It was 1 year ago tonight that I arrived in Newell. Alright so my first night was technically in Storm Lake. One year ago I left a great church in Ogallala, NE because God called me away from there and to another great church in Newell. I do miss some things about out west but I am very grateful that [...]
I saw this post on Twitter this morning form Nick Carnes. Honestly this shouldn’t be much of a shocker to us. Still as I read it I’m blown away. IF this goes through and they charge this couple this has MAJOR implications on us as believers. I have always thought a good dose of persecution would do America some good [...]
The topic of summer programming is a hot one right now. Last week Tim Schoyer had a great post about the ‘Seven benefits of shutting down youth ministry programs for the summer‘ and it generated quite the buzz on his blog. There are some that are for it. Some that completely oppose it. Some who don’t understand what Tim is [...]
I recently wrote a post about a new song I have been working on. I finally have a second ver for it. Here’s the interesting thing. I got it recorded in a really, really rough form. So on Twitter I asked my Tweeps (those following me) if they would be willing to listen to it. A few of them took [...]
Memorial Day, in my opinion, is one of the best holidays we have. Not only do we get to celebrate our vets – but it’s also just a great lazy day. Yesterday I spent a good portion of my time over at Jay’s house (our SP) with a couple of families from church. It was a great time of burger, [...]
I decided to get a part-time job this summer and make some more income. Alright so that’s not entirely true. I make a decent income doing what I do here at Bethel. I was asked to umpire behind the plate this summer for our little league games. Last night was my third game behind the plate. I’m actually having a [...]
I am getting excited as fall is really not that far away. We are making a big change within our student ministry here at Bethel. All 22 of our 8th graders will be freshman next year leaving us with 1 7th grader going into the 8th grade and maybe 3-4 sixth graders going into the 7th grade. So we have [...]
I came across a post on Joel Rosenberg’s blog that caught my attention. I have heard that President Obama is trying to persuade Israel to divide Jerusalem. I can’t help but think that we have every right to be scared of what President Obama is trying to do. Joel Rosenberg has put in a lot of research to the middle [...]
I have been working on a song for about a month now. I now have the first verse and chorus done. I always feel funny writing songs. There’s only so many ways we can sing of our love to God. I actually really like how this one is flowing so far. I do this mostly for me to continue to [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhWZ7bpfQag] I’m not talking about U2′s song ‘Vertigo’ either…although it does give me a headache and the video makes me just as dizzy. I have heard people talk about getting vertigo and how it’s like you’re on an amusement park ride or something. Believe me. They lied. I’m into day 4 of having vertigo and I have to tell you [...]
