“God wants you to have sex.” This is what I shall share with my Youth Group tonight, and I’m waiting to hear the pin drop when I say it. Ok, maybe it’s not fair to drop such a grenade on my Youth Group kids, but I kind of want to catch them off [...]
Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
We’re Bringing Sexy Back
Posted in Church, Europe, Faith, Germany, Life, Nurnberg on October 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Big Day
Posted in Basketball, Church, Europe, Faith, Nurnberg on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The News Release guys get in to Lauf today. I will be preaching at the OpenAir church service tomorrow, and then our week-long camp kicks off on Monday morning. We’ve had meetings for camp since March, so it is an exciting to begin to see a lot of work come to fruition. Please pray for [...]
My Pocket Watch
Posted in Art, Europe, Faith, Germany, Life, Nurnberg, Short Story, Travel on July 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Invented in Nürnberg by Peter Henlein around 1504, the Pocket Watch made time portable for every man. No longer dictated by the ringing bells of the city’s cathedrals or tall towers, the important people of the day could take Time with them in their pockets, to manage, control, and organize.
When I was 17, traveling through [...]
Jeez, Louise
Posted in Europe, Faith, Friends, Germany, Life, Nurnberg, Travel on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As we say in Franken in moments of exasperation: “Almächt!”
I’ve noticed a certain trend in my blogging, in which my entries skip over very fun and exciting times of life because I am simply too involved in the momentary to sit down and attempt to reflect. I need to work on my blogging discipline.
In [...]
My Thursday (after Ash Wednesday) Prayer
Posted in Church, Faith, Life, Poetry, Rebirth on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lord Father,
May I have eyes to see your work, may I have courage to join it.
May I have ears to hear your voice, and a mouth to repeat what I hear.
May I have hands to embrace your presence, and fingers to hold those in need.
May I have a nose to smell sweet things, and [...]
Renaissance, Man!
Posted in Faith, Friends, Life, Music on February 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I shall not stare aimlessly at facebook for an hour on end. It shall be used to communicate, not to discract.
I shall not turn up my iPod simply to drown out the person sitting next to me on the bus. It shall be used to inspire, not to distract.
I shall write more. I shall journal [...]
Money v. Relationship
Posted in Europe, Faith, Friends, Germany, Globalism, Life, Nurnberg, Rebirth, Travel on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When was the last time that I received a Christmas Card from a friend, which said “It was a great year,” and then went on to discuss all of the things that the person purchased over the last 12 months.
Funny how when we truly take a moment to analyze what has been important to [...]
The Dolphin Effect: Home and Back Again
Posted in Church, Faith, Globalism, Life, Travel on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hans did most of the talking, and at 68 years old, I was surprised that he chose to talk to me rather than trying to sleep during the 8-hour transatlantic flight from Washington-Dulles to Zurich. Although he is a retired pharmaceutical chemist, his interests encompass wine, travel, Nietzsche, linguistics, and family and so on. As [...]
Careworn
Posted in Europe, Faith, Friends, Germany, Life, Nurnberg, Travel on June 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s 6:30 on Saturday morning, and a young man comes in and out of consciousness as he slowly sinks lower and lower on the slippery pleather underground seat. Wearing a black beanie, a dark hoodie, blue jeans and worn Vans sneakers, he could be miscategorized as another one of the city’s clubbers, sleepwalking home from [...]
Coming to Blossom
Posted in Church, Europe, Faith, Friends, Germany, Life, Nurnberg, Travel on April 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The bellowing of various church and cathedral bells around Lauf declared six o’clock, causing us to pick up our pace as we walked home yesterday evening from the train station. We had just been to Nürnberg for a couple of hours; me to teach my only class of the day (godsend), and Nick to hunt [...]
