The Way

The last few years I have become more and more aware that we are people obsessed with information. We are consumed by it. We google, read articles in actual print form, download, surf, watch, engage, and what not (what they heck is that filler phrase anyway? what not? stop saying it, it means nothing) trying to get more information so we can be "smarter", "in the know", what not. (See there it is again. We would not normally type it so quit saying it!) (ENOUGH FILLER WORD RANTING YOU SAY!) Agreed. I spent the weekend with youth leaders in AZ and am about to spend the week with youth leaders from all over the US and Texas. (Most people from TX forget that they are actually US citizens). Many will come looking for more information to help them to be more effective in ministry to students. I love what I get to do, but more and more of the conferences that I lead are less about information and much more about transformation. We get information in order for God to u...

This is one of my favorite accounts of what St. Patrick's Day is really all about. I have posted this many times over the years on this day. Enjoy and Happy St. Patty's Day. Click here to read.

With Easter less than a month away, many participating in Lent, and many trying to figure out how to invite those "pagans you live by in your neighborhood" to church, I ran across this video from my buddies, The Skit Guys. You might not want to approach your neighbor invite this way though -

This past few days have been good ones including a pretty violent storm, hail damage to our roof and car, and some really good family time. This past weekend I found myself in northern Alabama during some crazy storms and then leading training at Clements Baptist Church. What a great group of leaders! I am always so encouraged to be around leaders who are willing to get at it differently when it comes to sharing Christ with students. I left Sat. morning refreshed by being around them. I drove to Lipscomb University and watched the last quarter of DCAs win over USN in the DII-A State Championship. It was a great example of a group of boys encouraged by coaches and leaders achieving more than they should have because they believed in the mission and one another. I have included a little video below of the final seconds if you are interested. It was fun to watch them this season and I am honored to get to announce the home games. Great seat on the floor behind the table and in ear shot...

It has been a very active "winter" season lately in our neck of the woods. We had a little snow two weeks ago but most of this "winter" has been very unstable air that has resulted in some pretty good thunderstorms. Today was another one of those days with some pretty violent storms throughout the SE region. Unfortunately there has been quite a bit of damage, injuries and even deaths. Thankfully, it has not been as violent today as they had predicted. We did get some hail damage to one of our cars and my best guess is that our roof on the house has some damage. I traveled to Northern Alabama this afternoon, missed the storms in Nashville, but did capture this video of a storm that passed just north of the hotel I am staying in. I provided a little commentary as well but not at the first of the video.