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symc dayb4

March 4, 2011 in adventure, leadership, student ministry with 0 Comments

so its time for symc.  i’ve found the last couple of years much value in arriving the day b4.  probably for me the biggest virtue of this amazing conference is the sense of community that has developed over the four years i’ve been attending.  of course for me having connected with many of these great hearted folks through doug fields “gatherings” has been a blessing too. the day b4 is really about serving.  linking arms with other Kingdom builders.  first, i’m grateful beyond words for the gift of this time from my best friend and bride, melinda.  she schemed with matty mccage to make this possible.  yep i married up!

this year i’m blessed to to hang with my compatriot, matt flinner, youth pastor at walnut creek mennonite in millersburg…and zac yard a volunteer at our mothership…berean baptist/surge student ministry.

here’s some of the craziness from yesterday.  oh yeah…the staff at the hyatt o’hare is amazing.  more later.

star wars-tron mashup

January 31, 2011 in adventure with 0 Comments

here’s an fun little mashup of two great films. enjoy.

great fun with gratitude from the amazing & talented chad who finds the most amazing videos.

roadtrips

January 30, 2011 in adventure, student ministry, thoughts with 2 Comments

as a pastor to students i tend to do a lot of road trips.  some short…some long.  last nite was one of the longer ones.  but it was fun some purpose in the midst of the frustration.  We set off early in the afternoon for the Winter Jam Tour in Columbus.  We stopped for dinner which i had allotted for but still went longer than expected.  then by the time we got to the concert venue (should have known 10 artists for $10) we were shut out from the parking areas with the attendants telling our caravan that it was sold out.  kinda of frustrating.  So we headed back up to the polaris mall and let the students have  a run at it.  though we missed some great music…i’m thinking the sense of community was even greater from the things that happened during the hours away. one of my favorite teaching principles is: life is more about our journey than our destinations.  And last nite that was born out.  here’s a couple of fun moments you can see in the  video.

1. the joy of finding out that some of dinner items on the menu were half-price.  All of the students had chosen water for their drink (to save funds)
2.  searching out bargains the young ladies found a steal on some sweet shoes…$5
3.  the money they had saved for their concert ticket turned into some fun dessert at cheesecake factory.

though there was some disappointment  in not getting to the concert.  it was a great time.

wondering what fun you’ve had on roadtrips. leave your thots in the comments.

100,000 Days of Clean Drinking Water

December 21, 2010 in adventure, technology, thoughts with 0 Comments

Thanks to so many of you, samgamgee.org has helped generate 100,000 days of clean drinking water through P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (P&G CSDW). We crossed the finish line with hundreds of other bloggers who embedded the P&G Clean Water Blogivation widget on their sites. Every time a reader clicked, P&G committed to make one day (2 liters) of clean drinking water available to someone in need in a developing country.

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Benny-a “theologically impressive canine”

November 12, 2010 in adventure, books & reviews with 0 Comments

a follow-up video from the time with mark zimmerman of wcrf moody radio and noted author eric metaxas at malone unversity. mark mentioned at the end of the interview that some people have “devoured” this amazing volume on Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.  mark proceeded to pull out his review copy and…well…check this out…

Devouring Bonhoeffer with Eric Metaxas from nhloud video messages and media on Vimeo.

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