Archive for June, 2008

SSWC Day 1

Posted: June 30, 2008 in Faith, Life, Ministry, Spirituality

Hey guys.  Just wanted to share a quick video with from the first full day of Sulphur Springs Workcamp.  Enjoy. *Special thanks to Brandon Mitchell for having incredible technological, ministry skills by making this video.

Sunday is the official start of the 2nd annual Sulphur Springs Workcamp. SSWC is an interdenominational, in-town mission experience in the city of Sulphur Springs. Students from all different local youth groups will come together and work together to help make the city we live in a better place. Basically we paint and restore houses [...]

Summer Blockbusters

Posted: June 26, 2008 in Family, Life, Movies

             Heather and I do not watch many movies in the movie theater. I will admit that the main reason is because I (and yes, I will take full responsibility on this one) am extremely cheap. It is so hard for me to pay two times for a movie when I can wait a few [...]

Dating Quotes

Posted: June 24, 2008 in Books, Friends, Funny, Life, Ministry, People, Random

      As a youth minister, dating is one of those topics that are talked about quite a bit. All the dating books out there, like I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Boundaries in Dating, and Boy Meets Girl, have some great, practical advice for dating that honors God. However, some of my best dating advice has [...]

Running in the Shade

Posted: June 23, 2008 in Faith, Life, People, Spirituality, Sports

Training for a marathon is way harder than actually running a marathon. After running two marathons, I know the high amount of energy, time, sacrifice, and effort it takes to get the starting line. Training time for a marathon is commonly at a minimum of four months (if not way longer). Four months of running [...]

Incredible Birthday Gift

Posted: June 20, 2008 in Family, Life, People, Sports

Today is my 27th birthday. Because I am at church camp some 600+ miles away from home, Heather always gives me my birthday gifts before we leave so we do not have to travel with them. This year, she did really good. I only got one present but it was an awesome one. My favorite [...]

Complete This Sentence

Posted: June 18, 2008 in Faith, Ministry, Spirituality

GOD IS ________________________________________. Please complete this sentence (multiple comments are encouraged so try to keep one thought per comment). How encouraging to open a blog post and see a ton of incredible words describing our indescribable God! Make the most of it.

A little over a week ago, I wrote a post entitled “Five People I Want To Spend One Day With”. During this post, I talked about five people who I thought were interesting enough to hang out with for one entire day. Well, I have to add one more now (thanks to Morning IMPACT). The [...]

Hump Day

Posted: June 16, 2008 in Faith, Life, Ministry, Spirituality, Travel

An commonly known English language idiom for Wednesday is “hump day”, a reference to making it through to the middle of the work week as getting “over the hump.” I know that for most people Wednesday is your hump day. However, today was my hump day.  This morning I woke up at 5:00am and hopped in a large [...]

Great Father’s Day Story

Posted: June 15, 2008 in Family, Life, People, Sports

CLICK HERE for a great Father’s Day Story.