youth ministry minute – take 5

today I’m going to go a little longer than a minute.  The reason is I’ve been reading this book called “soul school.”  If you haven’t read it… I’d encourage you to.  It’s phenomenal… even if you’re not in Student Ministry.  Anyway… there is a chapter on Idols {anything that you spend more time and energy…

STRIVE sneak peak.

here is a sneak peak @ the STRIVE t-shirts for this year.  No pirates… no surf co., JUST STRIVE. BTW… a rumor has it that we’re getting sweet OSM zip-up hoodies! 🙂

highlights from “HERITAGE” week one.

in case you missed it… for the whole talk… go here. btw… this video is for anyone who wanted to know what this heritage series was going to be all about.

you might be a blog addict if…

there are some tell-tale signs that you might be addicted to blogging… 1. you wake up thinking about your next blog 2. you start walking around your house thinking “what can I do that would be blog-worthy” 3. you click refresh on your blog page just to see if the number of hits went up….

new shoes on.

while in schaumburg… Nic wanted to be “just like daddy” so we got him these shoes… THOSE are SWEET!!!

pre-office excitement.

Just wanted to make sure everybody knew about the office… It’s on in like 8 min.  I am SOOOO excited!

birds in my grill – episode #1.

the title says it all.

nic’s first Jamba Juice.

growing up in San Jose, Ca… Jamba Juice was a way of life in High School.  It was the best smoothie drink place ever!  Since moving to Kokomo… I hadn’t seen one around in long time.  A few years back, my wife and I were spending our anniversary in Schaumburg, Ill. when we stumble upon…

back in the grind…

so after prayer meeting this morning, a couple of phone calls, and a drop in from an area youth pastor… I’m back to my weekly grind:  Admin, Message Prep, STRIVE prep… AHHH, the life of a student ministry pastor… got to love it.

tourney time.

it officially started today.  this is the best time of the year for basketball fans!  It all started with me and Jason Braun hitting up Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch and the Xavier vs. Georgia game.  I picked Georgia to upset Xavier… they almost did… but they ran out of gas in the end.  This…