A night of prayer…

You do not have… because you do not ask. James 4:2b– Implies something very powerful. It points to an incredible connection between our action of simple prayer and God’s bold deeds.  A simple sentence that reminds me to pray. One of my favorite nights of youth group events is our Prayer Night. About twice a [...]

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One Last Christmas Greeting…

Some would call this late, I say that Christmas greetings are never unwelcome…. so here you are – a Christmas greeting from the three of us Hope your Christmas season was as full of joy as ours was. Bonus – here’s video.    

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One month with Logos Bible Software

One month with Logos Bible Software

I have long been one of those book snobs who looks down his glasses-indented nose at people whose primary book source is computer software. I think it was because I knew people who used Bible software as a substitute for studying, and I think there’s something spiritual that happens when someone studies the Bible well. [...]

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Youth Group December Update

Quick random thanks to God – Ilyia Wilson (14 year old youth group member with Lymphoma) got it PET scan last night and he is now… wait for it… CANCER FREE – God is really Good. Last month was amazing! I started listing some of the events we’ve had but it seemed like it was [...]

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Peacemaking is my preaching jam

I preach at my church sometimes  – this last Sunday, given the upcoming holidays and possible holiday “drama”,  I was really burdened to talk about Peacemaking. If you missed it give it a listen. (it’s the recording from the early service, I think I was more confident the second time around) Listen To Sunday’s Sermon: [...]

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My one defense – I’m righteous! Lord, I Need You

My favorite new song off the newest Passion CD, is a hymn rewrite by Daniel Carson, Kristian Stanfill, Christy Nockels, Matt Maher, & Jesse Reeves called “Lord I Need You”. It is a powerful statement of trust in God mostly as a singable rewrite of “I Need Thee Every Hour”.  It’s not the most catchy [...]

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Event Recap-Columbus Day is for Scavenger Hunting

Our youth group kids are hilarious – a couple weeks ago we had (for Columbus day) a Video Scavenger Hunt around Huntington Village. It seemed like an appropriate way of honoring a famous explorer. I’m really thankful to the leaders, especially EmLam who made it all happen – but enjoy these – our kids are [...]

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Pray for Students (see you at the pole edition)

Tomorrow is See You At the Pole on Long Island and I want to ask as many people as possible to pray along with students. I asked some  of our high school youth group students to write down how their schools need prayer. Here’s what they wrote. Please pray for them. I ask that you help [...]

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High School (Jesus) Freaks.

This (above) is a video from our VBS picnic – mostly our youth band covering DC Talks Jesus Freak . In retrospect we should have practiced, or maybe even figured out the chords out ahead of time… But (it’s kinda funny) –  And it does a good job at reminding me of how hard growing up as a [...]

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Long Island Water (beaches/baths & Baby)

The upside of living on and Island is that it’s surrounded by water. (there’s a quotable)  We’ve had a lot of fun taking Colette to the Fire Island Light House – (several times actually). Last week we wanted to take her again but Field 5 of Robert Moses was closed from the hurricane damage – so we [...]

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