Category Archives: Personal Reflection
Happy Holidays, Merry X-Mas, and other such junk
“Happy Holidays!” You hear that from the lips of a cashier at the local store. Clearly, she’s a spawn of Satan who wants to demote Christmas into a day no bigger than Memorial Day, New Years, or Thanksgiving. “Merry X-mas!” That was written on the inside of a Christmas card from a relative who you
Look at the new issue of Group Magazine
Ok, got the Sept/Oct issue of Group Magazine in the mail… Opened up to the 3rd page… And guess what I saw? Oh yeah, that’s my name there! You totally should read that blog post, and you should check out this month’s Group Magazine as well!
Summer Reruns
The one thing that annoys me about summer – TV reruns. Or, it used to annoy me when I actually watched live TV. Your favorite show just ends for 4 months (its amazing how summer for TV shows stretches from may til september). Well, as much as it annoys me for TV, I am going
A Christian’s response to Bin Laden’s death
I was getting ready to go to bed tonight when an innocuous twitter message popped up – “President to make a special announcement at 10:30 pm.” My curiosity sufficiently piqued, I followed the incoming flow of messages with a growing sense of awe – Osama Bin Laden is dead. As the news continued to develop,
The battle with pride
Last week, I wrote an article about the top Youth Ministry bloggers. It was the most hits I’ve received on a post since my article about iPhone apps. I could probably do a whole post on pride about that one (admit it, you checked to see if you were on the list!) Anyways, a friend
Making space for God
Ever felt guilty about missing a quiet time? How about going a whole day and realizing you’ve not prayed? I won’t even ask how many of you have fasted in the past year. You’ve likely been there. Your life is just “too full” to have a quiet time or devotional today. Or, you went through
Book Recommendation–Urgency: Igniting a passion for Jesus
A few weeks ago Joe Donahue asked me to take a look at his upcoming book and I said I would love to. As I read it, I realized that I could not “review it” in the traditional sense. Not because it wasn’t good (because it was excellent) or because it wasn’t captivating (again, it