I am not a huge fan of Gospel tracts. I don't feel that they really work most of the time, but I don't think that is exactly the fault of the concept. I am talking through witnessing with my Young Adult's class. I am giving them a series of challenges each week and then we are talking about how those challenges went. What was effective, what wasn't, and why? I am more interested is teaching a lifestyle of living the Gospel. A life of prayer … [Read more...]
April 7, 2010 by at 4:00 am 6 Comments This little piece of paper will help you get to Heaven #MyExperienceAs via @Nick_theGeek
I admit I asked Jon to write a guest post for me ages ago. I’ve written a few for him but he has been too busy with writing his amazing book, which I will be reviewing soon with a very special give away.
Anyways, he is finally giving me the guest post, along with like 130 other people.
The “Is that contestant on American Idol a Christian? Scorecard”
30. Their accountability group comes to wait outside the audition door for them = + 2 pointsTo add up your score with over 130 other ideas on this scorecard, visit stuffchristianslike.net.
March 31, 2010 by at 7:33 pm 10 Comments Rumors of my demise are greatly … #MyExperienceAs via @Nick_theGeek
Rumors of my demise are greatly …
This time last year I disappeared from the internet for a while as a part of an elaborate prank that still gets some people angry. The prank was really simple at face value. I stole the tires off my dad's SUV in the church parking lot. Then the pranks within pranks began. I got myself arrested on tape for stealing tires. The arrest was the prank I played on my students who were helping me to prank my dad who was in on the prank form the … [Read more...]
March 22, 2010 by at 5:00 am 2 Comments Weekend, we don’t need no stinkin’ weekend. #MyExperienceAs via @Nick_theGeek
Weekend, we don’t need no stinkin’ weekend.
A lot of things happened this past weekend. So much that I'd likely have a ton of blog posts if I would remember to write them. Of course I'm likely to forget sooner rather than later so I am forced to try and decide what to share. I could write about Angel Food again. This was Angel Food weekend and it was great with a few exceptions. We had a lot of volunteers, several new people came out, but there was a pretty big mix-up on the truck so that … [Read more...]
March 19, 2010 by at 5:00 am 3 Comments To dunk or pass #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
To dunk or pass
So it is time for March madness. The thing is, I use to love basketball, but I am just not that into it anymore. I think a big part of it is that I just don't keep up with it. This is why I'm not writing about basketball. Instead I want to deal with something that was brought up in the comments of yesterday's post. Sherry Meneley mentioned that she watched a young lady get baptized that she felt was not ready. As I understand it the young lady … [Read more...]
March 18, 2010 by at 5:00 am 14 Comments My St. Patrick’s Day shirt #MyExperienceAs #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
My St. Patrick’s Day shirt
Tonight was the first night of a new series on the path of Christ to the cross. I focused on Mark chapter 11 and the purpose behind everything that was happening there. Next week one of my students is preaching and I'm pretty excited about that. Today was St Patrick's Day and I wore my special shirt. It is a vintage style shirt with a Rubik's cube on the front. It shows the blue, yellow, and red faces of the cube on a charcoal fabric and white … [Read more...]
March 17, 2010 by at 5:00 am 7 Comments My ways are not your ways #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
My ways are not your ways
I wonder how hard I make God laugh when I start planning things? I figure my plans must be worth days of entertainment. Of course that's not really much when we are talking about eternity, but still, it sure seems like He would clue me in a bit earlier. Of course I know I can't blame Him. This only happens when I start making my own plans. If I seek God and His plans then I tend to get shockingly accurate details. For example, I've done my … [Read more...]
March 16, 2010 by at 5:00 am 16 Comments The Darker Side #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
The Darker Side
I understand the dark side has cookies, as well as all the cool force powers like force choke and lightening. Plus they have James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader. I mean how cool is that? The force isn't the only thing with a dark side ... well darker side. To say dark side would assume that there is some evil to it. It isn't evil per se, just less than enjoyable for anyone in their right mind. What is this "darker side" you ask? … [Read more...]
March 15, 2010 by at 5:00 am 5 Comments Training to date #MyExperienceAs #Dad #selfworth via @Nick_theGeek
Training to date
My oldest is a sweet little girl who turns 7 this summer. She is pretty certain that 7=teenager. I feel this is a safe assertion based on a few unavoidable facts. She wants to hang out with the teens She tries to act like the teens She claims she is going to be a teenager She is increasingly infatuated with boys This last fact might be the most disconcerting for me. She got her first "love note" from a boy this year. He is a second … [Read more...]
March 11, 2010 by at 9:02 am 5 Comments Date with God #MyExperienceAs #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Date with God
I am still fighting this stupid blog. I am trying to setup a WordPress MU blog which will allow me to host multiple blogs from one installation. I did a test install in the past and it went swimmingly, but for some reason, now that I need it to work, the stupid thing insists on breaking. I will continue to fight this and I know I will eventually win out, but for the next few days this blog will be experiencing some weirdness ... more than just … [Read more...]
