summertime thursday

last week at summertime thursday, we talked about growing up and realizing that some of the stuff that fit you all your life doesn’t fit anymore. for a long time, you were either adopting or rebelling against what your parents, coaches, teachers, or other role-models believed. eventually though, we’ve all got to take [...]

why i do what i do

i just guided a troubled young dude through a u-turn prayer. the fight didn’t end today…it’s just getting started in his life, but today he asked god to forgive him for ignoring him all these years and turned around and is trying to follow christ instead of everybody else.
what an amazing experience. reflecting [...]

how can i pray for you?

friday is my day off, but i’m planning on taking some extra time in the morning to pray for all my readers.
so how can i pray for you?

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i feel like he is describing me!
“It’s important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It’s
not only life of babies, but it’s life of children living in, you know, the
dark dungeons of the Internet.”
George W. Bush
October 24, 2000
From speech delivered in Arlington Heights, Illinois
if you’re living in the dark dungeons of [...]

sunday night after church (day late, dollar short)

it’s monday morning, not sunday night after church. the internet at my place of residence was down last night. that being said, please treat this post as if it had been written on sunday. don’t discriminate against weekday posts. that’s day-ist. and it’s wrong.
1. this morning in staff meeting, i [...]

muffin top challenge

i ran harder this week, and i tried to control my portions and eat more leafy veggies (thanks kelli). drank more water, too.
original weight: 213
weight goal: 180
last week’s weight: 213 (yeah, sweet.)
this morning: 209
starting to see some results. i dropped about four pounds this week, and i’m feeling a little better on my [...]

vote for me

his banner over me

well, i found these on a christian ministry website, and i have to admit that i laughed a little. not that i really disagree with the messages themselves, but they just sound like josh mcdowell and kirk cameron teamed up with michael scott to figure out how to really connect with today’s jive-talkin’ urban [...]

my father’s day interview

she blows my mind.

sunday night after church

crazy weekend.
1. i made a video promoting a big cookout and mocking friday the thirteenth’s superstitious value…and then friday the thirteenth mocked me right back with 2.5 inches of rain, accompanied by unbelievably close-together thunder and lightning. maybe i should be more superstitious… if that’s true, then i’m really in trouble, because i definitely [...]