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Talk Like a Pirate Day

No Comments 19 September 2008

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR matey! Avast me hearties, this be a verrry special day indeed. Today is the best holiday of the yearrrr, International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So dawn yer fanciest skull and crossbones and go scare some scallywags with yer swarthy pirate talk! For the storrrrry of how this holiday began, rrread this article. And [...]

Life

Malawi and Clothes Dumping

1 Comment 18 September 2008

So I’ve been trying to think how to tackle blogging about my trip to Malawi and it keeps feeling way to big. So I’m just going to start blogging about little things that come to mind rather than wait for the “big profound post from the sky.” Because let’s be honest, that would mean I [...]

Life, Politics

Being a Christian in an Election Year

9 Comments 30 July 2008

It’s election year and once again I find myself rethinking what it means to be Christian in the midst of presidential campaign season. But before I get into what I’m currently thinking I’d like to take just a moment to rewind and give you a quick history of me, my faith and presidential elections. I [...]

Life

mepersonally

6 Comments 23 July 2008

This is a rant I’ve stored up in my heart long enough that it finally had to come out. What – is – the – deal… with everyone saying “mepersonally?” We both know you’re not a robot, or a gorilla. It’s redundant and it just sounds dumb. So I’ll confess, if you say it, I’m [...]

Life

My Time On the Raft

5 Comments 01 July 2008

(The raft in the middle of the lake, with tent readied for the night. above) Sunday night at 7:30pm I stepped onto land. For the previous three days I had been residing on a 16′x16′ raft with four other friends. Only weeks before our team, who has been praying about and planning for our upcoming [...]

God Stuff, Life

Going to Malawi

No Comments 17 June 2008

Dear Friends and Family, As some of you know, I will be joining a team from our church on a two-week mission trip to Malawi, Africa to provide assistance to poor and needy people in that country. Our goal is to develop a long-term partnership between the Allentown community (where I am a youth pastor) [...]