Miranda and I read this book – well, Miranda read it out loud as I drove to Ft. Worth this past weekend. It was a great way to pass the time and was a really good story. Mike Yankoski was regular middle-class college student. He …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Swan
One of the classic questions used by youth ministers in “get to know you”-type games is this: If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why? My standard answer to that question comes from an experience I had in a park one …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – The Beach
When I was really little (like 4 or 5 years old) my parents took my brother and I on a vacation to Galveston. We lived in Oklahoma at the time so it was the first time I had ever seen the beach. I don’t remember …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Tyler’s Sleep
OK – Here’s the second story in my series of “Stories I Need to Tell.” I am happily married and hope to one day have children of my own, but for right now the closest thing to that for me is my nephews. I have …
Read MoreDa Vinci Code Lies
Just thought I’d share some of the stuff I found and talked about at U-TURN. Jesus was NOT married to Mary Magdalene. Not even one of the 4 gospels makes any reference to this. And the interaction that you see between the two of them …
Read MoreDumpster Diving and 3 Hags
Quite a few of you guys told me that you really liked the “Hag Story” the other day. We were experimenting and actually recorded it. If you’d like to download the audio file and listen again sometime, here it is: Hag Story – An fun …
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is the day that we celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem the week prior to His crucifixion and resurrection. Anyway, here’s what I learned about the culture of this whole event:
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