Attention Buffalo Friends…

These our are friends from Buffalo… not friends who are Buffalo.

We’re going to be up there for a few days next week.

Anyone that wants to hang out at the Panera in Kenmore on Wednesday night at 6pm til whenever… well we’ll be there.

"I think it’s time for the youth ministry experiment to be over"

Reading blogs has become a way of “continuing education” for me. This quote came from a new interview blog that Len Evans is doing. I heard Len speak years ago and have read some of his writing. The interview is with Mark Yaconelli. The quote is in response to Len’s question, “How would you love [...]

And now for something not so serious…

With the nicer weather I’ve been taking the opportunity to push the workouts a bit. I did a 100 mile bike ride for the 4th time this summer on Saturday. I took 98 south until it turned into 19 for a little over 50 miles and then turned around and came home. I think that [...]

Excercise can be used to treat mild teenage brain disorders

I got this listening to a podcast from Fuller’s Center for Youth & Family Ministry’s ejournal. Mark Ostereicher is breaking down some stuff from a junior high youth ministry summit where they had an expert on adolescent brain development speak. Here’s a shocker:
20% of teens have a mild diagnosable brain disorder.Research shows that 60% of [...]

Retreat!

Years ago I was able to take part in a group that studied the book Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster. For the record I actually read the whole thing. My favorite chapter was the one on simplicity. My least favorite was the one on fasting. Hey… I was pushin the upper 200 bodyweight at [...]

Is there something more important than attendance on Sunday mornings?

I’ve been getting alot of great information and ideas from blogs lately. Anytime I feel guilty for perusing blogs I just think about all the great ministry stuff I’ve gotten from them.
Here’s a great one that I don’t check with too often:
The post I found today argued against measuring the “success” of a church by [...]

If I still lived in Kenmore, I know where I’D go to church…

I found this place through a group called “Presbymergent.” Or maybe it was “Emergypresbys.” Maybe it was “Presbyterianstryingtodesperatelygetwithit.” Yeah something like that.
Anyway last I heard this church was as good as dead. Now it seems as though God is doing a new thing. And God doing a new thing is always an exciting thing.
We [...]

The dangers of sex and bowling… wait… I mean bowling can be dangerous and something else about sex…

Here’s a free life tip…

If you happen to drop a bowling ball on a hard floor, don’t bend over it and try to catch it. It may bounce up and hit you in the mouth splitting your lip and chipping one of your front teeth. Particulary if you at a little taller than the average [...]

Cadavers & Zombies!

I found this thing on a blog that will give your blog a rating. It was pretty lame but there were these other two super cool quizzes that I couldn’t pass up!
$6125.00The Cadaver Calculator – Find out how much your body is worth.

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More on joy… I believe.

Diane’s been looking for a teaching job and really, REALLY wanting to get one. She got turned down on one she was hoping for today and I texted her to let her know I was thinking about her. I knew she had taken the boys to the beach to cheer up. She sent this back [...]