Posts Tagged ‘Personal’

The beginning

// November 9th, 2007 // View Comments // Adrenaline, All, Ministry, Personal

So last night was our first EVER youth meeting. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but we had 13 students show up, much to my surprise. God is so awesome! I thought there MIGHT be like 5 or so, but 13? WOW!

Since there is NO youth ministry here at all, I am literally starting from the foundation, and that is just building relationships. There are great things in the works, but right now, I am simply focusing on getting to know the students that I have. Once I get in with them, I can start to build on that foundation.

I appreciate all of your continued prayers. The road ahead is a long one, and I know that I am still in the “honeymoon” phase so to speak. Everything right now is very optimistic and cheery, but I know that there is hard work to be done. So here we go!

To my wife

// September 21st, 2007 // View Comments // All, Personal

This was a letter that I found someplace. I loved it so much, that i adopted it for myself. I can’t take credit for the original writing, but it definitely resonates with me in a big way. Parts of it I have been altered to be more personalized and made my own.
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Pownce

// July 26th, 2007 // View Comments // All, Personal, Technology, Web stuff

I got an invitation to join “pownce,” the new social networking community of Kevin Rose (founder of Digg.com) and friends. So far, it’s kind of like Twitter and social “sharing” of things lke URLs, files, and common events. I think it has great potential as a collaborative tool, and I definitely see it as being in it’s “infant” stages of learning to walk. I think the minds behind it have great ideas, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store.

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My dad

// July 7th, 2007 // View Comments // All, Personal

Let me begin by saying that I absolutely love my parents. They are both amazing people, and I am truly blessed to have them in my life. This last week was one of the most difficult weeks for them. I thank God that they are godly people, and they rely on Him to take care of them, because He sure has.
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I did it again…

// June 22nd, 2007 // View Comments // All, Ministry, Personal, Web stuff

I know, I know, I said I wouldn’t do it. I tried really hard not to. But I just couldn’t help it. Things can get a little busy in my life…and they did again. So what did I do? I haven’t posted in almost 3 months. 3 months of nothing. Did I fall off of the planet? Did I lost internet for 3 months? What…has happened…

To put it simply…I have become busy yet again. April saw a lot of time working on a new site for Pastor Connie, and beginning development on Pastor Berteau’s new website. Both of those have become major projects in themselves.
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What is lacking in our churches?

// March 25th, 2007 // View Comments // All, Ministry, Personal, Uprising

Tonight, I’m leading The Uprising, and we have been talking about What Happened to the Power of God?. Tonight’s discussion will focus on true repentance and why we don’t do it.

After writing the discussion on repentance, a lot of things got turning in my mind. We look at repentance as this great condemning thing. We think of judgment, death, guilt, shame, etc. But that is quite the opposite of what it really is. Repentance is the door to freedom in Christ. Only the power of Christ can set us free and make us holy and wholly like Him. But we can only gain access to that power through repentance.
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Do you Twitter?

// March 20th, 2007 // View Comments // All, Personal, Technology, Web stuff

Twitter. A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or right here on the web!

Heard about this on a podcast…It basically let’s the world know what I am doing. Do I care? Do I want the world to know what I am doing 24/7? Well, not necessarily…but I can see how something like this can be attractive to teens.

Teenagers are always looking for attention, for their voice to be heard, to be noticed. While I myself may not be into Twitter much, I can only imagine the countless number of teens that would take advantage of such a thing. Plus, it’s kind of a great way to get deeper into the minds of teenagers.

I’m gonna give it a spin for a bit, see how I like it.

Caffeinated Christian pt 1

// March 4th, 2007 // View Comments // All, Devotionals, Innerface, Ministry, Personal

I am a coffee lover. I admit it. I love the taste of coffee. More importantly, I love the small “buzz” I get from it. Am I addicted to coffee? Probably. I get headaches if I don’t have at least one cup a day. I frequent a local Starbucks regularly to get my fix. I don’t drink the decaf stuff, unless I want to be only slightly “moved” (decaf still has caffeine, just not as much).

A very dear friend of mine got me thinking about coffee from a new perspective: Christianity. We as Christians are not unlike coffee. Some people like it, some don’t. Some people like us, some don’t. Coffee has a very distinct flavor. It’s usually noticed right away. So is Christianity. There is an aroma to coffee. There is an aroma to Christians.
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Roommates

// March 1st, 2007 // View Comments // All, Devotionals, Innerface, Ministry, Personal

When I moved to Brentwood to be a part of Innerface, a generous family in our church opened up their home to me. It was a new transition for me, being out on my own as it were. I had to adjust, as did the family. Dinner was at a certain time, and if I missed that time for whatever reason, I was on my own. I was used to doing laundry whenever I needed to, and now I had to squeeze it in when no one was home or try and get my clothes in before someone else in the house did. The bathroom that I use is the public house bathroom, so I have to keep it “user friendly” in case of visitors. I heard conversations that visitors didn’t hear.
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Whatever Happened to the Power of God?

// February 18th, 2007 // View Comments // All, Innerface, Ministry, Personal, Uprising

So tonight, I led The Uprising, Innerface’s college group. For a while, I wasn’t sure what I was going to talk about, then as I prayed and looked through my resources, I came across a book that I haven’t read in a while, “Whatever Happened to the Power of God?” by Dr. Michael L. Brown. The book talks about a lot of different things pertaining to why we don’t see a move of God like the book of Acts or even like we did 100 years ago.
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