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I’m making my way through the original Star Trek and recently watched “The City on the Edge of Forever”. “The City on the Edge of Forever” is generally believed to be one of the best episodes of the original series. I haven’t watched every episode yet but it definitely is one of the best IRead more

I love living in Southern California. Most of the time the weather is very moderate. We don’t experience the frigid winters of the east coast nor the sweltering, humid summers of the south. This past week, though, has felt more like Florida than California. Yesterday, while manning the Next Steps table in our church’s courtyard,Read more

I’ve finally started watching the original Star Trek. I grew up on The Next Generation and was satisfied with the adventures of Picard and his crew. Now that I’ve gotten around to watching Kirk and company, I am thoroughly enjoying the original series. I recently watched the episode “The Return of the Archons”. In theRead more

Everyone loves lists so from time to time I’ll post some of my Friday favorites. This week we’ll take a look at my favorite Star Trek movies. Earlier this month at a Star Trek convention in Las Vegas the attendees voted on the best and worst Star Trek movies. It’s no surprise that they namedRead more

I went back to work this week after two weeks of vacation. After a long summer of camps and overnight trips, I was excited to spend some time with Alycia and I was excited to spend some time with myself. Thankfully I like my job and was excited to get back to work. Here areRead more

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