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Well, after years of trying to figure out how to get a cool looking website from all my friends who want to “help me out,” I’ve decided I would rather just be plain old me and do it myself. Besides, I’ve enjoyed journaling on Myspace for some time now and have been challenged to keep it up more frequently, so what better way to do that than just make my site my blog. So here it is. A work in ...

Just home from an AMAZING week at SuperWOW at Jekyll Island. The students were phenomenal and God showed up in some exciting ways. Like providing me with the undeserved ability to appear like I knew sort of what I was doing on the basketball court when anyone who knows me knows I can barely dribble a ball. Or allowing my voice to stay relatively fresh after singing 72 times when I only thought I’d be singing maybe half that. Or ...

Just got back from an awesome week of camp in Ohio. We made some great new friends and had a blast spending time with students and dominating in volleyball (that’s right, I said it, and we plan on adding Basketball to the total next year). Smaller camps are so much more intimate and you end up feeling like you really got to know the campers and the leaders. So much in fact you start playing practical jokes. And several were ...

This past week I was at a youth camp in Senecaville, Ohio. I hadn’t ever heard of it either. Often when we go to a small, nowhere town bad things seem to happen to us. This week was no exception. At 5:00 AM on Monday as we were preparing to leave, I cut my index finger’s knuckle on my trailer door, which ended up needing stitches except I didn’t find that out until after it had bled for two days ...

Just finished another Xtreme Summer and boy are my fingers sore. Not from Xtreme, but from Guitar Hero. Man, eight hours of this a day and I’m really going to be able to wail on the guitar. Actually, I’m not telling the truth because out of the kindness of my heart I let the other band guys take the Playstation from the van to their room while I thought my brother would let me play a little more of the ...

WHOO HOO…XTREME SUMMER WAS AWESOME!!! Can we please get a new hotel? Seriously, Paradise Found needs to be lost all over again. I love playing and worshipping with all the incredible churches and students, but someone down there just needs to buy some rags and cleaning solution and put some elbow grease into that place. Or burn it to the ground. Regardless, the camp was great. Pete Hixon is hilarious as usual with his crazy warm-ups and emcee antics. ...

My nephew prayed to receive Christ about a week ago. For those who are clueless to his story just need to know it is magnificent answer to prayer and a little bit surprising to tell the truth. He has always been one of those who related church with hypocrites in his family and blamed God for some tragic events in his past. Even in the youth group at First Baptist Church Woodstock, he would often argue and challenge the legitimacy ...

“Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord…and laid hold on other gods and worshipped them and served them.’” – 2 Chronicles 7:22

God’s warning to put nothing before Him, seen again in verse 19, is prevalent throughout the Bible. He doesn’t like it and is very clear about it. The most unique aspect of this particular passage is the lasting consequence God dictates to His people if they choose to serve other gods and worship them. Not only will ...

“When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, ‘For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.’” – 2 Chronicles 7:3

Solomon dedicates his newly constructed temple with a prayer of blessing and thanksgiving to God who in turn responds by presenting his presence and appreciation by ...

It was good to be back with the FBCW crew this year. Pastor Johnny did an amazing job (as always) and the Rick and the Lawson had it all together. Considering there are not too many people who read my blog and I’m pretty confident those that do have little connection with another camp I will be doing this summer, I’m going to say it: how exactly does a youth group from one church put together a camp in the ...