Advertising for Church events is FUN!

Hey, here's a quick video my Intern(Marko) and I whipped up to advertise out church Men's Pig Roast!!! Enjo...

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Weird Blip of the Heart...

Have you ever had one of those events that occurs that really hits you in the heart and you can't explain why? Not 2 hours ago, this happened to me. I instantly prayed and asked God why it stung so much. Because it was a simple joke, nothing more, nothing less. A funny thing really, yet it struck a chord in my heart that made me want to run away and hide. This is a rarer occurrence then it used to be. I used to get wounded more often because...

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College Movement

Imagine a College Ministry that motivates college adults to "mobilize their faith". Imagine a community of young adults serving not only the church, but the community in which their college is set. Imagine...ImagineThis is exactly Living Christ's goal for college age adults. We desire to create a mobilizing, learning, serving community of young adults. We will begin this journey on Sept. 7th and follow the college schedule in Rockland county....

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Excited about New things

New things are incredible. Some people hate change, but sometimes I seem to really thrive in the midst of chaos. We are doing some new things inside our leadership in the youth ministry. We are doing some new things in youth group and we are doing new things inside the church.a New thing for me is reading, which I am a HUGE fan of now. I used to hate reading...always loved writing, but reading never captured me the way it does now. I really got into reading about 2 yrs and some odd months ago, slightly before I got married. Being a husband...

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Some Stuff

Hey! I just got some cool books that are pretty interesting. One is Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll and it's pretty good! I'm doing a lesson on Wednesday Sept. 17th IDK JC which is themed I don't Know Jesus Christ, and I will use tons of this good stuff!Pray for me as I am trying to get re-motivated to read my ordination stuff and write my ordination stuff...don't feel motivated AT ALL...so give up some love to the Big Man for me on this one!...

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When Lightening Strikes...

I'm not sure yet whether I love it or hate it when God smacks me in the face... Well, it happened not 10 minutes ago and I wanted to share... I've decided to do some reading this week and as I was reading about PRAYER, I re-realized how important prayer really is...and how little I do it.Prayer is essential to any believing Christian, but especially to the "pastor", which really means shepherd, someone who leads others. If a shepherd isn't praying,...

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See Through

Some of you may notice, the change on my blog site. I felt it was time to make a more mature look to the site. I also felt it necessary to use my WHOLE life, and not just my life as a youth pastor. I will still blog for the parents, teens and church members, but I wanted to give a see through look of my life..showing the chair as it really is...imperfect but beautiful. I hope you enjoy the new look and I truly will make an effort to be see through...

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Mastication

masticationnounbiting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow [syn: chew]MasticationMas`ti*ca"tion\, n. [L. masticatio: cf. F. mastication.] The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food. Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. --Arbuthnot.To chew, the thought might bring good tasting food to your mind, giving you the simple desire to be chewing...

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The Drive of Passion

When something becomes a passion of mine, I've noticed my no holds barred attitude. The drive of "sticktoitaveness" that comes so easily with the passion. The ideas flow like a waterfall down a high graded drop. The words move like a strong flowing river, demolishing all that's in its path. It will last as long as the river of the grand canyon, waiting to carve its way into existence, or shape a new path for the future. This is the new-found passion I have for writing. As you can see by the previous post, I was rejected. Now the rejection...

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Rejection

Writing has been a new found joy and passion for me. I was inspired almost a year ago to write a book about Transparency. How people need to be real with God an others in order to cultivate authentic relationships. I am passionate about this subject and wrote about 50 pages so far. I felt confident in my book idea, my pitch and my book proposal. Here is what my e-mail said from the editor of Youth Specialties (a branch of Zondervan Publ. Co.): "We’ve read your proposal and while we think it’s good, we’ve decided that we just don’t have room...

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The Faith of Barack Obama

Thomas Nelson (the Christian Publishing Company) recently held an open invitation to recieve a free book in exchange for a 200 word review. It was open to the first 100 bloggers to request the honor. I was among the first 100! The book is The Faith of Barack Obama by Stephen Mansfield. Below is my review on the book. It truly was a great read and definitely opened my eyes to who Obama is as a man of faith and what he truly believes."An excellent...

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Books!

While on vacation, I read 3 books. The first two I will mention were good and one just decent, but the third book BLEW ME AWAY! First up (3rd place) was John Piper's The Supremacy of God in Preaching. GREAT concept, but some SUPER Right-winged and old ideas (ask and I'll explain). Second up (and in 2nd place) was Just Like Jesus by Max Lucado. I love Max's books and I have read a lot of them. This is one of my favorites because of the main focus....

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The Power of Vacation

I have gotten back from my week-long sabbath rest with my family. I feel energized, alive, hyper and PUMPED about ministry again. I was feeling lag and disappointed and yea even a bit overworked and bored with ministry before I left. I was feeling down and really heavy. However, now that I am back I am READY for the school year, I am PUMPED about some new things we're going to do and I am more in Love with Jesus than I ever have been!NEVER underestimate...

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