But He didn’t, He sacrificed

Easter is fast approaching, Holy week will be upon us soon, are you ready? Am I ready? If I were to respond to this question honestly I would have to say no, I am not ready. In fact I am no were near ready! Who really is ready for the death and resurrection of our …

Emotion of the Soul

Today I am going to ask you a question, and it is my hope that you will leave a response here on this blog. Often times the act of writing something down allows our mind to leave it, to rest in it or to be a peace with it. Today's question is concerning others, but …

Self Time

Time for your self is important, each of us need to set aside a little time each day for ourselves. Now I can hear some people already says, sure maybe you have time to set aside, but me, I’m so busy that I barley have time to sleep, with work and the kids and this …

Seed Sowers

I read an interesting article this weekend in a magazine called yes!, just to give you a little back ground I ordered a free sample of this liberal magazine, I like to read all sorts of stuff, you never know what you will learn. Anyway back to the topic of this blog, the article I …

Intimate Conversations

Last night I had a intimate chat with my nephew, he is a 17 year old young man who originates from Cameroon Africa. He has only been in this country for a few years, and I have only known him for 1.5 years or so, well maybe closer to 2 years now, but what ever. …

Faith is Action

"Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active." Edith Hamilton   Faith is active…. The simple statement really tells all about faith. I can believe in God, but with out action there is no true faith, for what am I showing, how am I living my faith if not by my actions. Faith …

Dice

This morning I was not sure what I was to blog about, so I did a search for quotes about God and stumbled upon a web site that list many quotes of quality. But on e quote seemed to speak to me, it seemed to be calling me, begging me to write about it. My …

The Power of Emotions

Emotions can help you or hinder you, it is up to you. I have often talked about how our attitudes will shape our our comes, how we can think our way in to a new you. The opposite is also true, we can think ourselves out of a new you, we can think ourselves in …

Uplifting

Each new day brings with it new opportunities. As we continue or journey to a new and exciting version of ourselves, we often times need to close the door on the old version of ourselves. This door closing often times can be harder than the actual change we have gone through, is a way we …

Saying goodbye

In the nest few weeks I am going to have to do one of the hardest things a youth minister can do, and that say goodbye to the kids, to let them know I will not be back next year. As a youth minister one of the first lessons you need to learn is when …