From Life in Student Ministry on Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 5:57 AM PST in the "Blog" Category.
I really hope I’m not violating someone’s copyrighted material here, but I honestly cannot figure out where I got these documents from nor can I find any sort of license or author that might go along with them, so I’m going to assume they’re open source. I found them sitting on my computer from January [...] Read More...
From Deep Thoughts by Gman on Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 1:55 PM PST in the "Blog" Category. I've tried to lure a potential buyer for my home with Fresh Brownies. And thought Why not church?
Man, just moments ago I entered our church lobby and smelled fresh brownies being made for an event this weekend. Imagine if your church smelled like fresh brownies on Sunday morning? Man ... think of the people who would show up. Though Richard Simmons might not come.
(I want Richard just to come to one of my services - that would be so cool)
So what do you think of gimmicks? Would you bake brownies to get people to come to church?
what about Richard? What one person would you want to come to your services? Read More...
From Deep Thoughts by Gman on Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 1:39 PM PST in the "Blog" Category. So I might of mentioned that I had gotten a ticket (No Right Turn on Red) when I was in Baltimore. I was there just a few days being here in Maryland. I was there to see someone from our church get a kidney transplant @ the University of Maryland (donated from her Mom and she -the daughter was in her late 20s). Needless to say I got turned around and well the officer had me pull over. (She was on the side of the road waving me to pull over) Honestly, the officer could of gave me a warning. Instead gave me a ticket for $90 plus points.
Guess, the officer figured that since my plates said NC I'd just pay it and be done. But no ...I contested it. So today I showed up in court. (Amazing how many innocent people there are).
Why would I contest it? It wasn't like I meant to break the law. It wasn't that I wasn't guilty. (But where was the grace and forgiveness from this officer) But fact was I wasn't GUILTY!!! You see the officer had put on my citation that my offense happened on JULY 26 2008! (UMM I was in court on JULY 24th 2008)
So I was trying to get out of my $90 fine and well points against my license. The judge heard my case. Asked a few questions. He said - you really did break it - just the wrong date, right? (Well I had to tell the truth) and he said you can plea NOT Guilty but only to come back to court and try to prove my case. (To which by then we'd be past July 26 - more time and gas money wasted and fact is I could of paid the fine and saved $$$)
So what was the decision? Court costs ($25.50) and have to stay out of trouble for a year. Was worth a visit to Baltimore. Next time I'm in Baltimore - Valerie is driving. Read More...
From Life in Student Ministry on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 5:02 PM PST in the "Blog" Category.
I love interacting with youth workers online! I’m often challenged with new perspectives, the stories of how God’s working through other people energizes me, and new ideas abound. Not only does my ministry benefit from the input of lots of other youth workers, but my personal life does, as well.
If you’re looking for ways to [...] Read More...
From Youthblog on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 8:00 AM PST in the "Blog" Category.
Over the last 18 months my laptop has worked phenomenally hard and endured extensive use both on battery and mains power. It has travelled many thousands of miles, usually in a rucksack, by multifarious modes of transport as diverse as skateboard, train, cycle and car.
It has had open-case surgery three times and also bares the scars of encounters with walls, eccles cakes, floors and children. The laptop has been deployed in challenging circumstances such as, perched in the luggage rack of an inter-city train, on the floor outside a building that I was locked out of, and on a hillside in the Malverns. It has also had to cope with inaccurate spelling, sloppy syntax and amateurly coded html.
My laptop has therefore applied for (and been granted) two and a half weeks annual leave with effect from 5pm today. This seems a fair reward for such faithful service over long hours in demanding and ever changing circumstances.
Sadly this means no blogging but the Laptop will be back in action in mid August and Youthblog will, once more, at least illuminate screens if not minds.
