Camber is not sick but she can’t go to school because she hasn’t had the prescribe number of hours on the antibiotic. So…. We’ll drop Coop off at school. Go to Home Depot. Because they have cool stuff and… There is a Starbucks in front of it. Then we’ll come home and play Lego Star read more
Last week Cayden got strep, gave it to Camber. Both have been an antibiotics. Camber got it again and is now on different antibiotics that the Dr. said he should have used last time. So the visit and the new medicine are free?
I just bought Michael Jackson’s Thriller album and video on iTunes for $4.99. Back when Michael was a man.
I come downstairs from my office today and Amy meets me, throws her arms around my neck, throws herself at me, shoves her face in mine and gives me an end of a chic-flick kiss. She is beaming, smiling. I had two immediate thoughts. The first one I can’t share with you but the other read more
Roll Tide. No, they didn’t play outstanding in the first half. No, this wasn’t the complete game that we’re looking for. But their defense shut down Tennessee all game long. The special teams gave away one fumble then played outstanding the rest of the night. And the offense showed up for the second half of read more
Ski Conditions: Snow was great. It was warm, 50 degrees and bright. No clouds at all, no wind until about 2 pm. Felt like a great spring day. What was not great were the lines and the crowds. In the morning it wasn’t bad. After lunch it was terrible. We stopped skiing around 1 because read more
For whatever reason…there were a lot of funny moments at Student Parking last night. I will not provide context. Just enjoy… “So…you’re saying they are redoing the Sonic in Elizabeth?” “Don’t you have somewhere to be?” “This is it.” “Alrighty then.” “You can turn down the heat but you can’t turn off the hotness.” “Some read more
G: “So…what do you want to do on your birthday?” Cam: “Ski.” G: “Really?” Cam: “Yep. Can we go on a Friday and miss school?” G: “You are my favorite child.” Cam: “You say that to all of us, Dad.” G: “Don’t ruin this moment.” Tomorrow morning we will hit A-Basin. They’ve got an 18-inch read more
I’m sitting in Chick-fil-A (Holy Fast Food). They have free wi-fi – which is awesome. They have plugs in the wall next to their booths which is even awesomer (is that a word?). So I look up from my Mac and what you are about to read only took about 3 seconds in real time read more
Sunday after the retreat, our Life Group headed up to Wellington, Canada (inside joke) to the Harvest Farm. Here’s the backstory of the Harvest Farm. It’s part of the Denver Rescue Mission. They have room for 72 men to learn how to farm, take care of animals, finish their high school diploma or work on read more
If you have an offense that is sick or needy, come play Denver. The Broncos are the only team in the NFL that is regressing. Detroit? They started horrible and they got rid of one of their cancers. Seattle? A hospital ward – understandable. Cleveland? It’s Cleveland. Denver looks ridiculously horrible. Horrible. There is no read more
I’m not sure how to feel about this Alabama team. In the first half, they look like the best college football team in the country. Every game this has happened. They dominate. They impose their will on the other team. They shut people down, run up the score. Then they switch uni’s at halftime. Or read more
I’ve been trying to figure out how in the world to get the comments from Facebook to my blog. Anytime I post something here – I’ve got it automatically going to Facebook. Some of my friends comment on Facebook, some here. How to bring the two together? This plugin by James Low. (In the process, read more
It’s over, done, finished…at least the event is. Let’s hope the effect of it keeps working for a lot longer. Here’s the quick hit of the weekend… 3 Sessions – snapshots of Jesus. His temptation (no shortcuts), his sermon (on the mount – extreme truth), his heart (sinners loved to hang with him – extreme read more
Songlists Journals Bibles Snacks Smores Pens Games Water bottles Talks Food Volunteers Medical Release Forms Check for Retreat Center Maps for Volunteers Cell phone numbers of drivers As I’m packing up for the retreat, I noticed a couple of missing things on my list. First – my own clothes. Yeah…somehow me wearing the same clothes read more
Today is the first day of ski season for A-Basin. There was frost on the ground this morning. The top of Pikes Peak has snow again. I have next Friday off. Can I make 10 days?
“I only disciple guys that I’m doing life with. So if you’re not in my Life Group or doing ministry with me, I’m not discipling you.” I could tell the words shocked him. He went from smiling to jaw hanging open astonishment. There was no anger or tension between us. I like this guy. I’d read more
Cooper and I were talking about what would happen this weekend after Texas beat Oklahoma. (We had to talk about something other than his Auburn Kitty Cats getting it handed to them by the Hogs.) We both thought if LSU took care of business, they would leap-frog Alabama in the polls. Then Florida went out read more
Time to face reality, Bronco fans. This team is going to take us back to the ’80′s. Do you remember those days? Young gun, cannon for arm quarterback, a defense that leaked like a sieve, and two receivers who were learning the game – Rod Smith and Shannon Sharpe. The vaunted Jaguar defense basically rolled read more
I’m sitting in one of those Starbucks that is located inside a grocery store this morning with Danny Davidson. You might remember Danny as the “John Denver” guy. (This morning there were no John Denver references.) As we are walking out, we meander over to the DVD discount bins. All these cool movies or movies read more
Our student ministry is growing. I mean…really growing. Last night we had close to 50 students, by far the largest night we’ve had at Pinecrest. We had 3 volunteers. 3. THREE. Granted, we were missing two because of Canadian Thanksgiving. (All this time I thought of Canada as our 51st state. Now that I have read more
This may be one of the coolest pictures around. Last week I spoke at Oasis which was being hosted at my old church, 12th Avenue Baptist Church. Every youth pastor in the history of 12th Avenue was there – minus interims. Here’s the lineup from right to left… Phil Brown (1984-1993) – currently the Adult read more
Stick a fork in me… I’m done. Something got in my system last night and jacked me up. Sinus/migraine headache, runny nose, sore throat, sneezing till 4 AM today. After some Zyrtec and whatever drugs Amy gave me – I got a few hours sleep but I am a hurting unit today.
Today is Amy’s birthday. She’s 25. I love her. I could say a lot more than that but ultimately that is what it comes down to – I just love her. I don’t have the talent or maturity to show her how much I love her. I know I take her for granted. I absolutely read more
The defense giveth (Kansas City last week)… And the defense taketh away (Tampa Bay). Good news: Broncos are 4-1 and if you had said to us at the beginning of the year that would be the case, we’d been giddy. The Chargers choking against the Dolphins helped a bit. Bad News: We are about to read more
Yesterday morning, David Baumgartner – one of our elders – called our church to prayer. He walked us through the last two years and what a ride it’s been. We’ve seen tons of people meet Jesus, adopted a school, our Life Groups are becoming havens for life change, children ministry is growing and needs more read more
Opening Thought Questions: Where do you put the weight of your leadership expertise? Where do you invest the most of your leadership time and energy? If you’re answers to these questions was anything other than yourself, I’d like to challenge you for the next few minutes. If you spend the best part of your leadership read more
This was the roundtable discussion I led at Oasis. Grab an index card and write down for me… 2-3 books you’ve read in the last year that fed your soul (Doesn’t have to be religious) 2-3 places/experiences you’ve visited that have been meaningful for you 2-3 new people you’ve met that you’ve learned something from read more
After the conference I was struck with a couple of things. First – and I don’t say this judgmentally but a “it is what it is” thing – there seems to be more and more under-equipped pastors serving in our churches. That’s not a slam on youth pastors. It’s a slam on two things – read more
This is the first part of what I presented at Oasis this week. Just opening questions for us to start talking around the tables… What’s been the most significant technological advancement you’ve seen in your life? How has that affected youth ministry? How could you leverage that technology in your student ministry? How do you read more
I have much to blog about but Danny Payne doesn’t have wireless internet at his house. He does have flushing toilets and running water…so that is good. Oasis yesterday went well. I will post up my talks and impressions later. Broncos cratered – ??? What happens when we go to Arrowhead? Shannahan loses his mind, read more
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