PRESIDENT

I hope the title caught you. Seeing how this election is seemingly taking over peoples lives and every thought, I thought I would bate you on the topic of "The President". Honestly though, I'm not here to talk all Obama or all McCain. I am writing this little ditty to bring forth some questions about a book I am currently half-way through. It seems that a ton of my blogging recently has been my reading fodder, which is not such a bad thing, but I know it can be excessive sometimes. However, I am reading the book entitled: Jesus for President....

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The Great Divorce

I had never read C.S. Lewis' book entitled: The Great Divorce until this week. I started reading it on Tuesday and finished it early this afternoon. I am astounded at it's prophetic voice, as well as it's direct reading of the human heart. Lewis, in my opinion has written within the pages of this book, a accurate reading of why people don't let go of their sin and why in fact they themselves choose the death of hell. The story is a dream sequence...

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Youth Groups!!

Time has again, slipped away from my grasp! I was going to blog about Tuesday Night Youth Group, but was distracted by a day of meetings yesterday...today however, I can write about both Tuesday and Wednesday Night! On Tuesday Night, we were again discussing the overall topic of releasing your burdens. This weeks burden was on Grief. Grief is a gigantic topic for anyone, so of course we didn't cover the whole realm of it. However, Marko (he taught this week) talked for about 7 minutes, describing his bouts with grief, going back to Psalm 23...

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I Got An Itch

Every once in awhile, I get an insatiable itch to write. Now is that once in awhile. I am aware that making a super long blog post would quite possibly bore the bojangles out of all of you, so I will spare the bojangles, and simply give a heads up on what I've BEEN writing and what I plan to write (not necessarily on this blog). Recently I've been writing a book titled: Transparent. It is a guide to authentic relationships with both God and men....

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Books!

Hey, quick post of the day...I love books as most of you know and I am currently reading (Fantasy-wise) the third installment of the Inheritance Cycle titled: Brisingr. It is the best in the series so far and I'm highly interested to see what's going to happen. I recomend this series, so if you're a fantasy fan, go pick up all thr...

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Recipe For Disaster...

Here was the recipe I concocted: 22 Jr. High teens, including boy-crazy jr. high girls and caffeinated jr. high boys; with only three adult leaders and lastly, I was talking about Jesus. I must be totally honest when I say that I have NEVER in all of my time in ministry, (even though I am young, I've been doing Youth Ministry for 8 years) seen this much Spiritual Warfare. Our Jr. Highers are ALWAYS rowdy, but tonight was absurd. They couldn't...

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Sermon titled: "Jealous God"

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Tuesday Night Youth Group

This month, the Sr. High theme for this month Releasing Our Burdens. We are taking the youth through Psalm 23, listening to the insights that David gives us on our way to releasing our burdens unto God. This week, we discussed the issue of releasing the burden of guilt. Guilt is a dominating force in our lives if we let it. We have to realize the difference between guilt and conviction. Conviction is the sense of "wrongness" that the Holy Spirit gives us in order that we may repent. Once we repent, the Lord forgives us and puts the sin as...

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Youth Groups!!

The School year is back in swing so, my youth group blogs are back in session too! This week, I am doing a 2-in-1 deal where I will share what we did in each night. I will start with Tuesday.This Tuesday Night for the Sr. High, we kicked off our series on Releasing Your Burdens. Each week, we'll look at Psalm 23 and see what insight it has for us on Releasing our Burdens unto the Lord. This weeks Burden was the burden of Self-Reliance. We as...

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Biggest Loser

Hey, it's official, I am the office's BIGGEST LOSER!!! No, I'm not just talking as in being the office dork (which is porbably true too), but the weight loss loser! I am now weighing in at 190lbs and lost a total of 27lbs so far! I only have 5 more pounds to go to my goal!!! I have won $70 to Barnes and Nobles and plan on spending it....TODAY (maybe)...

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Wished I Had an Ephod...

I've been doing some word Study about the priests' ephod. I never knew what it was, or why God would have his people make one. I had no clue just how important that little vest was until I read 1 Samuel.For the longest time, when I heard the word "ephod" I always thought it was a royal stick, similar to a King's staff. After reading 1 Samuel and seeing David say: "Bring the ephod" (1 Samuel 23:9) right before he asked God a question. It was then...

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Why Twitter?

Twitter is the new thing and has been for months. I've been twittering for about 3-4 months now and think it is a fantastic way of connecting, getting to know someone and maintaining a relationship. Maybe you don't know what Twitter is and I will explain it now, then I will continue on why it's a good thing. Twitter is a micro-blog website, where you can give quick info to your followers, like: what you're doing currently, telling them to check...

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Truth: Ministry

Anyone who ever said that ministry is easy...probably has NEVER been in ministry. I was asked today by a promising freshman in the Youth Min department named Shin what Youth Ministry is like. I went into a passionate talk with him. To summarize, here's what I said: {Youth} Ministry is the most enjoyable job as well as the most depressing. It has extreme highs and extreme lows. It can be extremely rewarding and at the same time seem extremely dis-rewarding. It's both the toughest thing to do as well as the best thing to do. After this "philosophical"...

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Weightloss Update...

I have now lost 23lbs!!!!! I was 217lbs when I started this process and I am now at 194lbs! I thought I was down to 191lbs, but I am closer to my goal then I ever thought possible just 2 months ago! Praise God...Still got 9lbs to ...

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Ever Wondered...

Has there been a time in your life you just sat down ad wondered what the HECK God was doing? Wondered what he was saying? Wondered what the lessons he was trying to teach you were? Ever wondered why he's slow to answer? Wondered why? Yea...yea...Ever wonder...

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God's in the Temple

I am reading through Ezekiel (albeit slowly). I just finished chapter 8 which describes the gods that were in God's temple. It mentioned the heart of the Israelite leadership as being torn away from God, giving themselves over to abominations and turning their backs on God. Even to the point of worshiping a cults God at the very doors of the temple, worshiping the sun inside the temple and hiding their idolatry inside their home, thinking that there is no Jehovah who will know and they can get away with it. This chapter made me think hard....

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