* Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post that sentence along with these instructions in a Note to your Wall. * Not fair to dig for your favorite book, the trendiest or the most intellectual... Here's mine: "Rinsing the mouth will not remove … Continue reading Find a Book and Join In

I'm streamlining some expenses and one of the things to go is my Typepad blog. It wasn't much per month but it adds up. Why spend the money when I can blog just as easily for free at wordpress? I am able to keep my domain the same and actually have a lot of design … Continue reading New Cheap Look

Enjoy this video from CNN about the fact that Lifeway stores are "hiding" the latest issue of Gospel Today magazine because it features women pastors. >

Calif. man tries to amputate own arm MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Police say a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., because he thought he had injected air into a vein while shooting cocaine and feared he would die unless he took drastic action. Authorities say 33-year-old Michael … Continue reading Reason #496 not to do Cocaine

Everything around me is screaming the end of summer.  School is starting.  A new year in youth ministry is beginning.  My seniors are leaving for college.  And I'm not ready.  It has been the busiest summer.  As some of you know, I was gone for nearly four weeks in a row with back to back … Continue reading Summer in Review

I returned home from Lithuania Thursday morning aroudn 5:30 am.  It was a long and tiresome journey back to the US with flight delays due to weather.  We were up for about 34 hours but I'm mostly recovered now.  Which is good because I leave in the morning on the youth mission trip to Chicago. … Continue reading Home from Lithuania

I'm actually able to post from a computer today from a computer lab in the dorm we are staying in the next few days.  Our host is LCC - Lithuania Christian College. This morning we attend City Church here in Klaipeda, Lithuania.  It was a great worship service for a new generation of Lithuanian Christians.  … Continue reading Klaipeda Day Two

  We are traveling on a bus from Kaunas to Klaipeda after a wonderful two days in Kaunas. we spent some time with about 14 youth from two Baptist churches in town.  Yesterday we drove out to the woods to camp. It was a gorgeous place with a beautiful river. we ate a delicous supper … Continue reading On to Klaipeda