methodist musings

picking up my dog at the vet today, i noticed a framed, autographed handkerchief from mike ditka and it made me think…why do we, as a society, care so much about glorifying the individual? at what point did a person’s writing turn into such a big deal? he’s just a guy who happened […]

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i think i wrote about this once before a few months ago, but it’s struck another chord with me. i’m working on a workshop i’m doing during a sr. high retreat this weekend called “living in an imperfect world”, and i’m using shane and shane’s “embracing accusations”. give this link a look

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The jr. and sr. high youth annual retreat theme has been decided, and dates have been set!
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my wife works at a small school district where they hold an annual pie contest. she told me about it i thought it was ridiculous enough to share
the challenge: to make the best tasting pie of all the staff
the votes: each teacher in the school gets a vote for which pie is […]

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this upcoming weekend is our senior high annual retreat (the theme is “unleashed”) being held in central illinois. it’s going to be a really, really busy week, but i’m really looking forward to the event. every year the conference holds a 3 day retreat for jr. high youth and a 3 day retreat […]

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my wife and i have begun volunteering at our church as high school sunday school teachers. we’ve been sitting in on class for the last 3-4 weeks getting to know the youth and hopefully helping them become more comfortable with us. for the past couple sundays we’ve been watching “the passion of the […]

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hi everyone. i’ve been out for quite a awhile…no excuse really, i just didn’t write, and since i decided to start this blog for fun, i wasn’t going to sit down and force myself to write if i didn’t want to. i know the effect that can have on an audience, and i […]

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check out this neat little entry from ysmarko.com
kittens sing your name: “
ok, this is squarely at the intersection of cute, annoying, funny, and weird. a bank in australia made a little viral web thingy where, after you type in your name, three little kittens sing a song about you. yeah, you read that […]

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Zondervan is offering a free download of the easter story from “the bible experience”. this is an amazing series. take advantage of this free download.
for additional downloads of “the bible experience” visit itunes and search by title. each book of the bible is available for only $2.

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