Seriously, why get caught up in this whole Lent thing? If God calls me to sacrifice something then I'll do it in my own time in my own way not just because the calendar tells me to. Last week I talked about Lent a little and how through our sacrifice we join in a small way with what Jesus did. Everything about Jesus' life on Earth was sacrifice. The moment Mary conceived Christ there was sacrifice. Mary sacrificed her place in society not … [Read more...]
March 10, 2009 by at 4:00 am Leave a Comment What’s the deal with corporate sacrifice #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak #Lent via @Nick_theGeek
March 4, 2009 by at 5:00 am Leave a Comment I love Chan #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak via @Nick_theGeek
I love Chan
So in the College and Careers class I lead we are going through Crazy Love with the DVD. Today we covered the second chapter and it went pretty good. I am trying really hard to get one of the guys to come out of his shell. It is really difficult because he is like a kung fu master of avoiding answering anything. OK like a drunken kung fu master making it look like pure accident and uncoordinated happenstance as he dumbly deflects each … [Read more...]
Lent
The more I get into theology the more I appreciate Catholic theology. It is important to understand the history of our beliefs, but more than that I feel that there is a lot more right there than wrong. I think that we misunderstand the importance of the Saints in general, but more than that I think we really ignore Mary the mother of Christ. I think that this is something that Protestants need to think about more.Lent is something else that I … [Read more...]
February 11, 2009 by at 8:33 am Leave a Comment Prayer #MyExperienceAs #Dad #JesusFreak #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Prayer
Hey quick update on why my updates are a bit off schedule. My youngest daughter is ill and so my time is somewhat used up there. It isn't some life threatening thing so long as we keep her hydrated. If I had to guess I'd say it was rotavirus. My oldest had this and it was pretty much the same thing. She survived with no major problems but it does take quite a bit of my time right now so I'll probably off schedule for another day or two. It … [Read more...]
February 6, 2009 by at 8:52 pm Leave a Comment My upside down post #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak #TheAdventuresofSuperYouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
My upside down post
I'm going to claim this is planned, that I am writing this late as my freaky Friday flip, but the truth is that yesterday I worked real late making a video/audio clip to show to churches inviting them to join in a 24/7 prayer. If you are interested you can visit www.UNITEsmc.org/24-7/media/ and check it out. Now to my point for today.What if we told stories backwards? You have the happy ending at the beginning. Life is perfect and then evil … [Read more...]
February 4, 2009 by at 5:00 am Leave a Comment Who is that guy in the mirror? #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak via @Nick_theGeek
Who is that guy in the mirror?
When I was a very young child I got my fingers caught in an elevator door. I don't know if the door didn't have a safety release or if my fingers were just too small to make it swing back open all by itself. I do know that the door didn't open till it reached the next floor and that my fingers stayed in the door until it opened. I figure this is the basis for my disdain for elevators. I can ride in one but I feel out of sorts until I get off. … [Read more...]
February 2, 2009 by at 5:00 am Leave a Comment Sinner’s Club #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Sinner’s Club
I have been thinking about a lot of things lately. One of them has been the parable of the prodigal son. It has somewhat surrounded me lately. I've been frequently visiting Jon's blog over at Stuff Christians like and also Prodigal Jon. Several other bloggers have been writing on this blog recently and several books that I've read recently have been about this passage. There are a lot of things we can learn about the passage. We can learn … [Read more...]
January 30, 2009 by at 4:49 pm Leave a Comment This is me not flaming someone #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak via @Nick_theGeek
This is me not flaming someone
I am trying to be a nice person. Over at SCL there is a nice fun blog post about the end of time. There have been some funny comments and some serious comments. I don't agree with 100% of the comments and I did respond to someone who posted something I didn't totally agree with, but I feel I was generally nice about my comment focusing on some places where I felt there was agreement and bringing out how there might be more to the story.OK, now … [Read more...]
January 27, 2009 by at 5:00 am Leave a Comment Super Sunday #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak via @Nick_theGeek
Super Sunday
Well January is drawing to a close and so is my month of Football. I love the sport so I reserve the right to mention it in the future. Next month I will be talking about love, lust, and sex. This is pretty obvious but it must be discussed. I wrote a column for our local paper on the subject and that is kind of exciting. To finish out the subject of football, however, I must discuss the Super Bowl.I have watched every Super Bowl since I was … [Read more...]
August 22, 2008 by at 9:41 am 2 Comments Love and relationship: or how do you deal with a homosexual #MyExperienceAs via @Nick_theGeek
Love and relationship: or how do you deal with a homosexual
I am very proud of the Bible college I went to about many things. They put away so many of the silly rules while I was there. They are instituting planned mentoring. They eliminated a mountain o debt while I was there. I really could go on and on about things they are doing and planning on doing that are an inspiration, but there are a few things that shame me. One thing in particular is how they handled a group that came to the campus a … [Read more...]
