Geez….as I write this I’m trying to contain my frustration and anger. One of the things I appreciate about writing—either music or blogging—is it provides me a constructive outlet without punching some well- or not so well-intentioned brother square in the nose. I’m holed up this morning in an undisclosed coffee shop, preparing for preaching/teaching [...]
Part One. Part Two. Part Three. “Have you ever had to worry about THIS? I don’t have the muscle strength to lift a FORK to feed myself! If I trip and fall down, how am I gonna get back up?!?! Jesus is still there for me!” yelled Scott. Dave rolled up his other sleeve, [...]
(Part One here) In time, we became inseparable. Mealtimes. Skipping chapel. Late night runs to Whataburger or The Hot Biscuit. Dave and I really connected with each other. Our love of music and philosophy and our disdain for the evangelical bubble of our school were our bonds. I went home for Thanksgiving. Dave stayed in [...]
A few days ago I was up begrudgingly @ 6am, working on my third cup of Halle Berry coffee. I’m sitting in front of my computer screen trying to work up the inertia to get back into my exercise regime, when I stumble back across a blog account of a college girl, Natala, entitled “Jesus [...]
I'm always amazed and perplexed at this stuff. Check out these Christian t-shirts….only from LarkNews.com "Jesus loves you. Then again, he loves everybody." "Homeschooled and wild" "I wanna be a pastor's wife" "I'm with the Puppet Team" What 'Christian' merchandise have you seen out there that makes you laugh? Shudder? Wanna put a sharpened pencil [...]
I received a personal email last week from one of my all-time fav thinkers/authors, Leonard Sweet. (shameless name-dropping…sorry.) If you’ve been living under a rock the past decade and don’t know who Len is, visit the link and be amazed. Long story short: Len has a new online resource you MUST visit, wikiletics.com. Wikiletics seemingly [...]
Last week was an amazing week with our high schoolers on the beach. This week is a furiously paced VBS week at our church. I’m also catching up with the administrative duties of being out of the office for 6 days. In 19 years of ministry, I’ve learned a few things to help me recharge [...]
Can I be honest? I was thinking along those lines earlier while working on stuff for our middle school camp next month. He seldom does things the way I’d do them. He always knows it all. And there are times when I don’t think he’s even listening to me…but it turns out He actually was [...]
After an amazing week at Padre last week, I’ve been busy catching up on all the blog activity I’ve missed (see the blog links I dig on the right). Playing catch-up is exhausting and exhilirating. Nevertheless, three people sent me the following from Dan Kimball over the past three days. It seems at his church, [...]
After our last discussion, I’ve been doing a dangerous thing (thinking). Some other thoughts that are bouncing around my mind are as follows: 4. Godly Men are Quick and Slow. 5. Godly Men are Tongue-Tied. 6. It’s also best of Godly Men don’t leave home naked. Comments/Questions/Complaints?