Every generation has a defining moment. Everybody has days that will foever be ingrained in their memory. While there are have been a number of those moments and days in my own life, there are few that I remember with such emotional clarity as April 20, 1999.
It was on this day 10 years ago that [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Remembering Columbine: 10 Years Later
Posted in Faith, News, Reflections, tagged 10th anniversary, Cassie Bernall, CNN, Colorado, Columbine High School, Columbine shooting, Defining moments, healing, high school, hope, Littleton, martyrdom, News, Rachel Scott, school shootings on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pride Hurts
Posted in Health & Fitness, Life, tagged arm wrestling, injury, life lessons, One Hundred Pushups, Parma Lutheran Church, pride, shoulder, youth ministry on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
… really hurts.
So, as I’ve been participating in the Hundred Pushup Challenge for the past 5 weeks or so, I’ve been getting a little bit of an ego boost in the form of arm and shoulder muscles that had been previously non-existent. That ego boost has also been a bit of a pride boost. (Just [...]
The Easter Promise
Posted in Faith, Lent, tagged 1 Corinthians 15, Easter, Eric Bjorlin, hope, Lent, promise, Resurrection on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you – unless you have come to believe in vain.
For [...]
101 Things Update
Posted in 101 Things, tagged 101 Things, Anne Jackson, basketball, Bible, books, Camp Mowana, Crazy Love, Down With Love, Eat This Book, Eugene Peterson, facebook, Fitness, Francis Chan, Friends, Fundamentalism and American Culture, George Marsden, Gordon Oliver, Henri Nouwen, Holy Bible Human Bible, Lent, Lyle Dorsett, Mad Church Disease, Mark Goodacre, Misty Bernall, movies, NT Wright, One Hundred Pushups, Parma Senior High School, reading, Ronald McDonald House, seminary, She Said Yes, Silence, silent retreat, soccer, spaghetti dinner, Tackle the Tower, The Final Cut, The Last Word, The Real Billy Sunday, The Shack, The Synoptic Problem, The Way of the Heart, Two Hundred Situps, volleyball, Wall-E, William P. Young, Workouts on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, so much for a regular update on the status of my 101 Things list. I haven’t even been very good at keeping up the list here at the site. I did go back and make some updates, though – so here’s what’s new with 101 Things:
#1: Call one friend a month just to catch [...]
Changing Seasons
Posted in Life, youth ministry, tagged ashland theological seminary, classes, evaluating, graduation, ministry, Parma, Parma Lutheran Church, planning, reflection, relational ministry, school, seasons, spring, summer, summer ministry, youth events, youth ministry on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although you wouldn’t really be able to tell from looking out my window at the 3 inches of snow that fell today, the seasons are beginning to change. Winter turns to spring. Academic busy-ness turns to spring fever and summer fun. The ministry madness of the Christmas to Easter season begins to turn slowly to [...]
I Did 200!
Posted in Health & Fitness, tagged Accomplishment, Challenge, Fitness, Goals, health, Two Hundred Pushups, Workouts on April 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
At the beginning of Lent, I thought it would be a good idea to use some of my newfound free time to improve my physical fitness. After a gruelling orientation workout at Bally’s back in December, my eyes were opened to the fact that I just wasn’t as “in shape” as I used to [...]
Holy Week Reflections
Posted in Faith, Lent, tagged Betrayal, Camp Mowana, Christ Crucified, Christ Risen, Easter, Gesthemane, Holy Week, John 3:16, Last Supper, Lent, Matt Redman, Once Again, Palm Sunday, passion, prayer, Remembrance, Resurrection, sacrifice, Thank You For the Cross on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seems hard to believe that holy week is upon us: the jubilance of the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem, the dramatic events of the last supper and intensity of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, the betrayal, trial and passion of Christ’s death on Good Friday, the period of solemn yet hopeful waiting [...]
Wait and See
Posted in Faith, Lent, Reflections, tagged Acts, Brandon Heath, culture, instant gratification, instructions, Jesus, Lent, New Testament, Wait and See, waiting on April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We live in a culture that is obsessed with instant gratification. We are conditioned to want the world, and to want it now. We tap our foot with impatience as we wait in line at the fast food drive through, despite the fact that we don’t even have to get out of our car to [...]
A Miraculous Victory
Posted in Faith, Lent, tagged cancer, Faith, god, healing, miracles, Parma Lutheran Church, prayer, victory on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is an older gentleman in my church who was diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer a while back. At the time it was estimated that he would probably have less than a year to live. As I observe this man in church it is clear to me that he is a firm believer in [...]
