all of you. In my observations you guys cant decide between dating the youth group one person at a time and the utter-yes-we've-all-been-there-heart-wrenching/rendering/rending-I'll-never-love-another-
like-I-love-you-now-please-never-leave-me-ness
Which makes me wonder why do we even date at all. The obvious answer being that we are all hormone drunk sweaty teens tricked into believing that our hearts should be followed and really do have all the answers. The other being that dating, holding hands and having someone to cling to gives us all a warm fuzzy feeling that seems to fill a void in us somewhere. Some people are addicted to that, and can't go to long without trying to fill it with someone else. Whether the succeed or fail is not the point, the point is rather that the are addicted to it. I think that void is actually two that overlap some and are right next to each other one is marked G-d the other that special someone. Now G-d can and should fill both and I believe that he will and will be better for you than any boy or girl ever could. I guess I just wanted you guys to know that. That G-d can fill the void, and he wants to, and that please let him start to fill it before starting to fill it with the special person too. I wanted you all to know that sometimes holding on to relationships long after their expiration dates or injecting more life into them because you're afraid of change isn't healthy, that bouncing around from and through relationships isn't good, that rebounds just cause more pain for everyone involved. That random play and friends with benefits always end with one person violating the agreement and becoming to emotionally invested. That your physical acts, all of them, not just sex, should be kept sacred and never cheapened. I want you all to consider G-d first in the relationship and the other person second. I wanted you all to know that when it's over that you can and should move on learn what you can, thank G-d for it, and continue on your journey. Realize that your love was good for a time. Don't linger. Please realize that I'm still a man and I recently ended a relationship, and right now have a girl or two that haunt my dreams and fill me with a longing for that very type of relationship i talked about so this is for me as much as it is for all of you. I know I'm a hypocrite, aren't we all? I also ask that if you respond to this, please be kind I write this with a heavy heart, not an angry one. with the knowledge that we can all learn from everything here even if we aren't going through it right now. if you feel like I'm calling you out specifically, look into your own heart and see if there is truth.

May the LORD our G-d bless you and keep you.
I love you all, yes, even you.
-Chuck

Might I Say Sir, You Look Dashing This Evening

Throw up
Throw up
G-d I need to throw up
this guilt
in my gut
is threatening to explode
the feeling is building
and I cant stop
killing bottles of
bitterness to shut it up
I need to throw up
I need to throw up
I need to
throw up this pain
or
else
I'll
die