I recently read this on Facebook Holy Cow!…Ai has saved me 10+ hours in summer planning this week I then thought, “How long before people say, ‘Why do I need a coach, I have Ai’” and then I thought, “How long before people start saying, “Why do I need people, I have Ai’. On top…
I had this in my head the other day and realized it’s a sound track. It’s what I hope people will see about me, some days, and act. I also have to remember that this song may be playing in someone else’s head as well and they need me to come dance with them, sing…
6:45: No one 6:50: No one 6:55: No one 7:00: No one 7:15: No one Thought in my head, “Hmmm, no is coming” I shall dub this No Show Wednesday, The Youth-pacolypse. This was the first time, in 35 years, I had no one show up for a youth meeting. One kid, two kids, sure.…
Easter is never really over. You may be putting away the yard sign or switching out kitchen towels for summer, but Easter never really ends. Think about this verse, and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” Mark 16:3 This is not an Easter verse, this…
“I felt my energy revive, and said to myself, In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. From that moment everything has seemed transformed for me.” Vincent van GoghLetter #136 to Theo (24…
I have been a Notre Dame fan for 40 years. I can hear some of you saying, “Oh, you poor thing”. The last time I saw them play in a National Championship was 1988, 37 years ago. Head coach Marcus Freeman said something a few weeks ago that inspired me and I want to pass…
Let me ask you, how many excuses did you make last year? Probably a lot, as did I, Let me narrow it down, how many excuses did you make last year that kept you and your youth ministry from being successful? I bet you can narrow it down to a few. One more question, how…
In March, this blog will be 15 years old and, with over 1400 posts, is an absolute failure and I’m, finally, ok with that. Let me be clear, this blog is a failure by many standards, one of which is that it is, to my knowledge, no ones favorite blog. I am rarely tagged in…
I have a lot of time on my hands. I deliver for Grubhub and sit in my car as I wait for an order to deliver. This is not the professional place I wanted to be at age 50, but it is the place I must pass through to get to where I am going.…
If I see one post over and over again it’s, “What are you reading?” I like post like these because I am an avid reader and I love to share what I am getting from the books I am reading. This list will be added to. subtracted from and morph over time. Not all these…
