Leadership Principles
I have recently been reading a lot about leadership and have had many engaging conversations on the topic. I am certainly not an expert when it comes to leadership and am positive that I have probably displayed terrible leadership at times in the past. With that...
One Crazy Ride. Tornados and PICUs
One of my good friends used to tell me that if he did not know me he would think I made up all of my stories. If you know me then you know I have gone through many different experiences in life. Some of which have greatly tested my faith and others that are...
Busy Without A Job
It has been along time since I have posted primarily It has been a week since I have had a post so I thought I would get in gear. I have been watching some basketball games of the local High School here. The girls team is ranked numbers in the state for 3a ball and...
Critical Verse
I recently had a conversation with someone and they asked me what I though was the most popular verse among young people right now? My reply was I would think it would be Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that ye be judged.” His response was your right. So I began to wonder...
Why did God allow Children at Sandy Hook to be Murdered?
Invariably the question always gets asked of God. Why? Why would God allow children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown Connecticut to be gunned down. I will not pretend that this is somehow and easy question to answer in fact it is far from it. I do know...
Arrogance
I have been thinking alot about knowledge lately. Sometime it seems we try to use knowledge as a weapon or as something to hold over someone else. I know people that can’t seem to wait to get the inside scoop on a situation just so they can say they know about it....
John Piper
Came across this video a little while ago and really liked it. Though I do not support Barak Obama I can’t say that I buy into the whole ideals that everything I am is wrapped up in the political process. I remember my Sunday School class discussin politics briefly...
been awhile Archives | Bad Days Better
It has been along time since I have posted primarily because I have been so busy. I know that is hard to believe that I have been busy without a job but I sure I have been. Rather than update about Mike Erre’s book (I will do that later) I thought I would just give...
Abortion Archives | Page 2 of 2 | Bad Days Better
This is something I recently read concerning Obama. David Freddoso: When Barack Obama spoke on the Illinois Senate floor in 2001 against Illinois’ born-alive protection bill, did not say that a pre-viable baby is not a “person.” He argued, rather, that even though the...
Shepherd The Flock (Thoughts of a Former Youth Pastor turned Pastor)
Since becoming a pastor this verse has stuck out in my head. Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; (1 Peter 5:2, ESV). Personally I believe...