Original post is here. Some cool comments: Travis said: You want Croom? You can have him. signed the Mississippi State fanbase. Heath: Croom? Have you lost your ever-loving mind? Geez… I was responding to those comments and it became a book, so I decided to just post on it. One point of clarification – I read more
aka – What I’ve Learned By Buying A House In Colorado… 1. Avoid buying a house that is listed with a relocation company AND a real estate agent. Of course, you won’t know this until you actually make an offer but avoid it anyway. 2 companies means 2 times the paper to sign. 2. If read more
Well, I thought Alabama was smarter than this. I said they wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) fire Mike Shula because he led the University out of NCAA probation well, he put Bama back in the bowls, and they just gave him a $4 million guaranteed contract extension. Obviously I was giving the Tide way too much credit. read more
It was my last week in Little Rock and “by chance” I ran into a pastor-friend-mentor in a coffee shop. I’ve known him since my first month in Little Rock. Ever meet somebody and just instantly there was this connection? You didn’t need a lot of “warm up” time to trust? That was this guy. read more
Matt Davis is doing cartwheels today. The Rook gets a shot at leading the Broncos. Of course, neither Jake nor Jay can tackle. Neither can catch. Neither can block. Which if the Broncos really want to succeed in the postseason, they are going to have to do a lot more of things. Jake hasn’t exactly read more
It’s been a hectic few days…I’ll try to catch up over the next couple. First, Bronco game at Arrowhead. It was by far one of the loudest places I’ve ever been. It was also the largest collection of drunks. The game started at 7…on a holiday weekend…in Kansas City. Dad scored me and Cooper two read more
Coop and I will head to Arrowhead Stadium tonight to pull for the fading Broncos against the confused Chiefs. Should be quite the scene. The whole town is geeked up for the game but the huge controversy is NFL Network broadcasting the game. If you live in the city of your team – it’s no read more
Alright all my wonderful hog-addicted friends – Guido’s at noon on Wednesday in Fayetteville. Jason – can you leave a link with directions? You the man… Cooper is still pulling for the Hogs to go all the way. I’ve failed as a father…….
I’ll take pictures tomorrow but the house is packed… The rooms are silent… The walls are bare… 8807 Old Spanish Trail is packed…tomorrow we’ll load. Will I miss it? No. The house and memories are wonderful but that hill is AWFUL!!! The only time it was good was when it snowed and we used it read more
1. LT needs a belt. It was bad enough that he torched the Denver defense but then we had to look at his crack all night long. Dang, LT. Get a belt! 2. Martyball is dead. Cam Cameron is the OC in SD and he is letting Rivers and LT loose. They are going to read more
Not a sound you want to hear at midnight… In a motel…. Then the smell… We survived. Just a result of all the junk Cooper put in his body yesterday. “Throwing up is the worse kind of sick.” – Cooper English, philosopher, age 8.
I’m not making this up – I’ve got an inbox full of people wanting to meet this week. Which is great. It makes me feel loved and missed. The problem – I’ve got no time. Between packing and moving and everything inbetween – it’s just nuts. So this is just an open invitation. I’ll be read more
We close on our old house in LR. Pack and move our stuff in LR. I go to KC-Denver game at Arrowhead – Smith jersey or Elway jersey? Thanksgiving with mom and dad and brother and his family (whom I’m really looking forward to see). Preach on Thanksgiving Sunday. (Paul and thankfulness) Close on house read more
Between my talk at the conference last weekend (which I haven’t posted yet…I will…my bad) and the normal randomness on this blog, I’ve been asked alot about “How do you know if you are called somewhere?” To which my favorite response is from a line in Sister Act – “The call? Oh!!! The Call…I got read more
First, Ted Haggard did his thing. Then, Mark Driscoll in yet another moment of sheer blogging brillance (tongue in cheek) wrote his thing. Which (understandably so) upset some people like this. Which led to an open letter like this. At this point – you figure there is a chance for at least a dialogue and read more
2 years ago I started blogging. Here was the first post. It’s about planting my Tundra in the creek. I still ache when I think about it. Other highlights: Winning the first ever “Best Youth Pastor Blog” from Evangelical Underground. Not sure I exactly fit what they would deem – “conservative” – but, nice to read more
My eyes caught the headline on Rocky Mountain News as I was zinging off to the sports page. Then I saw her picture. Go ahead and go look…I’ll wait. Here it is plus the full story. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Yeah…a 17 year-old boy and a blonde 29 year-old teacher (whose husband is read more
I dare you not to laugh at this. I will never think of ultrasound the same way again.
Did you know we have a student ministry blog? We do – it’s at studentparking.org. Plus the podcast over there – which this week is turning out to be quite the contraversial podcast! We did some teasing of Fernando Ortega. All in good fun, I assure you. But this was my weekly evo… eBay and read more
Those who know me know I am no Hog fan. I don’t hate ‘em. Just not my favorite…kinda like Sprite. But the latest BCS poll just shows the ridiculousness that is college football. USC and Notre Dame jump up in the top 5? Florida falls? This is the biggest reason why pro football is so read more
Amy picked up Cars on Tuesday and noticed that a new DVD was out – Broncos: The Complete History AND that Shannon Sharpe would be signing copies tonight at 6 pm. That was odd because of all the Broncos, Sharpe normally doesn’t do autographs. But we went and he was there and we stayed in read more
Got an email from Tim – who I’ve never met but he’s a youth guy…so he’s got that going for him. He threw 3 questions at me (and others). What do you see as some of the main issues youth ministry is struggling with today? What do you see as some of the main issues read more
Jesus’ teaching on weeds has got to be one of the most bizarre parables ever. He tells us that there are people in the church that don’t have an eternity with Him. He tells us that they got there because they were placed there by the enemy. He tells us that the enemy did this read more
If you’re Alabama, you don’t lose to Mississippi State…ever…at home. Should Shula be fired? I don’t know. A few years ago – yes. And he would have been. But now? At some point, ‘Bama fans are going to have to realize that until the probation is completely over and they get all their scholarships back read more
Clay’s comment of all these Doctors on the docket then me is probably well deserved. But none of them sported a Bronco jersey or an earring. So I got that going for me. Matt Davis went with me and I’m glad he did. He’s “one of us.” (LR crew – you know what I’m talking read more
By now, you’ve heard about Ted Haggard and the “alleged” homosexual encounter with a male escort. This morning at New Life Church a letter from Ted Haggard was read to the congregation – around 14,000 strong. Matt D. and I were driving back from Salina, Kansas last night listening to talk radio about it. You read more
In a few minutes, I’m loading up with Matt Davis and my iPod (which is more important on this trip? Debatable…) heading to Kansas to speak at the KNCSB Youthworkers Conference. Why? Because I love youth pastors and youth volunteers and they couldn’t find anybody else. I love ‘em to death. I love them because read more
Gotta call a couple of days ago – a good friend (Rich) was coming in for one day to close a business deal, would have I time to hang afterwards? Does a bear…..live in the woods? So while I’m waiting on Rich to call me, another friend calls me and says – hey, can you read more
It’s official. I’m tired. I mean mentally and physically tired. Too much to do and it just feels like I’m sludging through mud. Nothing bad, just…time consuming. I’d forgotten how much stuff we did out of our house and not having our home has been odd. So, I finally decided that until we get in read more
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