To celebrate the conclusion of our first year of seminary, one of my friends and I decided to head up to the local theater (which means we went to Lexington) to watch the midnight showing of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull. The movie is the long awaited fourth edition of the adventures [...]
I’ve written here numerous times about my struggles with my weight. I’ll drop a few pounds and then just as quickly as I lost the weight, I’ll gain it right back.
The last few days I’ve been really thinking about this and realized where the problem was in my approach to losing weight. I was never [...]
One down, several more steps to go.
Yesterday, I received the long-awaited approval from my home church’s SPRC. It is just one of many votes of approval that I will need over the next few years to complete my ordination process. The next vote of approval should come from the full charge conference of the church [...]
So, I’m sitting where I’ve been camped out all weekend. It’s quiet. No one is around. Everyone has left to go ride bikes on this glorious morning.
I’m just left here to ponder my thoughts and prepare myself. It’s just worship, I remind myself, it’s nothing different. But, today is different. It’s SPRC Day.
Today, I go [...]
There is a lot going on in the world, the country, and life in general, so here are an assorted collection of thoughts on them all:
It’s beyond understanding, to me, how far dictators will go to remain in power. We are seeing evidence of that in Myanmar where it has taken 10 days for the [...]
Today, I voluntarily took myself to the doctor.
This is something I don’t like to do. I don’t enjoy going to the doctor as they usually enjoy charging me high prices to tell me I am sick. That and I don’t like all the poking at my sides.
But, I couldn’t help it today. I’ve been having [...]
Last night, I’m a local, popular bookstore. By local, I mean I drove the 20 minutes to Lexington to go to a bookstore.
Anyways, usually when I walk around the bookstore I’ll gander at some of the books, contemplate buying something, then realize I’ll never finish it, and then move on to another store (most likely [...]
I grew up wanting to be a sports writer, maybe even take a stab at politics, or even - as my mother will tell you - be a game show host. (Hey, I enjoyed it when USA would air game shows from 8 a.m. to noon just about every day. Those were the good days.)
Never [...]
Here is the transcript of my first sermon that I delivered this morning at Junction City UMC in Junction City, Kentucky. I serve at the church as its youth pastor.
The title of the sermon is “Time to Get in the Game.”
I want to take a pause from the WVU Scandal - trust me, we will return to in short time - to talk about something personal for a moment.
Today, is a very special day in my life, the life of my family, and the life of my friends. In a few short hours, I’ll stand [...]
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