http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBy2D8p5Kpw Doesn’t matter how many times I hear this song. It takes me back to a time in my life where  this was a reminder of the only thing that I could hold onto and my desperate need to be lifted up by something or Someone higher than I was. Just never gets old. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

Possibly the greatest tumblr ever. Hot dogs? Or Legs?

As we started middle school camp last week, one of leaders prayed that our students would get “to feel just a taste of family.” It made me tear up then, but by the end of the week after several conversations, that sentiment became more of a goal than a just a phrase. I was adopted into an awesome family - two parents, a sister (and for more than half my life, a brother-in-law) - who…

I grew up going to and working at one of the best camps on the planet. Great boss, good programming, people who love Jesus and some really fantastic kids. When I had the chance to talk about real life with those kids, they had questions about baptism, getting along with their parents, what it really means to “dedicate their life to Jesus,” and if they should get baptized.  Today, I work in a completely different…

One of my friends growing up couldn’t play in soccer games on Friday nights because of Sabbath. Once the sun went down on Friday, until Saturday at 6pm, he was off limits. It was his time with family and God.  He was one of our best soccer players so really that meant our team lost all Friday games. As a high schooler, I think I knew I was supposed to respect what his family did,…

Before Christina Aguilera was Xtina and after she was on the Mickey Mouse Club, she did a song called, “What a Girl Wants.” It makes very little sense and I’m not sure it really addresses what girls actually want.  What a girl wantsWhat a girl needsSomebody sensitive, courageousSexy, cool, like you Thank you, Xtina, for letting us know that all a girl really wants is a man. And a “sexy cool” one at that. The…