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journal entries from an emerging follower of Christ

Staying Busy

Aaron Marcelli | March 7, 2010

So life is pretty busy right now.  Less than two months on the wedding countdown and there is all the normal pre-planning (and pre-panic) involved with that.  We are doing church planting prep work and gathering people to come along with us as planters and prayers.  Still working a lot.  The book will be released [...]

Lessons From Sports (part 1)

Aaron Marcelli | February 28, 2010

The Atlanta Hawks are the closest professional basketball team to where I live.  I love the NBA!  I would go to as many games as I could for any team.  I went to a lot of hawks games even when they were bad and though they are not my favorite basketball club, I have grown [...]

3 Random Things

Aaron Marcelli | January 22, 2010

My fiancé and I started premarital counseling this past week.  One of the things we were asked to do was make a list of all the things we feel are strengths of our relationship.  I really liked the way Katy described us when she was reading her list and said, “We agree on most things [...]

Hold On To The Encouragers

Aaron Marcelli | January 9, 2010

It was probably during my last years of high school that I came to appreciate people who encouraged me. Having been home schooled for ten years, I enrolled in a private school for my junior and senior years. I began to value real friendships, get involved in sports and extra-curricular events, and also about that [...]

50 Things This Year

Aaron Marcelli | December 29, 2009

I’m not sure what your view is on New Year’s resolutions, but I used to be all about them. Starting probably when I was in high school, I would always use the last days of December to plan how I was going to use the following year to become the best person ever and accomplish [...]

Blogs I Follow

Aaron Marcelli | December 6, 2009

On the right of this page you can click on the links of some of the blogs I am subscribed to.  There are also many other blogs I follow that are friends, people I have met at conferences, or just folks I found online who I think have some good stuff to say.  I have [...]

Lessons From My Small Group

Aaron Marcelli | December 3, 2009

A couple of months ago my girlfriend and I realized though we were both serving as active volunteers and members of our local church, and though we both were meeting regularly with people we were building relationships with in the community, we were not a part of a church small group.  Feeling we needed to [...]

What I’m Thankful For

Aaron Marcelli | November 26, 2009

A good mother
A family that provided
People who make me laugh and laugh with me
A beautiful girl who loves me and wants to be on my team
Good entertainment
Hope for the future I want
People who pour into me
Deep conversations with friends
A good deal on my rent
When I hear from God
The personality I have that causes me to [...]

A Million Miles Comes To Chattanooga

Aaron Marcelli | November 22, 2009

Last night Katy and I went to see Donald Miller on the last stop of his speaking tour entitled a million miles in a thousand years.  I was impressed with the hundreds of coffee shop culture young adults who showed up not for a concert, but a lecture.  There was an atmosphere of emergence and [...]

Running With Vision……Literally

Aaron Marcelli | November 19, 2009

Earlier this week I went to the gym between work and small group for a quick workout.  Now….. I workout with a little different attitude than others.  When I enter the room I’m not looking to get fit or improve my health, I’m only thinking one thing: dominate! For me it is about accomplishing the [...]