Aaron

Aaron

A husband and daddy, born, raised, educated & employed in #RVA. Director of Programming @1stThings1stRVA. Making the most of life in Our City. Views my own.

02.2007: week 1

The best part about writing your own blog and being your own boss is that you can make your own rules! So now the first week of each month will be “archive week.” This week’s picture comes from Impact Virginia!…

jesus camp.

The most alarming aspect of Academy Award-nominated Jesus Camp is the indoctrination of children at an incredibly young age. Mike Papantonio, a political radio show host, confronts Becky Fischer with this realization during their on-air interview. Becky, the leader of…

01.2007: week 4

Freak weather is expected in Central Virginia. Like Thursday, when Jacob called from 5 miles away and asked if the snow was supposed to stick. My response: “What snow?” It wasn’t snowing — in fact, I think the sun was…

me, myself and bob: part III

A couple weeks ago I was looking forward to reading Me, Myself and Bob. Then I read the book and wrote the formal “review”. Now I’m gonna take a shot at conveying what I took away from it. In Chapter…

me, myself and bob: part II

I hated VeggieTales. When WoW put “His Cheeseburger” on its 1999 release, I was ready to throw the CD out the window. Fast-forward to 2006. Phil Vischer was a keynote speaker at this fall’s YS Convention in Charlotte, and I…

01.2007: week 3

I kinda liked a song over the summer by this new band, The Fray. Except I didn’t really know what the band’s name was. I didn’t know anything about them. Then I read Relevant Magazine’s cover story in late summer,…