February 10th marked the first of two monumental events on my calendar in 2008. My home church ordained me in a service Sunday afternoon. It was a great time to see friends, family, teachers, baseball coaches, former pastors. Dr. Burhans…
A friend of mine said recently that I have recommended all of the best books he’s read lately. Samson and the Pirate Monks was one of them. I can’t claim it as an original idea — a friend of mine…
Two out of four to start the year? Well, stuff happens. Mostly, I haven’t taken any pictures this month…that is, until today. Little bro’s senior capstone presentation was today. His high school has 46 countries represented in its student population,…
Exciting times: this is post #100 on rvaYM! It has been an exciting first 100, and I am very much looking forward to the next hundred and beyond. My New 100 Resolution is to post more often. We’ll see if…
Back in July 2007, Steven Furtick at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC (The 8th fastest-growing church in America according to Outreach Magazine) preached a 5-week series titled “Confessions of a Pastor.” This message was the 5th week and was preached…
Already missed the first week of the year — woo-hoo! I scraped around the bottom of the barrel and just didn’t have anything to put up. So here goes: Glad to know their pastor cleans himself…and it was popular, they…