For something like the 7th or 8th time in as many years, I'll be participating today and tomorrow alongside youth & friends from my church in World Vision's 30-Hour Famine. From 7:00 this morning through 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, we're joining together in a period of fasting to raise money for World Vision's hunger and poverty … Continue reading Hungry is the new full
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Two for Tuesday…More Kid President
How about a little Two for Tuesday bonus post...who can't use a little more Kid President to get you through the 2nd day of the work week? Be Awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOcEDD5hR8
A New Creation…
I'm spending this week with an amazing bunch of teenagers and adults at New Creation United Methodist Church in Chesapeake, Va., at their annual Youth Week where I am serving as the guest speaker all week long. The kids from the youth group came up with the week's theme, "Rebel with a Cause." So each … Continue reading A New Creation…
Where good ideas go to die
"Daddy, what happens to good ideas when they die? Do they go to heaven?" "No, honey. They go to church." We've all got them...really good ideas that never become good actions. I'm not talking about those ideas that are really just notions, the thoughts that are always buzzing around in our brains that never really … Continue reading Where good ideas go to die
Joyful anticipation
The created world itself can hardly wait for what's coming next. Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meahwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens. --Romans 8:19-21 (MSG) … Continue reading Joyful anticipation