I loved going to the river as a kid. I loved fishing for some reason. Part of it was it gave me something to connect with my grandfather. He was an awesome, big hearted, broken, lost man. He made me laugh and I felt like a real man when I hung out with him. Especially read more
It started with watching Cooper be Abraham Lincoln for a class report. Underneath that beard is a bow tie. Cooper’s favorite fact about Lincoln – he was the tallest president. So much for great moral causes, right? ha ha. Next, fishing with Rowland at this beautiful place just outside of Stuttgart, Arkansas. Here’s a couple read more
Rob over at Orangejack has a great idea. He’s calling it the Lent Challenge. Basically – insteading of giving something “up” for Lent, commit to read the 4 gospels during Lent. Here is a reading guide you can download, courtesy of Rob. I’m going to do it…and today’s assignment is to eat pancakes. Seriously, look read more
Here is the introduction of my sermon today. Read, of course, in the style of Dr. Suess. I met a new friend and in earnest I tried To start a conversation of the things that he liked. I said I like Green Eggs and Ham, and things that rhyme. What are some things you deem read more
This is from the Dilbert Blog and I dare you not to laugh out loud.
Jeremy must be about ready to shoot himself. I feel for my friend. In fact, I feel for most of Canada. (Not so much Quebec, though.) Canada, allow me to welcome you into the world of over-hyped, over-paid, and over-confident athletes! It’s painful at first, but you’ll get used to it. It appears that our read more
Shawn pointed me to Doug Fields new podcast… Oh… My… Gosh… I am laughing so hard right now…….good night. I thought just my youth staff functioned this way. This is great stuff. Thanks, Shawn and pass the kleenex.
I was in middle school when the Ski Naked t-shirts started coming out. What followed next in Colorado was nothing short of a marketing phenomon. Study Naked Surf Naked Drive Naked Golf Naked Baby on Board Naked Luge Naked Given the subject matter around here the last few days, couldn’t resist the last one. As read more
April 28th, Friday night, 6.30 to 9.30 pm at Grace Church. The Confab is for Life Group Leaders, Interns, Coaches, and anyone who is interested in becoming a Life Group Leader at Grace. What’s on the agenda? Well right now I’m leaning towards Corky’s but that’s fluid. (Becky – that means that it could change!:)) read more
I finally met Robert about a month ago. He was supposed to preach for us tomorrow. We did Kobe Steak House instead. It wasn’t by choice – every other restaurant in Little Rock was closed. Taco Bell was open but that doesn’t count. Robert has a beautiful family. Well, let me rephrase that. He has read more
Camber fell on the playground on Wednesday. Ends up being a broken arm. Well, she gets that honestly and she was a trooper. No crying at all. One cool thing – Baptist Health here in town now puts their X-rays on CD. All digital. The zoom on that thing was incredible! She also lost a read more
You can look at our website for the ‘official’ announcement…but here is the real story. We have pansies for leaders. So does Fellowship and the Bible Church. First Baptist – Chris, I know you read this blog – pansies!!!!! You know what the weather is like is Saskatchewan (or whereever my dear Jer is abandoned read more
My turn to start a rumor. Mike Davis has ‘resigned’ at Indiana. His ‘pitiful’ record over the last 6 years? 109-76 overall, 51-40 in the Big Ten and one Final Four appearance. While replacing a legend and keeping a program from imploding. He’s a good coach and he will coach again. But where? Enter Stan read more
We’ve talked about the importance of having a lexicon in youth ministry. It’s not a question of IF you have a lexicon inside your youth group, it’s a question of have you codified it. If you’ve codified it – it allows you to accept new people faster. You can quickly tell them – here’s how read more
Here is the full story about cheating/blood doping athletes… The one I laughed out loud about – a Brazilian bobsledder was sent home for steriods. That just doesn’t even ….man…..where does that fit? [tags]Olympics, drug testing, Brazil bobsled team[/tags]
Mike noted this sport and it is definitely in the ‘uncomfortable zone.’ On the plus side – you are on a sled going over 50 miles an hour with the possibility of everything going wheels off in a heartbeat. That alone puts this sport high on the man sport list. It takes a certain amount read more
The sermon this week was tense. In a good way, I think. I’ve had more encouraging emails and comments about it than any other. (Yes – even that sermon!). Not the ‘great sermon’ kind but the ‘Did you know that I was in this cave?’ kind of comments. Honestly, I thought the sermon was more read more
Men’s figure skating. They’ve just interviewed Johnny Weir. “There are going to be people that hate me and people that love me.” Gaydar man – it’s really hard for us to take you seriously dressed like a swan and talking with a lisp. 2% of the world knows who you are and after the Olympics read more
I about fell over when I found this site. It’s called The Davinci Challenge. The idea? Sony has set up a website that will encourage conversation and dialogue about their upcoming movie The Davinci Code. Brilliant. Absolutely brillant. [tags]Davinci Code, movies[/tags]
You can click on the pic to see the rest of the fun in our backyard. A fleeting moment of fun, followed by rain and 28 degrees. Oh well….we’ll take it. And on the opening night of the Winter Olympics! Can’t beat that! [tags]photos, kids, flickr[/tags]
Tonight are the opening ceremonies from Torino of the Winter Olympics. I love the Winter Olympics. All the fam is addicted to TV for two weeks watching sports we only care about every 3 years and 50 weeks. But this is atrocious. Team USA is wearing a BERET in the opening ceremonies?? Forget blood doping, read more
Here’s the full story but the general idea is this – the NFL ‘censored’ the Stones performance at halftime of the Super Bowl. Couple of questions… 1. Would anybody have really heard what they were saying anyway? The sound was terrible. 2. Did they have a plan if one of the Stones keeled over and read more
Setting: dinner, 5:43 pm, lasagna, salad, freedom (french) bread Coop: Hey – you know where Jesus says if someone hits you on the right cheek, you’re supposed to do this? (He turns his face the left side) Amy: Yeah. Coop: Does that mean that if I kick Camber in the right leg, she has to read more
Let’s get a couple of things straight. The officiating this year in the playoffs were atrocious. Bring back Red Cashon please…..FIRST DOWWWWWWWWWWN! So this isn’t a defense for the officiating. The Super Bowl wasn’t alot better than the rest of the post-season but I don’t think it cost Seattle the game. Wojciehowski says it best: read more
Ever get up in the morning and just know this day is going to suck? It’s not really a fear, but a suspicion. It’s a hunch…a premonition. It’s a nagging, being bit to death by a duck feeling. I drug into elders meeting today (by the way, who actually believes that God is awake at read more
Jason R. asked for thoughts about family-based youth ministry here. Around 1994, Mark DeVries wrote a book called Family-Based Youth Ministry. I was one of the first guys in my circle to read it. I liked a lot of what he wrote. In fact, this book was the motivation for me to start recruiting ‘older’ read more
Lot’s of little things on the blog tweaked out this weekend. First – the nav bar at the top. See the cool little icons? Got those at FamFamFam.com. Highly suggest you swing by and look at all the icons he’s done. His work not only appears on the nav bar up top, but also on read more
Jerry recently commented on a certain youthism that he is trying to figure out. Fortunately for Jerry – who is a fan of the G sides – he has come to the right place. For gathered here on these pages are close to 75 years of youth ministry experience. If you count marko, that makes read more
Dear AFA, The recent news of Brittany Spears playing a Christian on Will and Grace sent your organization into full ‘boycott’ mode. As did the TV series Book of Daniel. On one hand, I understand being a little put off by yet another incredibly ridiculous portrayal of believers by the entertainment industry. It is frustrating read more
Question for all you blog studs out there…I currently subscribe to about 30 something blogs/rss feeds through Mozilla Thunderbird. I love it – email and RSS subscriptions all in the same place – incredibly easy navigation. I’m cranking up a bloglines subscription only for the purpose of blogroll managment, ala, link it on my webpage read more
Got an email from Rob this morning. It said this… “Grant, I’m having a wonderful time in England.” He sends me a picture of two guys sitting at a computer…here is a link to it. Well I don’t really know what is more disturbing. A. It’s (probably) a form email to all his friends reminding read more
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