I began writing this entry in the wee hours of the morning last night. I think I started when I saw the little red glowing numbers were reading 3:43 AM and remember still going around 4:17 AM… the only problem was I was writing this entry in my head and not sitting at the computer. Maybe I should have just gone ahead to the computer and got going! I think I saw every hour of the night last night. It…
What a girl wants… is the topic that Ashley and I covered last night in the third part of this series. Remember students – that I want you to be able to hear truth from the heart of someone who cares greatly about you and your future! Girls, I brought Ashley in to help me speak directly to some of the lies that the world is telling you that how you look and how your perform will give you the…
I just finished a great weekend with our middle and high school students looking at purity. Even as I prepared for the weekend, I was challenged by trying to really get a biblical understanding of purity. So much of what I heard in church about purity was all about the “don’ts” and saying “no.” I don’t want to minimize the importance of having convictions and making commitments before God, but purity is about saying, “YES!” It’s about saying “yes” to…
OK students. Time to go beyond last night’s message. So guys… it was your night. We talked about “who a guy is”… notice I didn’t call it “what a guy wants” because we all know that would be a short message. What I tried to do was show you some important differences between guys and girls and why God wired us differently. One of the main differences that I wanted you to understand was that girls are wired more relationally,…
I had the awesome opportunity to sing in corporate worship here at Wildwood a few weeks ago the Chris Tomlin song, “The Power of the Cross” and God has gripped my heart with the power and truth of the words I sang: What can take a dying man And raise him up to life again?What can heal the wounded soul? What can make us white as snow?What can fill the emptiness?What can mend our brokenness? Brokenness? What restores our faith…
Those of you from around Tallahassee will no doubt understand that the Sonny’s on Timberlane Road has a secret to success. Two words: Wildwood Church. Rarely do I enter Sonny’s without seeing someone from our church, but I’m sure they appreciate our love for their establishment even more, as demonstrated by the fact that we have a corporate account with them. But I’m not writing about Sonny’s financial success, but it’s success to my parenting. I guess having a newborn…
To my middle and high school students… I am going to try to go beyond the message for you guys each week, because I realize that (1) I can’t cover this subject well in only about 20 minutes and have more things to say and (2) many of you may have feedback you want to give or questions that you would like to ask and may not be comfortable doing so in person. So feel free to post a reply…
Well, needless to say, last night was a little scary. It was a typical Wednesday, but a good one with our middle and high school students as I wrapped up a 4-week series challenging them not to settle for an ordinary life, but to allow God to invade their lives – giving them a life beyond their dreams – based out of John 10:10. Jesus says, “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I came so that they…