We had a baptism yesterday at our church and I had the honor and privilege of baptizing two of our students. We have a new, portable baptistery at our church and yesterday was our first opportunity to use it. The water was warm and the baptistery worked out really well. It was a little boring,Read more
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I’m a dude so there are a lot of things I don’t really understand. I don’t understand why it’s romantic for a 100-year-old vampire to fall in love with a high school girl. I don’t understand why a bunch of teenagers from different districts trying to kill each other appeals to women. I don’t understandRead more
Below is the new trailer for The Avengers. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY9DnBNJFTI&w=560&h=315] I watched that trailer three times in a row yesterday morning, back-to-back-to-back. I am so excited for this movie; May 4 cannot come quickly enough. May 4 is over two months away, though, and there’s a lot of life between now and then. Often weRead more
We continued our sex series last night at our youth group. This week I had a friend come and share his testimony. He made some choices and decisions that fell outside of God’s intentions and boundaries for sex. It was extremely encouraging to hear his story and how God’s grace and redemption shone through evenRead more
At the end of the Battlestar Galactica miniseries, which launched the re-imagined television series, Commander Adama gives a rousing speech. Adama tells the gathered masses that, even though the human race has been pushed to the point of extinction, they will survive. They will survive by finding the fabled 13th colony, Earth, and doing whateverRead more
I love Star Trek. Star Trek: The Next Generation may have been my best friend during junior high. I may not have always had that many friends with whom to hang out, but every night, Monday through Friday, at 7:00pm, the adventures of Captain Picard and the Enterprise were there to keep me company. IRead more