The Way

An odd thing happened the other night while Sondra and I were getting caught up on a long running, summer TV show called The Closer. We enjoy that show and have kept up with it over the last 5 or 6 years. It is one of those seasonal kind of shows that the non-big 3 have aired trying to woo watchers/viewers to their network. If you do not know the show, a Georgia girl moves to LA to lead a homicide group of investigators. There are many characters of various ethnicity (which I really like) and the show can be violent and funny at the same time. Weird, I know, but it is an entertaining show. We are behind on catching up on this series and in fact, the series has ended already and spun off into another TV show with most of the same characters but a new female lead. I think we have two more episodes until the series finale for us. So . . . on Sunday night of this week we were watching an episode and at the end of the episode, a death occurs that hit home to me. The main character's ...

This past week was a lot of fun and a lot of work as well. LifeWay Student Ministry partnered with Urban Youth Workers Institute to encourage/train/minister to student leaders from across the country. Here is brief recap of that time together in video: 360 Nashville ReCap from UYWI on Vimeo .

One of the joys of being around the 3s/4s at our church (Hermitage Hills Baptist) is the constant change and the continual "who knows what is going to be said next" moments that at times come like a gushing fire hydrant. In order to not make myself better than I actually am, I want to remind you that I am a rookie at working with 3s/4s with the exception of our own two daughters who were that age almost 20 years ago. And . . . I only work with them once a month, so by no means am I putting myself in the category of those saints that work with 3s/4s every day in your home or every week at your church. The other Sunday I got bumped from the 3s to the 4s which meant I went from the Aqua room to the Purple room. Everything in the room was new to me except for the kids that had graduated last month. So, I was reunited with the kids but the surroundings were all different. New toys; new books; new chairs; new tables; and a new co-worker. One new-to-me boy came in the room ...

If you are a repeat offender to my blog (yes, I am speaking to you dad and about two other people), you will notice that I have changed the look up a little. After 4plus years of the "dark" look I have decided to lighten things up a bit. The profile pic is one from a photo shoot I did back around February for a MORE Magazine which is supposed to do some little blurb on what I am passionate about. I wanted to go with Sondra as that story but they said it had to be ministry related and I told them that she had taken me on as a ministry project almost 28 years ago. Needless to say, I tried and they went with something else that I said I was sort of passionate about. I would disclose it here, but . . . I signed a contract so I cannot reveal before it comes out which is sometime soon I think. One of the great new things at the Turner household is Alysha. Alysha is staying with us for a few months while she waits on an opportunity to get involved in a "missions around the...

Every time I see this video I pick up something different but I love how HIStory is captured in this short video.