Labels: Videos, Youth Pastors

• Had an awesome time last week speaking at a camp in Southwest Virginia.
• I spoke a total of 10 different messages in 5 days.
• Saw lots of students make decisions!
• Had fun riding mini bikes, playing carpet ball and showing off my mad skills in archery.
• I had a blast connecting with students from all over the east coast and speaking.
• This is what I do when I sing now sometimes...
• I totally missed 7-11 free slurpee day even though I tweeted about it.
• Watched Dumb & Dumber last night. I forgot how much I love that movie.
• Had a long convo with a good friend and church leader today about what the church 'should' be doing. It was a really good conversation over an iced white mocha... that will probably spark future blog posts here.
• We also talked about the number of leaders who are being let go from their positions due to budget cuts. Once I shared the news about getting cut to part-time people came out of the wood work to tell their stories to me.
• Have we connected on Facebook? Make it happen [here]
• Saw a DOT workers memorial over the weekend. Unreal how many workers get killed working on our highways and byways.
• Please... Help Me Help Philly.
• Just looked over the list of nominees for the Emmy Awards.
• Interesting note that Conan Obrien received a few nods while Leno received zero.
• Why yes, I'd love to present an award if asked.
• Don't miss the Manic Monday Minute. Get the feed [here].
• Woah. This massive skateboard rides 16+ people! Now THAT is a youth event waiting to happen.
• Got treated to Golden Corral this evening by two good friends. The best item there is the mashed potatoes (made from scratch).
• There are several events I want to attend in Atlanta over the next year. I'm thinking I need an alternate house and office set-up there... Hmm.
• Thanks for spending a moment with me.

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Labels: Personal, Social Justice, Youth Pastors

• This weekend the weather was sooo nice. We got a great break from the heat. Who knew even 13 degrees could make such a difference?
• Haven't seen Toy Story, Twilight or even Shrek yet. Those selections are all on my list of movies to see.
• Check out this new curriculum from Simply. It's fresh... and its cool.
• Washed cars with students over the weekend to raise dollas for a mission project we're doing in Philadelphia in July. I hate fundraising, but I'll do it for the kids any day.
• Had so much fun @ Busch Gardens last week with students that I'm make room for it again this weekend.
• Read this hilarious article about how actor Steve Martin responds to his fan mail. I think I may start responding to all correspondence I get that way.
• I think it would be cool to make the list of Google's blogs of note someday. I don't care if my blog makes any other lists - Top 20, Top 100 blah blahs...
• Great panorama shot of #WorldCup fans. Who do you want to win?
• Have we connected on Facebook? Make it happen [here]
• Several folks have asked me to guest blog for them. I hope to fulfill those commitments over the next two weeks.
• The weather has been PERFECT the past 3 days. Did I say perfect? I meant, PERFECT.
• I'm speaking at a camp in the mountains of Southwest Virginia this week.
• Here's a pic of the worship leader, Zach Taylaa, and I in our production meeting.
• Looking forward to decompressing and laying low a bit this week.
• I stopped to ask for directions the other day. Later when I was on the road I thought of several other questions I needed to ask to make things a bit clearer for me in route to my destination. Oh God, grant me a GPS.
• I created a new newsletter for my friends & fam. If you want to be included, go [here]
• Five traits that Twitterholics share. I found all 5 of these to be true for most twitterholics that I know. =)
• If you'd like to contribute to the "legend-of-the-rent-is-way-hardcore" fund, feel free to use the donate button in the sidebar. Otherwise, you can find my address in this post - which also explains my current financial pickle.
• Don't miss the Manic Monday Minute. Subscribe to my feed [here].
• If you're an alum of CIU, make sure you go vote for your new alumni leadership council - like NOW. I think voting closes tomorrow? Don't hold me to it.
• God is SO good. I hope to have time to chronicle some of the amazing things He has done recently and share it with you over the next several weeks in a series of posts.
• I brought several books with me on the trip this week: a church planting book, a memoir, a book to make me laugh for sure, a devotional book and 'the' book.
• Until next time readers...

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Labels: Personal, Youth Pastors

Labels: Culture, Straight Up Funny