Rantings of a Jesus-loving, raving lunatic
My 8 year old son was with me in the car the other day and said, “Hey dad, I just figured it out. Halloween is the devil’s birthday party!” I was stunned. At first I thought some rogue teacher at his Christian school was spinning Halloween as the holiday from hell or something like that. [...]
The clock strikes hard and he wakes up,
Struggling toward the first day’s cup
Of cool guy coffee and styling gel
So he can keep teens out of hell.
Zane’s turning 30.
He’s still preserved and feeling fine
With no wrinkles or deep creased lines
That would mar his face and call him old
He’s still so cool. I’m feeling old.
Zane’s turning 30.
A [...]
Right now I’m sitting in my red rental car in the cold, pouring rain of St. Louis in front of a Dave and Busters entertainment/dining center. I’m waiting to train about 200 youth leaders or so from all across Missouri (and surrounding states) with a new message that we call “Firestarter.”
There’s something about fire [...]
There’s nothing worse than pushy youth pastors. How dare they be like a good coach that pushes their teenagers to excel on the football field (or volleyball court or baseball diamond or whatever sport you fancy) of life. How dare they dare teenagers to stand up, live hard and serve Christ with everything.
I can’t help [...]
You’ve seen the commercials. The guy with the clunky glasses shows up out of nowhere with the network of people standing behind him. He gently reminds the naysayer (who is trying to scare the Verizon user with threats of “the dead zone”) that he has a network to support him.
The Verizon guy is my new [...]
