My apprehensive 6 year old begins the first grade today. Her big question as she was getting ready revolved around recess.
Makenna: “is there recess in the first grade?”
Me: “yes.”
Makenna: “how long is recess in the first grade?”
Me: “it’s about a half an hour.”
Makenna: “I don’t know how long that is.”
Me: “it’s about as long [...]
Within the youth ministry of Grace Capital Church we have many middle schools and high schools represented. In order to better pray for the schools and the students we are reaching out to Facebook and using a simple photo album with pictures of all the schools within the region. As pictures are posted we are [...]
So yesterday morning I changed one little bit of information on my Facebook profile. My date of birth is 12/12/1971. I simply went into my profile and changed a 12 to an 8 making yesterday my birthday. The kind words are still coming in…
This got me thinking. What if we treated people that we know [...]
As a child I always wanted my birthday to be in the summer. I have a twin sister. Our birthdays fell just 13 short days before Christmas. We shared a party and essentially shared a birthday with Jesus (at least that’s the way it felt some years with combined birthday & Christmas gifts)
Today I decided [...]
A few weeks ago I attended a picnic with many who I serve in ministry with. At this gathering there was a pool with a volleyball net. Throughout the day there were many who cooled off in the pool. As the day went on I was drawn to the cooling powers of the pool. The [...]
I’ve begun riding a bike. I have to say, after 2 weeks of riding, I am really enjoying the freedom that comes from exploring new roads. I’ve been commuting to work and checking out different routes to get there. Each day is a new method to reach a common goal – the office. Because I [...]
I’ll start this post off by saying that these are not my words, just the deep feelings of my heart written by a guy named Tim Stevens. Here’s the link to the original post where you can read many of his other posts but knowing that many people don’t click thru to another site from [...]
It started as just a grassy spot in our yard…
and then we added a tent…
and a little girl…
Let’s see how the night goes. I’m excited to have our first camp out. Makenna was missing her big sister last night while she is away at camp for the week. I go into the office late on [...]
I had a conversation with a friend a few days ago. He was retelling a story from a past victory that he had experienced. A victory that had long since past. As he spoke I felt his soul grasping for the need for validation. It was as if at that point in his past everything [...]
This is a repost from my old blog. While I am away at camp this week I wanted to take a fresh look at some older posts to reiterate the importance of clearly defined expectations. I serve with a great group of youth workers at GCC. I believe because this list exists we will continue [...]
