…to “put on your new nature”? Like Ephesians 4:24 says, “Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.” I’m wrestling with this concept right now. I mean it is the main point of Ephesians 4:17-24..or I think it is. Maybe it’s not and it’s just stuck in my brain. So since I am wrestling with [...]

I have the privilege of preaching this weekend in church.  We are having communion this weekend so I’m preaching on the cross in accordance with Ephesians 4:17-24.  Now the text doesn’t mention the cross but I think the obvious connection is the fact that if we are to move from our old self into our new self daily and follow [...]

Last night at our leaders meeting we talked about the idea of “branding” and how it could impact our student ministries at Bethel.  I know there are studies that go both ways and talk about the pros and cons of branding.  I think branding can have a positive impact and can help to give some ownership to the students if [...]

Alright so I posted my creative chaos idea the other day.  I love how Los is doing this on his blog.  Go over and check out the other ideas. What is a prayer trigger? Well it’s something (maybe an object) that reminds you to pray about something. Do you use anything as a prayer trigger? I am trying to do [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4xsWldmqAo] This song is so amazing. It is now my favorite worship song. The story behind it is incredible. Also here is the website for the song. Thanks Los for posting this.

So this morning we had our service where I was in charge of everything except preaching.  It went really well.  I figured it would – but it’s always a little nerve racking being in charge of the service when you’ve never had to lead it at a new place before.  Every church has their way of doing the service.  For [...]

As of this past Thursday I have been the “go to” guy for our church. Jay and Gary are out on vacation so that leaves me (the new guy) as the point man. Or I was told this weekend, “The man.” Will I mess it up? Can I hold the fort down while everyone else is gone? What will I [...]

Alright. It has now officially been 2 months since the last time I worked out. It was just tough with the move and settling in to really get a good time to workout in. Now that I have my feet planted firmly (sort of) back under me I have resolved to start working out again. I am back on my [...]

I eluded to something my last post that I think is important whenever you work with a team of pastors in a church.  It’s the idea of sharing responsibilities within the service.  Now maybe with a mega church this principle doesn’t apply but I think it really does in churches from 0-700′ish people in attendance.  I like the idea of [...]

This week has been a slow blogging week for me.  My mom emailed me and asked if I was doing alright because I really haven’t posted much.  Actually things are going really good for me right now.  I haven’t posted much this week because honestly I haven’t really felt a need to.  Yesterday I took most of the day getting [...]