Old Friends at Teen Camp.

A few months ago I got asked to lead worship at a teen camp that was for all the youth groups in the Upstate New York district. So in late July me and some friends put together a worship team, two members of which were my old friends Jeremy Schulz and Josh Bachran. 

It was so great to see them and just hang out like old times. It made me realize that even though I have some amazingly close friendships here in New York, their is just something about being around people that you have known and have known you for years. I miss that. These guy are two of my best friends and I love them dearly. We had such a great time and camp was awesome. By like the second day those kids came hungry to worship God, it was amazing to watch. The picture above is us with some campers.

Flying California

On tuesday we will be flying to Southern California for the first time since we moved to New York. We are all really excited and kinda nervous at the same time.We will get to see many of our friends and family that we have not seen in ages. This will be Dylan's first plane ride, so we hope he does well. We are going to try to get to Disneyland and the beach at least once while we are out there, cause God knows when we will be able to come again. I am looking forward to attending our old church on sunday and not being in charge of anything. 

This vacation comes at a really good time for me because lately I have been feeling extremely burned out and like I just don't have anything left to give. I can't wait to spend some good quality with Kim and Dylan because as much as I try not to let it happen, sometimes they get the short end of the stick when it comes to my time. So I am really looking forward to correcting that mistake.

I Stopped Blogging!

Have you ever noticed that if you stop blogging for a while, 

it's really hard to start back up again. It's like their's all this pressure to make your first one back really good. Since so much has happened since I last blogged, I'll just use this one as a warm up.

I thought this video was amazing. Enjoy! 

Eye Of The Tiger

These are the eye's of someone who is tired of thinking about deep, spiritual stuff. I have been up to my ears lately in school of ministry homework. I had to write two sermons this week, one on Job chapters 1&2 and the other on Romans chapter 6. These topic were of my own choosing but man couldn't I have picked something easier. I could go on forever about how amazing a man Job was or how I love when Paul gets straight to the point in Romans 6 about freedom from sin. 

To be honest though, I think my my brain might explode and ooze out my ear at any minute. My brain needs a break. I need to watch a Seinfeld episode that I have seen a hundred times or just turn a fan on high speed right by my head so the white noise blocks my thoughts. Anyone know a good fart joke? Those are always good for mindless entertainment.

My Most Recent Top 5 Songs

So much great music has come out in the last few months, that I thought I would share my most recent favorites. Here are my top 5 favorite songs right now in order.

1. "Violet Hill' by Coldplay [amazing single, I can't wait for the album.]

2. "Grapevine Fires" by Death Cab for Cutie [California Fires, very emotional.]

3. "Empty Bottles" by Stacy Clark [A brand new favorite, thanks Silo!]

4. "My Soul Sings" by Delirious? [An amazing worship song.]

5. "Get On the Plane" by The Myriad [I am Pete Best!]

Alright now it's time for you guys to crack open your ipods and make your own lists.

I love stuff like this, I am such music nerd.

Praying Over Food Can Be Dangerous!

So I went to lunch yesterday with a friend of mine at a country club. Now, I am not usually the type to hang out at a country club but I had heard so much about this amazing goat cheese and scallops salad, that we thought we would try it.

Anyways, so the food comes and like a good boy, I offered to pray over the food. So I bowed my head and just about put my eye out on one of the salads long pointy tentacles. Yep. That really happened. Good thing no one saw.............Oh wait the whole restaurant saw!You know, Sometimes you just gotta laugh and rub your eye at the same time. No wait that thing had salad dressing on it........... it stings .... it stings!

Lost and Found

This morning Dylan and I got up at our usual time, but that was going be all that was usual about this morning. Instead of completing our usual routine of Playhouse Disney and Cheerios, we were forced into a foreign land. This foreign land did not include our regular morning pals of "Little Einsteins" or "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" and not even "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse"! Thats right folks, I lost the remote. Not just lost it but rather, it had disappeared.

Sooooo, after like fifteen minutes on my hands and knees looking for the remote, I heard my son saying something. He had been talking for a while but I didn't not hear him because I was to busy searching for the remote. He was saying "Doggy, Doggy" and pointing to the window. Outside I looked and there were our two dogs playing in the backyard. He was fascinated by them for some reason, so I scooped him up, put him in his high chair and rolled him on over to the window. There he ate his breakfast and laughed wildly watching the dogs play. I turned on the new Steve Fee album and in my heart began to praise God. What a great morning! I think I will leave the remote lost. Well...... until Thursday for The Office. haha. 

I encourage you, to shake up your routine or you might just end up wearing one of those remote head bands that are so wildly popular. You never know where God is waiting to meet you!