Monthly Archive: January 2008

Responding to God 1

Responding to God

I have struggled for a long time about the best way to end a worship service. There is something that just seems forced and fake with the traditional alter call. Begging and pleading for...

I’m In 0

I’m In

I’m in. Registration opened today so we ordered two tickets for Jenni and me. This will be a quick trip. We might even plan a day or two in DC for the kids. This...

Reminiscing 1

Reminiscing

Last night, Jennifer and I had the chance to escape down to Winston-Salem for the evening. The kids went to church with Jennifer’s mom & dad, and I didn’t have any meetings for once....

How Not to Be A Fool 0

How Not to Be A Fool

We started a new series last week in youth about making wise choices from the book of Proverbs. Life is full of small decisions that lead to big consequences. Nobody decides to wake up...

Ecto 0

Ecto

This is a test post from a program called Ecto. It’s a neat blogging editor that lets you have a little more control over your posts. The web-interface for blogger is quick and easy,...

Not Afraid to Pray 0

Not Afraid to Pray

We dodged the snowstorm today, which is weird because so many places south of us got snow and ice. It is cold, but it’s January, so no complaining. I just got back from a...

Slightly Overwhelmed 0

Slightly Overwhelmed

The past few weeks have been incredibly busy for me. Sermon preparation has taken much of my time since I am starting a new series this week. Then all the meetings, planning sessions, and...

How to Get a Free iPod Touch 0

How to Get a Free iPod Touch

Another youth pastor has shared how he has gotten a free Xbox 360 and a free iPod Touch. I’m typically the super skeptical, check everything out on snopes type of guy, but this is...

Dare You to Move 1

Dare You to Move

It was very encouraging to read this blog post this morning. Newspring Church has stepped out on faith numerous times when the money wasn’t there, because they felt God leading them to do something....

I guess I’m a Mac nerd now 0

I guess I’m a Mac nerd now

Yesterday, I was anxiously glued to my computer screen finding out the news from MacWorld in San Francisco. Apple announces all of their big new products for the year at the conference, and numerous...

God won’t give you more than you can bear …

It never fails … Almost every week I look back after I finish my sermon and realize that I left something out that I wanted to share. I always hope that I shared enough...