Those of us in youth ministry, know the real deal. Sure, we get teased for playing video games and calling it outreach, watching movies and calling it research on the student culture, and dressing in jeans and T-shirts and calling it “fitting in.” But we also know the darker side of youth ministry. The irritable, read more
If this is true – man, there are going to be some incredibly confused Korn fans. Can you imagine the conversation when Brian tried to explain to them why he was leaving the band? I haven’t heard his talk yet but I am planning to download it and listen to it.
We went to Memphis and did the Picture People thing yesterday. You can see the cutie above and it was a great trip. We get home, slap the kids in bed, Amy is tired and that means – HALO 2, on live! Minor Problem. Cable connection was out. I call Comcast and a guy answers read more
This slayed me today. This is probably the 4th time I’ve gone through My Utmost For His Highest and it’s like I’ve never read it before. The two sentences that killed me today: We have no right in Christian service to be guided by our own interests and desires. Many of us are interested only read more
Could it be true? Moss to the Raiders!! This would be awesome for me. You know why? I hate the Raiders. I hate Oakland. I hate Al Davis, John Gruden, and whatever the figure head coach is this year. I don’t like their fans. And I think this completes the deal for me. Moss!! How read more
***WARNING***Today’s blog is random!!!!!! BTW – Wouldn’t the title of this post be either a great band name or an album title? As a pastor – but not a real one, I just play one on TV – I realize that I am expected to act, speak and appear a certain way…and I pretty much read more
Just when you thought you seen all the white boy rappers you could handle – this comes out. It’s actually quite funny – I could see Wayne and I Want It All doing something like this…okay, maybe not.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 – Jesus made a way to Heaven!Red, yellow, pink, and blue – Jesus died for me and you! From Cayden’s Miss Pattycake Video. I was sick, Cayden was home, watching a video is easier than playing with a 2 year-old when your sick…at least that is what I thought. Then we watched it – read more
I stuck with Movies for my theme…mainly because that is my favorite medium. So here are the top 5 villians I would never want to meet face to face in the dark, middle of the day, with my mommy and a blanket…. 1. Hannibal Lecter. I was in Officer Basic when I saw Silence of read more
This years Oscars/Academy Awards are pretty atrocious. It’s partly the Academy’ fault – they are picking movies that are so out of touch with most of the world. It’s partly the producer’s fault – they’re were a handful of good storyline movies this year. You add that up – it’s all Hollywood’s fault. To the read more
My son’s school had a book fair and with his “reward” money – this is what he bought… Excuse me for a moment…I am so proud…sniff, sniff. If you want to see some sweet pics of the original bike – click here.
At 5.36 we’ve been walking through how Christ is formed in us. And we’ve thrown out big words like “Spiritual Transformation” and “Spiritual Disciplines.” Tonight we enter the “community disciplines” as they are called by bigwigs. That is – those spiritual practices that must take place in community in order for spiritual transformation to take read more
As a service to our Halo addicts out there – I have decided that I would link all of my rants about Halo in one place…. And that place is here….. I’m gonna need a weapon. Things I Learned While Sick, (How to Make Halo 2 Better), Feb 16, 2k5 Is Halo A Game Christians read more
Well, I am officially inviting all readers to a Blog Party. It’s not my idea originally – it was this guy’s idea. Mysteriously Cloaked Figure, aka MCF. Pretty funny site, I think he’ll become a regular read.Back on subject, here is the official invite, but the gist of the matter is this…Monday, President’s Day, blog read more
If there is a better article explaining the answer to the above question, I would have written it myself. But I didn’t – so I give you Walt Mueller from CPYU article called Feeling Like the Elephant Man. For years I have said the great mission field for the North American Church is in our read more
Wanna see something really funny? Especially for those of you who know me well? Go here. Scroll about halfway down the site, look at the right hand column. You’ll see the title “Fundie Blogs.” Now look down that list. There you go. Now before you fire off an angry email/comment at Eric the Preacher (the read more
Which brings up an obvious question – Does anybody care? For me – it’s now 4 times faster to get to basketball highlights on ESPN.
aka “How To Make Halo 2 Better” Since I’ve been sick, I’ve learned that I’m seriously degrading in my Halo skills. We ran last night and I played like a girl. Which I hate because on Halo 1 – I was pretty good. So in my insomnia/bitterness/sick ridden subconscious, I have come up with some read more
I’m leaving the house this afternoon – partly because I’m getting stir crazy, being sick, staying home – mainly though because I am part of the 67% who don’t plan ahead for Valentine’s Day. As I am getting ready to leave, my wonderful bride of 13 years, starts the interrogation. “Where are you going?” “Out.” read more
To Stu’s Leaders: This week you’re probably getting ready to take your life group down the fasting path! How much fun is that? (Can e-devos properly communicate sarcasm?) I thought this would be a good time to remind us all of a couple of things. 1. Spiritual Disciplines often become outside markers that other people read more
I have no idea why people stay at home on Sunday morning. At least during this time of the year – no football. I’m sick. My body aches. My voice is gone. My kids are getting cabin fever. And Amy is moving furniture and cleaning out closets. She’s got like 50 bags of clothes to read more
Appreciate all the comments on fasting. Here is what finally came out!
New blog added! Mr. T – aka Turner, aka The Drummer. Cool kid. Funny. Real. Read his blog – WHEN he posts – it’s normally fairly entertaining. ha ha .. All you who are waiting on the edge of your seat concerning my response/talk about fasting? It’s coming together.
Okay – I am officially bottomed out. I’m supposed to preach at 5.36 tomorrow night about the spiritual discipline of fasting and you know what creative ideas I have right now??? That’s right. Actually – nothing would be better than what I have right now. So I’m shutting the books, closing the journal . Maybe read more
I should have seen it coming! When you score an 8 on the nerd test – which means that 92% of the world is nerdier than I – and you have friends that are engineers -Galli in particular – something is going to give! And it did…Galli threw this down today. Fortunately, all of this read more
Got these from Mikey’s Funnies. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women. Yet – 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day. About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to read more
If I’m forced to watch a Chick Flick, I want a couple of things in it. First, the chick has to be hot. Okay – I was just kidding…kinda. I’m gonna need some humor and I’m gonna need some sarcasm. It would help if the movie had a hint of reality/responsibility. No slapping a kid read more
Well, this is kinda cool? I don’t know if this justifies my career choice or bumps my nerd level up a few notches….we’ll let the masses decide!
Seeing that Valentine’s Day is this week, I want to help all our male readers out there. Yes, V Day is the BIGGEST FRAUD OF A HOLIDAY ON THE CALENDAR. It was built into our calendar by greeting card companies and florists to help boost their sales between the post-Christmas funk and the Mother’s Day/Easter/Graduation read more
Do you believe in miracles? The Evangelical Underground has deemed Stu’s Rants as Best Evangelical Youth Pastor Blog. Unfortunately, I doubt this will make me a better youth pastor….although there is still hope.
We sat in Starbucks – my favorite office – with confusion ruling the conversation, insight desperately trying to show up. “How can Christianity be true? I see so few people fulfilled by it or even doing it well!” He was incredibly matter of fact with it, not angry. “And another thing – death, eternity in read more
The Time Has Come! Let Your Voice Be Heard! I will quote from the source: The polls are officially open! Please send one email containing one vote for each category. Keyword=one. If you email contains more than one vote for a category, it will be disqualified from consideration. If you send me an email that read more
Overall – I’m pretty disappointed. I was really expecting some funny stuff this year – especially in light of the wardrobe malfunction of last year. This guys disagrees with me though…figures. In fact his rankings are so way off…it’s probably because he doesn’t have a sense of humor. On a positive note – the halftime read more
Okay – found this link over at Orangejack’s Blog, and 92% of the world is nerdier than I. I don’t know if that is a compliment or not…
Everybody from Sports Illustrated is picking the Pats. Everyone from ESPN is picking the Pats. Celebrities are picking New England. CBS is picking New England. Heck, if you were to check the Philly papers – they aren’t even picking the game. So – let’s see. New England has a better O, a better D, and read more
We had our Elder Planning Retreat this weekend. I know – your thinking – what in the world does this picture of Cat Porn have to do with Elder Planning? We are in the middle of a pretty serious talk when the orange walks up on the porch in front of this window that most read more
My friend Wayne blogged about figuring out God’s will. That got me thinking (which of course presents a whole new set of issues) have we made God’s will a lot more mysterious and a lot more difficult to figure out than what it really is? I think we have and I think the reasons we’ve read more
Pain may have been C.S. Lewis’ megaphone, but I think silence is mine. It’s quiet in the house – it’s late (or early depending on point of view). I can’t sleep and my mind is zinging. We have a pastors/elders planning retreat this weekend for the 2006 ministry year. As a ‘professional Christian’, I’ve been read more
Seen on Stu’s Discussion Forums: The topic – Most Overrated Movies Of All Time. Short Stuff says:All the Star Wars movies. They are all soo boring! Here is my incredibly reserved and mature response given the volatile nature of such a comment…. I’m half tempted to obliterate this post into all of eternity. I mean, read more
Okay, my good friend Jason Lofton sent me a Gmail invite. Great, I thought – another freakin’ email address to keep up with. So I let it sit for awhile then figured I better try it out. I love it. It archives email with a search engine. Do you know how cool that is for read more
I’m sitting in my favorite coffee shop in Little Rock – called the Java Roasting Company. But we do have a couple of minor irritations… 1. They don’t have a website for me to link in this blog. Linking in blogging is the norm and every blog should attempt to have at least one link. read more
The NFL Unis Special Awards Blog is complete. And of course now the countdown starts for next year’s awards.
Cardinals unveil new logo! Here is the complete article. The coming uniform changes are said to be “revolutionary.” The helmet doesn’t look promising to that end. No rank change planned for the Cards.
Here is the new Cardinal helmet. Dramatic changes? The bird looks meaner but how about a black helmet with that logo? And the face mask is GREY! CHANGE THE GRILL, DUDE!! Use a solid white grill with a white helmet or the cardinal red.
In preparation for the big 10 Most Bearable…er, I mean, Top 10 Chick Flicks for Men list next week, I found that E! Online has their own list. 10. Sabrina (original)9. Pretty Woman8. Gone With The Wind7. When Harry Met Sally6. Steel Magnolias5. The Women4. Waiting to Exhale3. Sleepless in Seattle2. The Way We Were1. read more
This is getting ridiculous but I figured I was here at the edge anyway, I might as well jump off. Best Uni Conference: NFCThis shouldn’t be a huge surprise. The traditional uniforms and the solid performance from the NFC South and NFC East swings this solidly towards the NFC. Having both Cleveland and Cincinatti in read more
Here they are, the long awaited Cream of the Crop. Like I said earlier, I think any of the top 8 uni’s can be switched. The Chargers are immovable right now. If only they would stay with the Powder Blue Jerseys and white helmet all the time. 1. Chargers – Both the old uni and read more
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