1st Week of 2010
Hard to believe that the first week of the new year has come and almost gone. I rung in the new year in bed early on new year's eve. I was fighting a cold and after a nice dinner at Rose Pepper's with Sondra, Shelbi and Morgan, we came home and just hung out. The weekend was pretty quiet but pretty cold for sure. I ended up doing my Sat. run on the treadmill at the Y. Monday I headed to New Orleans Seminary for Youth Ministry Institute and did a presentation on using social media in ministry. Focused mostly on 2 Tim. 4:1-5 and the importance of staying true to the call and using social media as a tool and not the message. It is easy to get caught up in all the technology and waste time and not fulfill the ministry God has called us to do. I am always challenged and encouraged by my friend Dr. Allen Jackson who has done a great job in training youth ministers at NOBTS for 15 years. I got up on Tuesday and did my run workout which included 9 miles and 5x800s mixed in. It was much...