LIFE! Ours has found it’s rhythm over the past few weeks, and it’s an encouraging thing to behold. We’ve recently added some new folks to the fold, and we started reading/discussing the New Testament portion of the LifeJournal Bible reading plan. It’s the most simple of structures for lifegroup. Each Read more…
I know that you’re wondering if it’s all going to be worth it in the end. Those long, tedious days plugging away…those evenings sacrificed, nose to the grindstone. Late night sessions pouring yourself into the process. Believe me when I tell you that your hard work will bear fruit. The Read more…
Thursday is quickly becoming one of my favorite days of the week. Around noon every Thursday a bunch of us youth worker types get together to pray, plan, eat, or work on our youth ministry skills. I love the community that I find there, and always come away feeling refreshed, renewed, and Read more…
I had a pretty interesting day. I’m meeting regularly with the young men who lead our student ministry, doing a little coaching and encouraging. Today I visited one of the guys at his lab. AC works with squids–tiny little squidies. That job takes him to Hawaii several times a year. Read more…
Wow, so much goodness happened today. It’s hard to select a highlight, so here are a few: Kim went out to breakfast with a friend who was in town for Leadership Advance. That meant I got to stay home and fix breakfast for Charlie. He and I ate omelets and Read more…
As we wolfed down our dinner tonight Josie was in a particularly good mood. Turns out that it was contagious, and Team Sublett is going to bed feeling pretty swell. Josie’s rugby season is over, but the team got together today for a practice–just for fun! It didn’t hurt that Read more…
As my birthday comes to a close, I’m a pretty content man. The day was filled with lots of reminders of the good things in my life, and the year has been one of some great/difficult/wonderful moments. Over the past 9 months I’ve moved back into youth ministry. The change Read more…
We had a full house tonight on a couple of different levels. Kim and I kicked off a new lifegroup a few weeks ago, just in time for the wrath of that chick from Frozen to land squarely on Happy Valley! We’ve been hit or miss with attendance, but tonight Read more…
Our church has been working through Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God. Pastor Dan’s been preaching up a storm and our lifegroups have been using the workbook to dig deeper, to dive in, to apply it to our lives. That sounds great on the surface, and usually works for me until Wednesday. Read more…
6:15 comes early. (I was going to write something about the time change, but I’ll just throw it out there–I’m not a fan of 6:15. At least not the one that comes first in the day. The second one is fine, because I’m usually putting food in my face around Read more…