Partially Avoiding the “Filter Bubble” Using Private Browsing

If you’ve read or heard anything about The Filter Bubble, you know that your on-line habits, content choices, searches, physical location, etc., are now being used more and more to give you a customized view of information. This is true whether we’re talking search results via Google or seeing updates on Facebook. The main issue [...]

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Find Your Role and Be Content

When I first felt the call to ministry, I was scared and excited. I really let God lead things because I was unsure of what to do next. I hadn’t been a Christian very long but God was using me in ministry and I was following in the direction I felt He was pointing me [...]

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Sermon: Completing the Sale

When I was growing up I had a dream. My dream was to build the first faster than light spacecraft. I wanted to help Man explore the galaxy much like my heroes on Star Trek did. I held on to that dream through high school, when suddenly the aerospace industry collapsed. I wasn’t deterred, however, [...]

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Where did that DBA go?

Folks who know me know I have two positions: IT pro working primarily these days in Microsoft SQL Server as a database administrator (DBA) Junior high youth pastor and Awana commander During the summer months, junior high schoolers aren’t in school, so my ministry commitments step up. Plus, lately there are some areas I feel [...]

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A Simple and Easy to Remember Prayer

There are various versions of Saint Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer out there. It’s a rather lengthy one to remember if one chooses to memorize it. However, contained within is a fairly short stanza that is this: Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, [...]

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A Vision for Christian Children’s and Youth Workers

Yes, the following is an extreme example of what may be the future for Christians in the United States. Will it ever be this bad in the United States? Only the Lord knows for sure, but Revelation doesn’t paint a pretty picture anywhere in the world. A growing number of pastors seem to believe we’ll [...]

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Proud Parent: Seeing a Goal Through to the End

My oldest son is 13 years-old and I know I don’t tell him enough how proud of him I am. He does a lot of great things and he’s a great kid. Like most parents, I probably harp on him too much for what he’s not doing right as opposed to taking more time to [...]

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Protecting Computers on No Budget

I help out from time to time at my church with the computer systems, but admittedly my time doing so is limited. My primary responsibility is to be the junior high youth pastor with a secondary responsibility of being the Awana commander. But recently I’ve had to spend a little more time with the secretary’s [...]

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Review: Hundred More Years

I really enjoyed Francesca Battistelli’s first album, My Paper Heart. It quickly became one of my favorite albums from my collection though I’m typically a Gospel rap and urban Gospel kind of guy. For instance, her song Beautiful, Beautiful chokes me up every time I hear it. As a result, I was really looking forward [...]

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Shepherd Study: Psalm 23

Awana Commander College is a great 2.5 days of training. However, it’s not over when the weekend is over. There is also homework, like the Like a Shepherd study that’s in the participant workbook. The first week study is on Psalm 23. The idea is to look at the verses and see how the role [...]

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