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My God is awesome and huge…
In the words of M.C. Hammer, “You can’t touch this…”

When I look at these…I look small…and I realize I am small compared to my God!
Images were taken by the Hubble Telescope and I got them via MSNBC online.

I posted a new blog post over at the PDYM Blog today…Go check it out there!
Here’s an excerpt from the article:

There are thousands of youth workers in the virtual world who have a lot to say and a lot to contribute. However the average post on this blog attracts 2 or 3 comments. I personally [...]

Casey Graham spoke at TCAG Sunday about God’s purpose for our money. I loved the verse he used from the Message:

1 Timothy 6:17-19 Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, [...]

Here are a couple of funny videos that spoof the Office. Shane has played these for the students at Fusion. I downloaded them for free from http://www.bluefishtv.com
The Outreach: Starving Kids:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyLqi81ya_s]
The Outreach: Helping the Needy:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP33JdxKl1A]
Join the Conversation: What is a funny video that you could recommend for our viewing pleasure?

Francis Chan has set the bar extremely high for all of us men who dream of being the ‘Romeo’ to our wives… (He demonstrates this beginning at 1:16)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q13TJngOVGc]
I admit, hearing Francis Chan sing “Still the One” made me tear up just a little.

Fall is here. That means cold mornings throughout most of the country. So, I’m just wondering, have you brought out your sweaters yet? I’m just curious because in the south, God’s country, it’s cold in the mornings, in the mid to upper 70’s in the afternoon, and then cool in the evenings. Yesterday on my [...]

Purpose Driven Youth Ministry: The Conference is rocking back on to the student ministry conference scene in a big…but small way in 2009. The PDYM Conference took a couple of years off due to some busyness in their ministry and after experimenting with two very successful regional conferences in Florida and Texas.
In 2009 the conference [...]

I am blogging over at the PDYM Blog today, but my post is very relevant here as well. I started promoting Kingdom Day HERE and HERE a while back. Purpose Driven has picked up on it and has allowed me to promote the day within our Network and is helping put an engine to the [...]

Back in June I posted about an opportunity to help a friend of mine with the adoption of her daughter and/or siblings with your purchase of an everyday item, coffee. You can check that post out HERE. Neely and Josh have recently been informed that they are 27th on the list to get a girl [...]

A friend told me about this hilarious video and I thought it was way too good not to pass along to you, it gets good after about the 1:08 mark…enjoy!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaeJ60Zazvk]
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