Skins and What I Think
I’ve been hearing a lot about Skins, the new show on MTV. It is a show that is based on the British show by the same name. I watched the first episode last night when I couldn’t sleep. The first episode wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I can see it [...]
Last minute of the third period.
Download now or watch on posterous VID_20110202_202252.3gp (930 KB) I’m such a geek. I had to post some video.
Gaylord Girls Basketball for youth group
Hillary Buttrick, one of our youth group kids, plays on the varisty team so we decided to watch her tonight.
Updated: Shame and Guilt: Why Do We Put Ourselves Through It
Update: I realized later that I don’t think that I answered the question, and I read another bloggers post on grace that I want to share. The update is after the 7th paragraph. I do a lot of thinking. Probably too much, but it has its advantages. I’ve become quite adept at picking up on [...]
Death and Youth Ministry
It was bound to happen. I’ve been in youth ministry for going on 11 years; almost the same amount of time that I have been in Gaylord. The other night, I received a prayer request email that one of the kids that I knew from my time at FUMC in Gaylord had been killed in a [...]
A Little More About Transparency
A little blog I read everyday, is Jessica Hagy’s Indexed. Her post from today (12/13) was great and I felt that it was something to pass along to all of my young friends in our youth group as well as a few others. As you all get older you will discover more about yourselves and [...]
A Post on Things I Find Hard to Blog About
This little discussion has come about from a few youth group conversations and some recent conversations with family members. Earlier this year, with the church split, I was basically in a meltdown mode. I was emotionally all over the place. My dad suggested that I blog about it. I did, kind of. However, I knew [...]
God wants so much for us if we let Him work through others for us
I hope that no one will read into this post too much. I was writing in my journal this afternoon, and began riffing on something that I has been rolling around in my head for a while. In the midst of the writing was this paragraph which I felt needed to be shared. I had [...]
Chosen Gaylord 2010 is wrapping
We are wrapping the up the Chosen event for Gaylord. The next one is in February in Grand Rapids, MI at Ressurection Life Church. Hope to see you there!
Lowering the man from the roof
The object lesson from Mark 2:2-5.
