Birthday!!

Today I turn 31 years old. I realized that when people tell me Happy Birthday, it makes me happy. What a coincidence.

Life

When a young person is taken from this world at such an early age we try our best to make sense of the situation. Honestly, it is difficult to know God's every thought or plan when we see such pain. In the midst of such tragedy I have learned to rest in the truth of God's word. I find peace in the words of this scripture.

Friday is a great day!

Wild wing has become a second home to me on Fridays. Renae, Dawson and I eat there most every week and honestly I think I am addicted. After an long week it is great to, in the words of James Dobson, "Focus on the Family." The past couple of weeks have been really stressful and I am excited about chilling out for the weekend. Tomorrow I am going deer hunting. I am all jacked up and I can't wait. Hopefully there will be some pics to post in the next couple of days.

Wednesday Night Thoughts

Tonight was a great night here are some thoughts.

• Mike Hepola is amazing and I wish he had a blog
• I love teenagers
• Jesus is working in our student ministry in some crazy ways
• Next week will be interesting
• This video was a riot
• Facebook has revolutionized communication in the 21st century
• I love the song "All Because Of Jesus"
• I can't believe we are bringing these guys to our camp this summer
• We have an unbelievable staff of people in our student ministry
• Josh Martin is a great worship leader
• Elicia Dressler is rocking it in the film world. She is the life blood of our Media dept.
• We have a great team of people
• Our Adult Leaders are amazing
• Jesus is amazing and I am in awe of the fact that I get to do this for a living
  

Are you serious?

I ask myself this question everyday when I think about being a youth pastor. "Are you serious?" God allows me to stand in the gap between life and death, grab the people he died for by the hand and pull them through whatever crap they are in and into a relationship with him. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THE EXCITEMENT OF WATCHING PEOPLE WALK FROM DEATH TO LIFE!!! God loves us too much to leave us where we are.

Varsity

This Wednesday night we will welcome Mike Hepola back to the stage. Mike will be wrapping up our series Next. I cant wait to see you guys there.

Reveal

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