Monthly Archives: July 2010

Just When You Think…

Just when you think you’ve got everything figured out and you’re picking yourself out of that crappy situation something like this happens. Just keep your head up.  It’ll all be okay.

Should You Wear Glasses Indoors?

For my buddy Brandon, I had to post this. Hilarious!

Bridgett’s 27th Birthday

Today, we celebrate Bridgett’s 27th birthday.  I’m happy to say that God has provided me with the best woman in the world.  Especially one who will put up with my rants and other issues. To celebrate, we are going out on a date to downtown Charleston.  The place where I went to college (and absolutely [...]

Link Love

Just some of the blogs/articles that I’ve read this week that are definitely worth reading: I absolutely love this post by Seth Barnes.  Probably the simplest explanation of being emptied to be filled with God. Here’s a must read by Lifeway Research stating how parents (and any youth leader) can connect with teenagers. Awesome read [...]

Occasional Sunshine

Occasional sunshine is a weather term meaning that the sky will be filled with clouds, but from time-to-time a hole in the clouds will allow sunshine to get through to bring the Earth a bit of yellow light. Is that how your life is going right now?  A lot of cloudy, maybe even raining, bringing [...]

How Times Have Changed

This made me laugh this morning.  The real question is if the microwave dinner is real food.

Conforming

Last night, I began preparing for the final lesson series for the Beyond Youth for the 2009-2010 ministry year.  Check out this phrase from 1 Samuel 8:5, “Appoint a king to rule us, just like everybody else.” See that?  The Israelites wanted a king to be like the other nations.  They didn’t want to be [...]

Monday Morning Rewind #43

Getting this post out early while I can.  Here are my thoughts. There is a constant tug-of-war in every person between the sinful nature and God.  Sin is pulling you away from God while God is wanting you to be near him. We are creatures of habit and routine.  Imagine breaking your routine for one [...]

Meanwhile

I love the word meanwhile.  Especially in the context of Acts 12:24.  The Message states this verse like this: “Meanwhile, the ministry of God’s Word grew by leaps and bounds.” Haha!  Great stuff.  YOU CAN’T HOLD GOD BACK!!! Wow!  Now say that backwards.  Wow!

Monday Morning Rewind #42

Because I was a victim of the Internet nightmare in North Charleston today I wasn’t able to post my Rewind post this morning.  So, here it is. I could be a pastor anywhere.  Even getting paid to hold the position at a church, but I chose Life-Givers because that’s where God wants me.  And I [...]