My Nieces stayed with Lisa and I last night….My kids are grown so it is fun taking the girls to the movies and to McDonalds. We went and saw The Water Horse – Legend of the Deep. It was a good family movie we could discuss and it was fun watching them hide their eyes [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Good Life: Movies With My Nieces
Posted in Christian Living, Entertainment, Family, tagged fun, good life, kids, movie, The Water Horse on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
New Year New Focus
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, LCC, My Church, RELIGION, devotional, e-note, tagged 2007, 2008, Christmas, God, Jesus, joy, New Year, New years Resolution, new you, peace on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
e-note to LCC
Dear Friends,
I hope you had a great Christmas and are looking forward to 2008. Did you know 2008 is a Leap Year? That’s right, that means you have one more shopping day before Christmas than you would normally have on this day of the year.
Our Christmas Eve service was special. We had a [...]
Blessed When You Believe
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, devotional, tagged Bible, blackaby, blessings, Christmas, God, Jesus, Luke, Mary, promise on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The angel said to Mary, “You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.” Luke 1:45
This is a quote from Blackaby’s devotional for today
When God speaks about His plans, He does so with everything already in place to fulfill His word. God never speaks hypothetically. He knows exactly what will [...]
Thankful for My Blessings – Family at the Movies
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Entertainment, Faith, Family, RELIGION, devotional, tagged , blessings, God, Jesus, kids, movies, National Treasure, thankful, wife on December 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Thank you Lord for the incredible evening with the family at the movies.
Yesterday afternoon I got to go to the movies (National Treasure) with my wife Lisa and my adult kids, Brooke and Nick. The movie was great, but the sweet time out with my family just to have fun and hang together was awesome…..I kept [...]
It’s Easier to do a Funeral for Someone With Hope
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Evangelism, Faith, LCC, RELIGION, e-note, tagged , Christmas Eve, death, funeral, God, inspirational, Jesus, peace on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
e-note to LCC
Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well. I have been writing an obituary for a family member of LCC all morning. Although funerals are tough, especially when it is someone you know, it is always easier and inspirational when you are remembering the life of a believer who knew Jesus and it [...]
Wife Got Me 2008 One-Hit Wonder Cow Calendar
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, tagged 2008, calendars, chick-fil-a, chicken, cows, culture, fast food, fun, one hit wonders on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lisa got me the Chic-fil-A 2008 Cow Calendar…..
My favorite month is June….The Chicken Lovin’ Herd – “Magic Chicken Ride”
This tie-died trio made people believe that eating chicken meant sticking it to the man…they staged sit-ins. They organized burger protests. They stampeded on Washington. But the Herd was best known for their performance at the legendary [...]
A Teens 10 Commandments for Parents
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Current Events, Family, Leadership, PG Required, Self-Help, tagged child, children, parenting, parenting teens, parents, teenagers, teens on December 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Not only am I the Lead Pastor of Life Connection Church, I am also the main teacher for our Student Ministry. I love teaching teens. They are our future, and the current crop of teens and young adults are the most unchurched and least spiritually trained generation in our history. They are also very hungry [...]
Sea of Motorcycles
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, LCC, Motorcycle, My Church, tagged , bikers, bikes, children, dallas, fort worth, fun, texas, toy run, toys on December 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“The numbers 60,000 to 65,000 – Estimated number of motorcycles in the run; about the same as last year.” Star-Telegram
The big Texas Motorcycle Toy Runwas at 1:oopm yesterday. A group from LCC rode in it. The others got to go to the first service then head for Grapevine to participate. I finished church at about [...]
Christians Have An Image Problem
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Evangelism, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, What I'm Reading, tagged , christian, christianity, christians, God, hypocrite, Jesus, love, mormon, mormons, post-modern, theology, unchristian on December 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I read a blog of a young woman last week that said she had been cynical of religion for a long time. She had a lot of negative thoughts toward Christians and “organized religion”. She did not like being judged or feeling unaccepted.
Lately, she had been thinking a lot about God and church and a [...]
Glory and Pain
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, Stress, tagged Bible, christian, God, hope, Jesus, joy, life, peace, suffering, trust, witness on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. Rom 8:16-17
There are people who [...]
Christmas Presence – Change
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, LCC, My Church, e-note, tagged , advent, Christmas, Church, God, Jesus, RELIGION, sunday on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Weekly e-note to LCC
Dear Friends, Last Sunday at LCC was incredible. The church is all decorated for Christmas, we observed the first Sunday of Advent, and lit the first candle, and had our first of the month communion together.
It was awesome….. I introduced our two new staff members. Brent Schneider is our new Associate Pastor [...]
Messed Up World: Don’t Make Horrible Villains Famous
Posted in Current Events, Messed Up World, tagged crime, famous, infamous, mall shooting, murder, nebraska, news, news media, opinion, serial killers, suicide, tragedy, victims on December 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A very troubled young man whose name will not be mentioned in this post wrote a suicide note announcing that he was going to kill himself and take others out with him and “become famous”.
A UK Newspaper wrote “_____________was a depressed teenager who believed he had endured a terrible fortnight when he snapped, took a [...]
Questions about the movie “The Golden Compass”
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Messed Up World, tagged , atheism, fantasy, movie review, movies, RELIGION, The Golden Compass on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have heard a lot of talk of the fear of Christians of the new movie that comes out today based on the book by professed atheist Philip Pullman. Movie critic for Christianity Today, Jeffrey Overstreet , wrote an article in which he answers or gives his opinions to many questions about the movie, it’s writer, and [...]
Loyalty
Posted in Leadership, tagged character, friendship, loyalty, trust on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“No I don’t understand my husband’s Theory of Relativity. But I know my husband, and I know he can be trusted.”
Elsa Einstein
