Church Publicity Idea…

I was cruising some cool blogs and came across this. Some of you have most likely have seen this t-shirt. Found Mark’s blog a good read. We’d save lots of money on church publicity. The shirts history tracks back here.

My turn…

Although I’ve hung out in ministry for a while and have been around the church, one of the things I’ve never had the opportunity to do is moderate a session meeting. I’ve always shown up and given my two minute Christian Education reports. Tonight I get to moderate my second session meeting. (the first one [...]

Birthdays and stuff…

My beautiful wife had her birthday yesterday. It was that special birthday that everyone has to face. I’m three years shy of that special year and as I made mention of my wife’s birthday yesterday in church at on of the worship services, I heard one of our older folks yell out, “a gentleman doesn’t [...]

Saturday…phew!

I have to say that each and every day was a blast. If I were to choose between being the “camp dude,” for a week or at church, I would choose camp dude. It was a great week. I loved every moment. It was also a great opportunity to hang with some collegians who are [...]

Day Two…

It’s hard to know sometimes if you have hit a bulls eye when it comes to talks with kids in youth ministry. Tonight’s theme (Which the camp wrote) was, “No matter what: God can count on me.” I changed it around a bit. “No matter what: I can count on God.” Now I know Jr. [...]

Camp day one…

Camp food, lanyards, and a chance to observe, listen, and thank God for the opportunity to give a word of hope and to help some Jr. high kids come to know God’s love in a new way. Got to get my talk all ready for tonight. Here’s my text and our theme for the week: [...]

Summer CAMP is here…

I remember the night before camp. I usually stayed up as long as I could until I finally fell a sleep . I also wished I lived at camp as a kid. I hated being at home. Camp for me was a way of escape from the chaos of growing up in a alcohol and [...]

Weddings and stuff…

(The Young Couple Almost 16 Years Ago!)
I just finished working with a young couple on plans for a wedding that I’m officiating at in July. In my first year of ordained ministry I’ve had the opportunity of officiating at three weddings. Between now and October I will officiate at three more weddings. I’m blown away [...]

More books to buy and read…

“A New Kind Of Christian” and “Post Evangelical.” I had lunch with a therapist from our church today and he said I would enjoy them. Summer reading!

Cheat Notes and some late night news…

Thanks to Rev. Bill for Impressive Theological Constructs. Where was this when I was in my first year of seminary?
I was cruising the other Presbyterian Church and came across this this via this. They can’t be serious right?