Most of our high school students go back to school today. As I wrote about last week I used to dread the beginning of the school year. As a youth pastor, though, I love when our students go back to school. Our ministry takes a little break to recover from the summer and prepare forRead more
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#vacate I’m on vacation this week, enjoying some time away with Alycia. Some people wonder why I need a vacation; they ask, “Isn’t two weeks in San Diego at summer camp vacation enough?” I don’t know if you’ve ever been a counselor at a summer camp but I can assure you it is nothing likeRead more
Yesterday it was announced that Scotish actor, Peter Capaldi, would be the 12th Doctor. I had no idea who Capaldi was before the announcement. After perusing his IMDB page, though, I saw that he was in Torchwood and a Tennant episode of Doctor Who. I’ve yet to watch Torchwood but I remember him as theRead more
I’ve been getting more and more excited for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Last week the scene after the credits in The Wolverine really got the excitement rolling. Earlier this week all of the viral content at Trask-Industries.com kept the excitement growing. And yesterday Bryan Singer posted the first picture of one of his full-sizeRead more
Yesterday was my sister’s birthday. Not only is she my oldest friend but she is also one of the biggest supporters of this blog. She is both my Harry Potter and Doctor Who buddy. She is also one my my very favorite people and most definitely would have been in my MySpace Top Eight. InRead more
For the entirety of our academic careers, whether they end with high school, college or graduate school, we are trained to view the summer as a time to rest and relax. During our early years so much of our lives revolves around an excited countdown to summer and the less exciting countdown to school. ThatRead more