How many people could identify ministry with stripping? I think it’s safe to say that no one would equate the two at first sight. Steve Courtois made me think more on it, though. Tonight at our last Friday Night Card Game (yeah, I know, it’s a Saturday one — the name’s stuck though), Steve joked […]
ContinueKeokuk Internship: Productivity
Today was the most productive day of the entire summer. It’s sad that I hit this point with only a week left in my internship. It seemed like nothing I wanted to do couldn’t get done. Well, I take that back, there were some things I didn’t get to; but, considering that I got over […]
ContinueKeokuk Internship: Weekend Update
My sermon on Saturday night went well! Methodists are a friendly group to worship with. I preached it on the conversation of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4. It shouldn’t have been that hard to write, should it have? It ended up not being that hard to finish. I started […]
ContinueKeokuk Internship: Background and Foreground
It’s often fun for me to look and see which type of ministries my gifts work best in. Keokuk is a fun place to explore those as well. My natural tendency is to work in the background. I’ll work with technology, shoot photography, and administrate events behind the scenes. Rarely do I have to be […]
ContinueKeokuk Internship: Information Overload
It’s sad how easy it is for me to overload myself. Today I took the day off of work and drove to St. Louis. The beginning of this week has been packed. On Monday I did two hospital visits. On Tuesday morning I saw a 101-year-old lady in the congregation who has a mind more […]
ContinueKeokuk Internship: Week Review
Last Sunday I left the church and picked up Cathie Courtois and immediately drove up to the Christian Conference Center in Newton, IA. Cathie counseled for the high school camp in the cabin side and I counseled for the middle school camp in the rustic side. How rustic you may be wondering? We sleep on […]
ContinueServant Leadership Network: Humanity Actualized
Tonight’s ‘God-sighting’ was based on a story of a Bosnian muslim who was persecuted. To make a long story short (even though the long one that Johnny told was great), the man went through recovery and the last step was when he realized he’d been welcomed with a gift that he felt like an actual […]
ContinueKeokuk Internship: Work-IN
Whenever I pull all-nighters, they knock me flat on my back. This one was especially that way since I’d deprived myself of sleep during my event at Eureka. Last night we arrived at the new church at 7:00 and started working. We raked dead grass off of a section so that the mower could go […]
ContinueKeokuk Internship: Exultant Exhaustion #2
This entry definitely deserves this title more than the other one did. While I thought I was at that point 10 days ago, I can now say I’ve gone beyond it. To begin with, I’ve gone the 5.5 hours of sleep for the last 40 hours. Surprisingly, I’m not nearly as tired as I probably […]
ContinueServant Leadership Network: Model Servants
‘ve now finished my long drive home (well, to Keokuk) from Eureka. What a weekend. The car ride luckily gave me plenty of time to reflect on it. Was I short on sleep? Definitely, but that was expected. Were there moments where I was wishing it would be over? Yes, but I’m blaming that on […]
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