Great Quote

I'm currently in a meeting for our District Youth Team. One of my good friends had a great quote that just cracked me up.

In referring to Jr. High he called them "Pre-humans". First time I've ever heard Jr. Highers termed that way before. I guess that could be somewhat true. What would that make my title then, the Pre-human Pastor.

Puts a new spin on things . . . huh!

Movie Review

This past Saturday Rose and I had a mini date night. We had two High School students who went on DCGO with me this summer who volunteered to watch our girls. Rose and I got a short time at Panera Bread and then scooted over to NMC for the free screening of Fireproof. I have to admit that Rose and I were somewhat skeptical about this movie so we decided not to pay full price and go see it in the theaters when it came out. Unfortunately with it being a Christian movie there is the stigma of the Christianese and Christian overtone in the movie as opposed to the lack there of in all the other main stream movies today.

As skeptical as we were Rose and I walked away thinking several things:

1. Yes, there was still Christian overtones and words that only church goers might understand.
2. It had several corny moments in it.
3. There was some really good humor in it.
4. It was good to see Mikey Seaver back on the screen. Had he not made the decisions that he did for his faith I think he had some long standing Tom Hanks characteristics and qualities with his acting career.
5. The message was great . . . whether you're dating someone, engaged to someone, married to someone or thinking about ending your marriage/relationship. This is a must see movie. It makes you truly think about how much you LOVE someone other than yourself. It showed LOVE as we read it should be in 1 Corinthians 13.

Overall for a Christian movie with a low budget I'd give it an A.
Matching it up to it's Hollywood counterparts I'd say maybe an A- or B+ but I think all in all anyone who watches this movie will at least have to stop and think.

LOST

Okay, so this is a different kind of post about LOST than my friend and teammate Derry Prenkert. Although I have to admit that working in the Student Ministries at NMC got me into the show LOST (thanks for another thing to get addicted to and waste hours of my life guys), I do have to say it's a good show.

I find myself in a weird spot in life right now, I feel somewhat on top of things, I'm excited about my ministry with Jr. high, love and yet am sometimes overwhelmed by my two beautiful daughters, am completely in love with my wife and am constantly trying to continue my pursuit of Christ and trusting Him . . . yet in the midst of this all . . . I still feel a sense that I'm Lost.

Not sure I can explain it, hoping that those of you who read this may have also felt this way. If you have I'd love to hear about it in the comment section. Feeling like this might just be a season in my life.

Hoping it passes soon yet I have a feeling that God is trying to teach me something in the midst of it and am trying to be faithful in the pursuit of that answer.