whose blog in ministry am i stalking?

stalking may be the wrong word, but when you look into someone’s thoughts at least once a day from a distance and most of the time they don’t know it, then i guess you would be a stalker…so here is a short list of blogs i read regularly…these are people that i would love to meet one day and have a better connection than a blog…

mark batterson…great read on life and ministry…this guy thinks outside the box!
gary lamb…a church planter i stumbled onto this blog, it’s a great read!
josh giffin…more than dodgeball. great read if you are in youth ministry!
steven furtick…lead pastor of a church in charlotte…great read for the driven!
mark atrip…youth pastor…good read for anyone in youth ministry-i like reading blogs by peeps with passion for what they do!
Carlos Whittaker…musician, blogger, and pastor living in the ATL, Atlanta, GA. edgy read…love it!

this is just a short list…

drama…

today i spent the day working with a group of students on a human video piece for fine arts. we are working on a piece about martyrs…it’s truly morbid starting out with a victim being burned at the stake. anne askew was tortured until her arms and legs were pulled out of her sockets and she passes out. when she wakes up she preaches to her tormentors for 2 hours. the day of her execution she was carried in a chair to the stake where she was burned alive. she prayed for her tormentors in the midst of the flames.
we worked on building lots of scenes and following a song by leeland…tears of the saints. great day of work with students- i dropped by the local skate park to put up some signs for an outreach we are doing next weekend then met my family at the ormond steakhouse. great day topped off with a venti upside down caramel machiato…ahhhh i love starbucks!

friday night…high school musical?

well its friday night…what’s in store for a night out on the town.  well in youth ministry there is always events that students just want you to attend.  i found myself at a high school musical.  literally it was a high school performing “high school musical” i truly had a great time…until near the end i was in the middle of sending a text message and the main character jumps off the stage and begins to dance with yours truly. i found myself being swung around clutching my phone for the final number.  friday night was a high school musical.  i have been to plays, sporting events and beauty pageants all in the name of ministry.

i love my kids so i love to just show up with some support for their event. we work so hard trying to get them to show up for our events why not show up for something they are in?