Great Read

Spent Friday reading a new favorite book:

ULTRAMARATHON MAN by Dean Karnazes.

Great read, very inspirational. Kinda tough language throughout, but what can you expect from a guy who runs 150 miles at a time?! He's gotta be frustrated.

Thursdays are my favorite

- basketball game tonight. we started off strong but have lost the last two games. our record is 1-2 but i think we have a chance to get the "w" tonight. if you'd like to come and see our game...tonight, 6:30 p.m. HCA high school gym.

- last night seems like a blur already. finished our CHOOSE series and now are moving on to the greatness. records will be broken.

- really glad anson is here. learning from him already.

- excited about sweet 16. hoping Tennessee has a snowball's chance in a microwave.

- feeling better about life today. thanks to wife-0.

Wednesday

Praying for my hero today.

No Title Required

This picture def. produced high levels of LOL.

Lane's Blog

So proud of Wife-0 for blogging again. She is def. the better writer in the family. (Which is good since she is a teacher and all)

I was reading her blog and this post really moved me. Especially the part I put in BOLD letters.

Last night was O2(formerly "The Well") at 12Stone. As always it was an amazing night of praise and worship. Many thoughts ran through my mind last night..captivated my thoughts really.
1. The sight of watching hundreds of people of all shapes, sizes, and colors walk into this wonderful building He has provided to worship. Then...watching them all worship with their whole hearts. It was a sight that I believe is a mirror image of what eternity will be like.
2. Many people fled to be prayed over. One of the most precious moments I witnessed during this time was watching one of our pastors pray so hard...so intensely over a small middle school girl(this could also be because middle schoolers have won my heart..I think they are wonderful, crazy people). Who knows what giants she was facing but he prayed over her as if it were a matter of life and death...and I believe that it truly is. 3. There were many artists there of all types...music, paint, woodwork, dancing...I was reminded of Ken Gire's book, "Windows of the Soul." The thought that we can praise God and see Him in all of these ways is beautiful and creative of Him.
Church took place last night and I am so thankful God creates moments for us to come together to praise His marvelous works.

New Stuff

- I am officially not one of those bloggers who just goes on "kicks" (you know who you are JB)

- I threw up last night for the first time in 3 years. Wow, TMI? I think so.

- Read "The Shack," again on Sunday- really messes me up. More so a second time through.

- Really excited about tomorrow night- Last night of CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE - Parents. (I'm not a parent, I know. But I can read.)

- Spoke at Central Middle School in Carrolton, GA last Thursday. (4 hours of driving for 20 min. of talking.) It was awesome!! Lane's grandmother made me homemade biscuits and jam for Breakfast!!

- Speaking at North Gwinnett High School on Thursday morning.

- In a major turn- last year we weren't even allowed in the school- me and the boys are going to do a CRCT pep rally for the ENTIRE Creekland Middle School student body April 14. 3,500 students: WHOA!!! God is undeniably the coolest! Pray we don't fall flat.

- Last words- "CALL TO GREATNESS!" Tune in soon for more details.

peace out.

B.

Sunday Morning

Here are some things from the last week.

1.) Found out I can fit into the child seat in the cart at Target

2.) Discovered a new kind of twizzler...Kenny's!!

3.) Really over packed a room.....twice. (so not cute anymore)

4.) Read a new book- Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute

5.) Survived Tornado Week: 2008

6.) Helped kick-off first ever O2 event at 12Stone.

7.) Ate the best "no bake" cookies ever

8.) Won a basketball game

9.) Lost a basketball game

V is for Victory

The game was a fast paced, up and down the court affair.

Brett Moore team got off to a great start building an 18 - 9 lead midway through the first half. 1st Cut cut the lead down to 2 at the half.

1st cut began the second half with some great physical defense that slowed the pace down and made BMT get into more half court sets. The game came down to the final seconds with 1st Cut having a chance to win on the last shot. BMT was able to secure the rebound and their first win of the season.

BMT heads into the second game with a 1-0 record.

Basketball Schedule

Here is our basketball schedule for the year.

All games are held at Hebron (that is where you see the abbreviations like HCA=Hebron Christian Acadamy) Gym games are held at Hebron Church.

Hopefully I'll see you there!

Mon 3/10/2008 7:30 PM HCA High School
Thu 3/13/2008 7:30 PM HCA Elementary School
Thu 3/20/2008 6:30 PM HCA High School
Thu 3/27/2008 6:30 PM HCA High School
Tue 4/1/2008 7:30 PM HCA High School
Thu 4/3/2008 6:30 PM Gym A
Thu 4/17/2008 6:30 PM Gym A
Thu 4/24/2008 7:30 PM Gym A
Fri 4/25/2008 9:30 PM Gym E1
Thu 5/1/2008 7:30 PM Gym A
Tue 5/6/2008 7:30 PM HCA Elementary School
Thu 5/15/2008 7:30 PM Gym E1

Friday

- Left my sunroof open last night...only to find that this morning I had a swamp of water waiting for me in my car.

- Getting ready for our first basketball game on Monday. Lifting and getting my legs up under me again.

- I'll be posting our schedule later this weekend so you all can come out and support the guys from 12Stone Church!!!

- Finishing up Organinc God tonight. Review to come soon!! I had a conversation with a parent / volunteer on Wednesday night and have found that the book has a large affect on a large amount of people.

- Does anyone else think that the only way to get through the months between Red Sox vs. Yankees rivalries comes from Duke vs. Carolina??

- Trying to do some research on Guiness World Records...so I'll ask a question: "What is the one record that you would like to see broken?"

Today

- last minute changes to the program are crazy, we had another one this week.

- A.J. , one of our newer guys was awesome last night. Loads of raw talent. Great 6th grader.

- Trying different programming options to shake things up, going pretty well.

- Gossip is a really tough topic to tackle, but we did it as best we could.

- Last night can be characterized like this- "When good skits go bad." It was hilarious though.

- Praying for my friend and his family this week.

- Grant, my best buddy, totally kicked my tail. I got beat up by a 6th grader!!

Tuesday Highlights

worked out like a champ this morning

great prayer meeting with Dewayne (still weird that he has the same first name as my dad)

they are doing radon testing in my office - THAT'S why I have this cough?!

staff meeting - Dan Berry - "the further you are from the problem (David and Goliath) the less likely you are to buy into the negative energy that surrounds it. He absolutely brought me to tears with his story about his wife Shelley.

creative meeting - great stuff for tomorrow night. i can't tell you, it's a secret!!

Bobby Raulerson - HS intern had his last day today, he is going to be a youth pastor in Orlando at a schweet church. God really is at work all over the place

Impromtu basketball game tonight- I have to be careful: way too competitive. In my defense some of the calls were just bush league.

Books currently on the list of "now reading" - organic God: surprisingly intuitive and easy to flow through. I'll let you know when I get done, - living by the book: thick, maybe the most important book on sermon prep this year, - stumbling in happiness: why and what of happiness (recommended by dave)

I think I might want a typewriter, just to be old school. Where do I get one + correction tape??

Sermon writing - now until late in the noche.

peace out peeps.

back from Indy

back from Indy...just now.

here are a few highlights.

stayed in indy for around 19 hours. travel time - 7 hours

rode in a limo like a rockstar - they know how to do it right!!

here is my schedule for tomorrow

6:00 a.m. workout

7:30 a.m. prayer meeting

9:00 a.m. staff meeting

11:30 a.m. lunch meeting

1:00 p.m. creative meeting

3:00 p.m. - ?? writing

Off to Indy

Getting ready to leave for a seriously quick trip to Indianapolis, IN.

- Jason and I are going to speak to a few other youth pastors about student ministry stuff. It should be fun. Always fun to talk ministry with new people. I never leave without a new and fun idea.

- Staying in Indy for less that 24 hours. Getting back late tomorrow night!

- My flight itinerary is insane: A direct flight to Indy from ATL is only 1 hour and 40 minutes. I will fly 2 hours to Philadelphia, PA, wait and hour, then fly 2 more hours to Indy after that! No wonder this industry is in serious peril.

- Psyched about the next week of our Choose your Own Adventure series on Wednesday!!

- Waiting on my new book from Howard Hendricks. It should get to ATL. before I get back.

- See you Tuesday!

Highlights

- Won my honor back on the Wii Friday - UNDEFEATED baby! (Jason Berry is shockingly competitive)

- Ran out of Advocare on Saturday - I really need my vitamins

- Great service this morning - for the 3rd time this year - Highest ever attendance on a Sunday

- Someone told me I looked like David Spade on the ITK announcement video, good or bad??

- Recruited 3 new vols - 10 more to go before summer!!

- Packing for my quick trip to Indy.