Blog
Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.
VIDEO: Making a Snowman
Next to the ice skating rink in downtown Mexico City, they have a little place where kids can make snowmen.
So, while we were waiting to go on the ice at the rink, we went and made a little snowman. Here’s a quick video of Nathan and me making his first ever snowman with “imported” snow. It was a lot of fun.
read moreLa Virgin de Guadalupe
Today is the day that Mexicans commemorate the day in which the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego. Many people make pilgrimages to the Basilica and there are various celebrations. They say to be Mexican is to be Guadalupano (or a follower of Guadalupe).
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Christmas in Mexico City
Mexico City is home to the largest artificial ice skating rink in the world (Spanish site). The rink, which they built for the first time last year in the zocalo (downtown center square), is back this year. We went yesterday to skate on the gigantic rink.
We arrived downtown at 11, and we got into line so they could give us our bracelets that we needed to go on the ice.
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A Sure Fire, Undeniable Way to Get Noticed
Saturday, in a youth leaders’ network meeting, one of the girls who was there was telling of her experience in the treatment center earlier this year when her mom was being treated for cancer.
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Youth Leaders’ Network
Some of my best memories as a youth pastor in Dunedin, Florida, were going to a monthly youth worker meeting. I would sit in the youth room at Clearwater Community Church and talk shop with a bunch of like minded people. Every month it would be a little different, but I remember looking forward to this meeting, unlike many other meetings I had to go to in those days.
read moreAsk and You will Receive
If you ask a typical church member if they would like to improve their prayer life, they will likely answer yes. Recently, in a quest to improve my prayer life, I’ started praying through my contacts (both my address book and my Facebook friends).
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Dangerous Opportunity
It is dangerous to be in ministry. You put yourself out there to help people, and at times, you get taken advantage of. Sometimes, you get emotionally involved, causing you to lose sleep. Being in ministry requires sacrifice. Sometimes, it leads to the ultimate sacrifice.
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Will You Be Ready?
Friday night/Saturday morning, our phone rang at 2:30 am. I sleepily answered, and on the other end of the line was Jon, the intern from Huntington University that has been working with us for the last 6 months.
He told me that his landlord’s dad had passed away and there was a lot of movement in the house (their apartment is basically a part of a big house, and his landlord’s dad was living across the hall). He asked if they could come sleep at our house, since it was having a big impact on them.
read moreVIDEO: Christmas Tree 2008
I love Christmas season! I truly believe it’s the most wonderful time of the year.
We put up our Christmas tree on Saturday. Here are some pictures.
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