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There was an interesting article about Evan Williams in Inc. Magazine that you can read here.
This video has been floating around on several blogs of some of my fellow friends in student ministry. I wanted to repost it here, because I think that it is stinkin’ hilarious.
I have heard overnighters referred to as overnightmares by many youth pastors, but I have to disagree. I love overnighters! I really do. I think it is one of the best times for you to connect with students and actually have some pretty good conversations with them. My church recently had one with the senior higher’s at our church, but I was not able to attend because Kimmy and I went out on a date for my birthday and for Valentine’s Day.
The next day I was talking to one of my fellow volunteers from the student ministry and she was talking about how much fun it was and how everyone was having such a good time. And I was a little bit jealous because I missed out on it. Then on Sunday many of the students were raving about how much fun they had and it got me to thinking why student ministries don’t do more of these. I know the answer is because many youth pastor’s don’t like doing them, but I think that is a shame and they are missing out on some really cool and valuable ministry time with students.
Oh well, I guess I am just an oddball because I like them. Anyway, enjoy the video it is really funny.
HT to Josh.
Larry Norman was one of the greatest Christian artists of all time. I have always liked him since I first heard him as a kid. Not only was he a great musician, but he was also a great example of a Christ-follower. His passing is the equivalent of when Rich Mullins died and I am very saddened today by this news, but I am happy to know that he is in heaven worshiping God face to face and I know that God has looked at him and said, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
Good bye, Larry! 
You can read the details here.
HT to Marko.
Today, we went to Buca di Beppo in Utica, MI for my birthday lunch with my family. We were able to get the “Pope Room” and if you haven’t been to Buca let me explain what that is. Basically it is a large room that is decorated with pictures of different Popes and has a bust of Pope John Paul II in the center of the table on a lazy susan. You have to have a large party to be in there (it holds up to 17), but it is a lot of fun. The food was good and so was the time spent with my family.
This past Friday, Kimmy and I went to Red Robin, so I could get my free hamburger for my birthday. And then on Saturday we had someone come over and we both got hour long massages each for our Valentine’s Day gift to each other. It was nice and relaxing especially since Kimmy’s parents had the kids.
Tomorrow, for my birthday I am taking the day off of work and we are going to spend the afternoon together, since the kids will be at school. We are going to go to the gym, BD’s Mogolian Barbecue, and then to go see the “Bucket List”. I am just looking forward to sleeping in and spending a day with my beautiful wife.
Patti posted the 123 Meme Challenge and while she didn’t pick me. 
I still wanted to do it. Here are the rules….
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more (no cheating!)
- Find page 123
- Find the first five sentences
- Post the next three sentences
- Tag five people
I picked up the book I am currently reading (and have been for a while, because it is DEEP!) entitled Evil and the Justice of God by N. T. Wright.
Again and again one hears it said or implied that some people are simply “evil” and must therefore be locked up for a long time. Over against this, an older generation of liberal thinkers, alarmed at the thought that there might actually be such a thing as “evil”- which they thought had been banished by act of Congress and better drains- tried to insist that nobody was evil at all, merely misguided, and that the misguiding had been done by society as a whole, so that all of us were equally guilty. The political pendulum has swung between these two extremes: the one side seeking to lock up more and more of the population without realizing that they were thereby creating universities of crime; and the other side trying to look the other way and pretend, with a fine suburban detachment, that everything is really right after all.
I will tag Kimmy, Amy, Brian, Chris, and Kent.
“I’ve been called a lot of things in the last month. Some of them haven’t been real friendly,” he quipped. “One of the best things anyone called me it was one of the former lettermen last night. He said, ‘Coach Rod, you are a Michigan Man.’ And you’re damn right I am. Go Blue!”
I am looking forward to the upcoming football season. I am liking what I am hearing from him. 
And in another case of Buckeye fans showing their class….
Rodriguez’s message rang clear over the obscenities and catcalls from about 100 Ohio State fans seated in the last few rows of Crisler’s upper bowl.
And Coach Rod gave no predictions for The Game, which I am happy to hear that he did not. I really don’t like stuff like that, but I will admit that Tressel backed it up.
Kimmy had a recent blog post about me on Valentine’s Day that brought me to tears. People who know me know that I am deeply in love with my wife and that she means the world to me. I can not even begin to think how empty my life would be today if I did not have her in my life.
Kimmy is extremely beautiful and has the most amazing voice I have ever heard, but she is so much more than all of that. She is an amazing mom and an excellent wife, but she is so much more than that. She is a great friend to so many people and a tremendous gift to our church, but she is so much more than that.
She is a precious child of God that God has given to me and I am so honored and blessed to married to, and I honestly don’t feel like I deserve someone that good. I often joke that the fact that I am married to Kimmy is proof alone that there is a God. And I only say that because I honestly do believe it is by the very grace of God that I have her in my life.
I pray for the day that Kimmy and I are that old couple walking into church or down the street hand in hand and still in love. Couples always say that the longer they are married the more in love the become and I always thought that was silly, but it is true. I love Kimmy more today than I thought I ever could. Thank you, beautiful, for all these amazing years and the many more to come.
I have been a part of YMX (Youth Ministry Exchange) since it started on 2 December 2005 (my 10 year wedding anniversary) and even before when it was being developed. Below you will find a video that describes it a little bit more and after watching it feel free to go on over and check it out. It is great site for youth workers.
HT to Patti for the video and the code to publish it here.
Story here. Don’t worry the link is completely safe. 
Here are a few quotes….
the women and the wiener on wheels headed south
No comment.
and a few well-timed tugs later
Again, no comment.
“But that’s the first wiener I’ve ever pulled out.”
I know that was totally junior high on my part, but before you get you mind in the gutter (assuming it isn’t already), take a look at the pic below. And then read the whole article, it is very punny.
I have a picture of the thermometer in our Toyota Camry from this summer with it reading 100 degrees and now I have one with it reading 1 degrees. BRRRR!!! i would much rather have that 100 degrees one back.
It was beyond booger freezing cold today. This was take your breath away cold. As I walked out of church this morning to go get the car and pull it up for Kimmy and the kids, it was literally difficult to breath because it was so cold.
All I have to say is… When is summer? I am ready for it.
