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D-Now 2010 Promo Video

2010-01-31T15:56:00.003-06:00

go to

http://bit.ly/9hOaql

to sign up or for more info.

Parent Summit - Oct 18, 2009

2009-10-13T16:07:00.002-05:00

New Orleans HS Mission Trip Promo Video

2009-09-23T21:59:00.001-05:00

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2009-08-26T13:18:00.001-05:00

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Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness - July 19, 2009 Sermon

2009-07-24T09:55:00.002-05:00

This is a sermon I had the opportunity to preach in the summer of 2009. The series was called "The Best Stuff on Earth" and was based on the fruit of the spirit in Galatians 5.

The Best Stuff on Earth - "Goodness" - July 19, 2009 from Sean Walker on Vimeo.

My Two Favorite Performances from SYTYCD Last Night

2009-07-23T21:48:00.002-05:00

So You Think Can Dance
Season 5
July 23, 2009

"Batttlefield" by Jordin Sparks
Performed by Brandon and Jeanine

"They're Everywhere" by Izza Kizza
Performed by Jason and Kayla

360 Camp Highlight Video - HD

2009-07-13T00:35:00.001-05:00

Here is a video from 360 Summer Camp 2009. Enjoy.

Student Ministry Announcement

2009-06-11T21:28:00.002-05:00

Best of Acadiana

2009-05-18T19:59:00.012-05:00

Vote for your favorite things in Acadiana!

There are some people I know on there to vote for...

Under "Best of Home" "Home Builder" Brian Guidry is in there. Great member of East Bayou.

Under "Best of Professional Service" "Photographer" Jason Cohen. He shot Tory and I's wedding.

This Is Where Swine Flu Started

2009-04-30T08:29:00.001-05:00

Engaged! - One Year Later

2009-04-15T09:24:00.003-05:00

Today is April 15th. Nope not just tax day, but the day Tory I got engaged one year ago. Being with Tory, and now married, has been the greatest experience of my life!

East Bayou's New Site

2009-04-13T14:52:00.003-05:00

Check out East Bayou's new site...

eastbayou.org

Photoshop Error

2009-04-12T18:50:00.004-05:00

I like catching mistakes in movies and unintentioal glitches in tv shows, and my favorite... photoshop errors. Can you see what the photoshop error is that I caught in this image that I took of my TV?... read the comment below if you can't find it.

ebsm Stupid Video - Chicken VS Bunny

2009-04-12T18:33:00.001-05:00

One of my Favorite Videos from East Bayou

2009-03-27T18:16:00.005-05:00

This is from the "Who's Kidding Who?" series we did back in the Spring of 2005 at East Bayou Baptist Church.

In the first sermon, the entire congregation was given a little score sheet to see how they were doing in their marriage. We had 2 camera crews waiting to interview people after service and see how they scored. Then we used this video as an introduction video to the sermon in the 2nd week of the series. The responses are pretty funny.

High Def Test Post

2009-03-25T07:12:00.008-05:00

ebsm's D-Now 2009 Highlight Video

2009-03-19T13:25:00.002-05:00

The Dark Knight - Joker Interrogation Scene Spoof

2009-03-16T10:44:00.002-05:00

We played this in our student ministry service this past weekend. We were rolling. One of the students came up to me afterward and had seen the video before and loved it so much that she set it has her ringtone on her cell, haha.

Another Reason Why I Love Google

2009-02-24T13:47:00.007-06:00

Oh man, has this particular gmail feature saved my bacon.

How many times have all of us sent out an email to a large group of people and mentioned in the email that there is something attached, and then someone emails you back and says, "Hey, you forgot to attach the file."? Don't you hate that?!

Gmail (the free email service available from google) has a feature that you can activate that will read the text in your email as you are typing it, see that you mention something about an attachment, then if you hit send and haven't attached anything, it prompts you before the email goes out.

How cool of a feature is that?! Love it! Just wanted to share 1 of a million reasons to open up a gmail account and ditch the yahoo and hotmail junk :)

See an old post for a few other reasons.

Xbox 360 vs PS3

2009-02-22T22:26:00.002-06:00

I thought this was interesting. Very good and honest reviews of these consoles.

Star Wars Retold (By Someone Who's Never Seen It)

2009-01-28T07:54:00.000-06:00

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Highest Rated YouTube Video

2009-01-20T11:47:00.001-06:00

Of the 24 videos that I have on youtube, this one has the most views with over 7,100 views. I can't figure out why so many people have viewed it. Hmmm.

Why We Were In the ER New Years Eve :)

2009-01-01T11:03:00.005-06:00

So here's the story. It's me, my wife Tory, my brother Tim, one of my best friends Scott (blog), and his wife Amanda.

-Scott asks Tim randomly (and b/c Tim is a nursing student), "Tim. Could you stitch me up right here?" To which Tim replies, "Yeah I guess I could. It wouldn't be sterile though." (a little unexpected foreshadowing)

-Scott asks me, "Hey Sean, do you have anything besides water to drink?" So I give him one of the left over Jones soda glass bottles from my wedding.

-We're in the middle of popping and I see the empty glass bottle and decide to use it as a bottle rocket launcher.

-Some car (who I don't know if he was unaware of trying to be a jerk) drives down the road and doesn't wait for us to move the mortar canisters and the bottle rocket launcher out of the road and runs over them and breaks the glass bottle in the middle of the road. Thanks!

-We pop for a total of 2 hours, shoot al our big stuff at midnight, all with no incidents.

-It's about 12:50 am and we're all done. I've cleaned up all my leftover fireworks and put them in my bag. But one of the things that I didn't pop were the sparklers that I had that are about 4 feet long and I didn't want to bag them b/c they were too long.

-So I hand a couple to Tim and Scott and say, let's light these and we'll call it a night.

-Scott lights his first. He takes about two steps to run around with it, and we hear the glass crunch.

-Tim and I turn to see Scott hopping on one foot. We're not sure if he's hurt or he's just being a goofball.

-Then he throws down the sparkler and starts running to a chair, and we realize he's serious.

-Tim and I run to him and pull his crocs off (yes crocs). He has about a 1.5-2 wide cut, we don't know how deep, but pretty deep, underneath his big left toe.

-Tim grabs his first aid kit. I give him a shirt to catch the blood, and Tim begins to cut off the blood pressure from his ankle and wrap his foot, while I get the wives and the car keys.

-We drive Scott to the ER and he gets, I don't how many yet, stitches.

It was crazy how it all happened. If one of any of the many things that happened, didn't happen, it would have been a normal night of popping fireworks :) But then again, Scott bleeding profusely and having to get stitches is a pretty normal occurrence :)

Here's the only pic I'll put up. There are way grosser pics, but I don't want to gross anyone out.

Below are a few pics of Tory and I playing with my camera setting and sparklers. Just crank the exposure down on your camera all the way and use a tripod and these are the pictures that come out. Totally Tory's idea. They came out cool!

Game Time!

2008-12-31T15:33:00.001-06:00

Hulk vs Andre The Giant

2008-12-06T22:48:00.000-06:00

How many of you remember this?

Tim Tebow is MY HERO!

2008-12-06T14:38:00.000-06:00

Have you seen this?!

Does Coldplay Steal Music?

2008-12-05T12:02:00.003-06:00

Click here for the story on FoxNews. Scroll down a bit to find it, or just hit "ctrl + f" and type in "coldplay" and your browser should find it.

Below the video is the comment I posted on youtube...

Coldplay had to of jacked it. I heard them say in a set they played on MTV that they borrow stuff from other artists. He said it all jokingly. Obviously Joe Satriani doesn't think it's funny. I think Coldplay is in the wrong here.

FL Congresswoman Hangs Up On Pres-Elect Obama, Twice!

2008-12-04T12:49:00.001-06:00

Me Getting Lit Up Playing Paintball

2008-11-19T23:32:00.001-06:00

Youth Ministry Lab 2009 Promo

2008-11-18T15:09:00.003-06:00

Youth Ministry Lab is the largest student-led student ministry conference in the country. It is created and put on by students and professors at SWBTS. I'm stoked about being able to serve on the team again. Here's a promo video we just put together and sent out to student pastors across the country.

Here's our main site - youthministrylab.com
Here are some of our other videos - Youth Lab on Viemo

PB & J

2008-11-15T21:51:00.002-06:00

Had the privilege of speaking at a student ministry retreat this weekend. It was a blast. I'll post more later, but just wanted to put this pic up from our paintball games. :) Video to come...

Bill Oreilly OWNS Marvin Kalb

2008-11-12T20:57:00.003-06:00

If you have the time, watch the whole video b/c it gives great context to the section I want to highlight. If you only have a second, scrub to 4:32 and watch O'Reilly dodge Kalb's jab and return with a knock out upper cut! Love it!

Free Conference - Matt Chandler, Francis Chan, Erwin McManus

2008-11-12T18:55:00.008-06:00

I've got a friend who's got a friend (who's got a dog, who's got an uncle, of dude, who knows some guy, who's.... just kidding) who has some tickets he is trying to give a way to the Lead Now 08 Conference.

It is tomorrow, November 13th through November 15th. I'd be snagging a couple of tickets but I have a prior engagement. I'd encourage you to go just to hear Matt Chandler and Francis Chan. They are worth it alone.

Tickets cost $300 if you're paying, but he has some extras and wants to bless some people and give them away for no cost at all. So if you are interested, contact Ryan at, Ryan dot Walling at gmail dot com

Funny, Politics and Halloween

2008-11-06T23:45:00.001-06:00

One of my Fav Videos

2008-11-06T19:09:00.003-06:00

Crank up your speakers, set it to full screen, hit play, and enjoy :)

"Stars" by Switchfoot"

Top Websites - Worldwide and US

2008-11-06T14:09:00.005-06:00

Here are the top websites, based upon hits.

Worldwide
1. Yahoo - www.yahoo.com
2. Google - www.google.com (this was surprising. i didn't know yahoo beat google)
3. YouTube - www.youtube.com
4. Windows Live - www.live.com
5. Facebook - www.facebook.com
6. Micorsoft Network - www.msn.com (i think that this is b/c people who have PCs haven't change their default home page on internet explorer)
7. Myspace - www.myspace.com
8. Wikipedia - www.wikipedia.org
9. Blogger - www.blogger.com
10. Yahoo (Japan?) - www.yahoo.co.jp

USA
1. Google - www.google.com
2. Yahoo - www.yahoo.com
3. Myspace - www.myspace.com
4. YouTube - www.youtube.com
5. Facebook - www.facebook.com
6. Windows Live - www.live.com
7. Micorsoft Network - www.msn.com (once again, people need to change their homepage settings)
8. Wikipedia - www.wikipedia.org
9. EBay - www.ebay.com
10. AOL - www.aol.com

Twitter vs. Blogger

2008-11-05T13:03:00.002-06:00

I don't know if you've noticed or not, but I really don't blog a whole lot anymore. I've been mini-blogging/twittering quite a bit though. If you're looking to keep up with me, check here first, then my blog.

The Big Pumpkin Is No More!

2008-11-03T10:59:00.003-06:00

Phillip Fulmer is stepping down, click here to read the story.

Shocking Campaign Sign, Literally!

2008-10-31T14:14:00.003-05:00

This guy's McCain signs kept getting stolen so he electrified the sign and caught someone on video trying to steal the sign again and getting shocked.

Click here to watch the full story.

"I Couldn't Agree With Him More!"

2008-10-28T23:38:00.001-05:00

I can't stop watching this and laughing. I think it is so funny.

I Might Be Turning In To Richard Dunkin :)

2008-10-28T00:21:00.014-05:00

Since I bought my 2000 Mazda 626 in October 2006 I've been keeping track of my receipts and logging all of my info, such as miles driven, mpg, total costs, and gallons purchased in Excel. After the recent gas price drops, I thought that exporting a graph that showed the dramatic price drop would look cool. So, with Richard Dunkin as my inspiration, the following is the price per gallon I've spent on gas from October 2006 to October 2008. (Image exported from Apple's Numbers)

click on the image to see a larger version

Here is an image exported from excel

Marc Broussard & Sara Bareilles at House of Blues in Dallas

2008-10-23T13:12:00.007-05:00

A good friend of mine, Kenneth, called me in like August and said, "Hey, you and your wife wanna go see Marc Broussard & Sara Bareilles at House of Blues in Dallas with us?" And I replied, "Shoot no. Why would I want to go see some of my favorite artists in one of the coolest venues in Dallas?!"

And so last night we went. =)

Thanks Lauren and Kenneth for the hook up! It was a blast!

Here are some pics and video...

Ref Tackles SC QB

2008-10-21T10:20:00.001-05:00

Mac vs PC - Brilliant!

2008-10-19T12:40:00.005-05:00

So for the past 3 years, Apple has been cleverly SLAMMING PC with it's Hi, I'm a Mac commercials. Well after 3 years of silence from PC, they finally respond with this ad.

My first reaction was dang, that's a strong ad. I have no idea how Mac is going to respond to that.

But of course, Mac responded even stronger than I could have imagined with this brilliant retort. Ouch!

Politicked! Where Politics Meets Chrisitanity!

2008-10-13T19:19:00.005-05:00

If the video won't play on my blog, click here.

Politicked - Avalanche (TV) from Fellowship Church on Vimeo.

What do you think?

Is This Suppose To Be Funny?

2008-10-12T21:19:00.002-05:00

I saw a billboard tonight that read...

Quentin Funeral Services
You'll Love Our Down To Earth Prices

I don't know if that was funny or not, but eventually I couldn't help but laugh.

Great Commercials - Post 5 - Dr. Pepper

2008-10-11T14:34:00.002-05:00

"Trust me. I'm a doctor."

Great Commercials - Post 4 - Jeep

2008-10-11T14:19:00.000-05:00

Love this commercial...

Blog Love - Benjamin Spell

2008-10-07T22:50:00.006-05:00

Benjamin Spell's Photo Blog. Former assistant to Jason Cohen. Ben's at photography school in Massachusetts now.

The Bailout Simplified

2008-09-30T19:52:00.002-05:00

My brother Michael twittered this, and I thought it was funny.

Click here for the site it's on.

Star Wars/Matrix Kid

2008-09-29T10:09:00.001-05:00

the original footage

stars wars

the matrix (this one is ridiculously well edited)

Presidential Debate #1 McCain vs. Obama

2008-09-26T19:46:00.002-05:00

Here we go! Debate #1, 8pm CST.

I'll Get Kill My Own Company For $20M

2008-09-26T12:33:00.002-05:00

I'll Get Kill My Own Company (and the livelihood of thousands, if not millions of other people) For $20M. We know that CEO Alan Fishman will.

WaMu Gives New CEO Mega Payout as Bank Fails

Great Commercials - Post 3 - ESPN

2008-09-26T10:08:00.003-05:00

ESPN has some of the funniest commercials ever. Below are some of my favs, but click here and see their official youtube site.

Great Commercials - Post 2 - ATT/Cingular

2008-09-26T09:28:00.001-05:00

Cingular's "Milky Minutes"

Great Commercials - Post 1 - Sprint

2008-09-24T19:54:00.001-05:00

I love good commercials. Whether they are funny or well done or they communicate their intended message very well, i love seeing them. That might be out of my dislike for ridiculous commercials, like ones where furniture store owners think that having their grand kids throw dollar bills in the air while they deliver the company tag line is the best way to sell furniture so here are a few...

Sprint had a series of hilarious commercials!

Monday Night Football - Did Anyone Else Catch This?

2008-09-23T00:05:00.006-05:00

Tory and I were watching MNF, NY Jets at San Diego Chargers, late Monday night since we DVRed it and Tory started laughing and told me to rewind it to see this....... haha!

What was intended to be support, ended up being... well... a jest.

Can You Call It?

2008-09-22T17:21:00.003-05:00

Can anyone recognize where they've seen this twitter bird before?

As If You Didn't Already Know...

2008-09-20T22:13:00.006-05:00

... Jason Cohen is the man! Here's a link to a few of the wedding pictures that he took.

Sushi

2008-09-20T21:32:00.006-05:00

I'm a relatively new sushi lover. I think probably 4 or 5 years ago I was with a bunch of friends at Tsunamis in Laffy Taffy and a friend convinced me to try some sushi. Previous to that the idea of raw fish was never appealing. So I tried it, and of course he didn't give me a manageable fried sushi piece... no, no, no. He gave me some piece that was completely raw. And of course, I spit it out and told myself, "Alright, I tried it, and it is confirmed. I hate sushi." So for the next 4 or 5 years I consistently turned down sushi.

Well about 3 or 4 months ago a friend of Tory's had a b-day party and they decided to go to a sushi joint, and I went along thinking that I'll just order a steak or something like I always do. Well, as my loving wife (then fiance) is supposed to do, she inquired as to why I didn't liked sushi. I gave the manly, "I just don't" response and of course she didn't let me off that easy. So after more prodding from her she discovered that my reason was not liking raw ingredients, and of course within minutes she had me try non-raw sushi, and guess what.... yep :)

New Quote

2008-09-18T13:43:00.004-05:00

"It is clear that we live in an age in which the authority of Scripture in our lives has been replaced by the authority of the self: we are encouraged on all sides to take charge of our lives and use our own experience as the authoritative text by which to live."

-Eugene Peterson in his book, "Eat This Book"

Head Up Again!

2008-09-07T23:30:00.001-05:00

Heads Up!

2008-08-26T22:34:00.000-05:00

Click here for more info.

New Job

2008-08-12T22:57:00.002-05:00

It is public as of August 10th, this past weekend. I have accepted the position of student pastor at East Bayou Baptist Church. Tory and I will spend this fall semester in Fort Worth taking classes and then move to Lafayette in December. I'll be in Lafayette once a month from now until December to speak and meet with volunteers and staff, but come December Tory and I will be in Cajun Country. We'll both finish up school through correspondence courses. So, just wanted to make the announcement. Tory and I are both stoked!

And we are getting married in 4 days! :)

Check This Out!

2008-08-04T03:00:00.002-05:00

Our Associate Pastor at East Bayou, Lyndale Holloway, had a ridiculously cool illustration in a sermon not too long ago. Check this out... click here.

Did The Cop Do It On Prupose?

2008-07-31T15:02:00.001-05:00

Framestore

2008-07-31T14:52:00.003-05:00

Framestore is a visual effects (VFX) company that did work on both Batman's Dark Knight and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Check out this link to see a video on some of the work that went into the VFX for Narnia.

16 Days

2008-07-31T14:14:00.006-05:00

16 days remain until Tory and I get married. I'm as excited as I am humbled by how much I am blessed by getting to be with her. The Bible's most intimate illustration of God's love for us is marriage. We, the church, are Christ's bride. When we stand before God, he sees our union with Christ and not our junk. After August 16th, Tory and I stand before the Father as one.

How crazy is that?! Like I said... humbled.

So Tory and I have been taking care of final details for the wedding and getting ready to move into our new place on campus at SWBTS. That's about it here.

(Tory and I right before we went to see "KA" by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. Pretty much the most amazing show I've ever seen. Click here for a trailer.)

New Quote - What Do You Think?

2008-07-25T13:12:00.002-05:00

"Never miss a good chance to shut up."

-Will Rogers

Float

2008-07-23T09:49:00.002-05:00

Killer animation. This makes me want to never open after effects again.

Noah - A Picture Every Day For 6 Years

2008-07-22T17:25:00.003-05:00

Wow.

Does it remind anyone else of the Truman Show, or is it just me?

360 Camp 2008

2008-07-21T13:58:00.004-05:00

Yep, that's right!

Shopping Carts

2008-07-21T13:45:00.002-05:00

Question, does anyone else seem to ALWAYS get the obnoxiously squeaky shopping cart when they go grocery shopping? I swear it's just me.

Summer 2008

2008-07-15T14:56:00.005-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Spent the last week of june in Las Vegas meeting Tory's mom and step-dad and sister and a bunch of her friends from Vegas. They were fantastic! I can't wait to spend more time with them.

Then just got back from Lafayette. I went to summer camp with the Student Ministry at East Bayou in the Ozarks of Arkansas. It was fantastic to say the least. This summer alone, I've been on the road for more that 86 hours. Dang. I hope to spend some more time posting in the near future and get more pics up, but here's a few quick ones...

Forget Metal

2008-06-12T13:39:00.001-05:00

Dinner

2008-06-11T00:56:00.009-05:00

Sorry I didn't get pics of everyone there. I took what I could from my seat and didn't want to put a camera in everyone's face.

Click on the thumbnail and you can see/save a high res version.

Tornado

2008-06-04T12:46:00.007-05:00

Born and raised from LA and very familiar with hurricanes, moving to Texas offered a different kind of weather threat. It's pretty eerie to be at home and hear the tornado sirens go off. I've had it happen a few times, but no close threats.
Check out this video of a house in Iowa, captured by a bank's camera accross the street, be literally ripped apart by and F5 tornado. Amazing! I snagged it from Weather.com.

I Think I Might Do This At My Wedding

2008-06-03T12:51:00.001-05:00

Engagement Pics (Jason Cohen is the man!)

2008-05-28T16:18:00.006-05:00

In case you already didn't know, Jason Cohen is the man. 1, He's fantastic at was he does. 2, He and his wife drove all the way to Fo W yesterday to take Tory and I's engagement pics.

Click here to see a few.

Ummm, Correction

2008-05-28T16:05:00.002-05:00

Make that a 4.0 for this semester. Whoot whoot!

Spring 08 4.0

A+ Student Ministry Essentials
A+ Admin Leadership for Ministry
A- Systematic Theology II

Christians Are Embarrassing! (sometimes. maybe a lot of the time)

2008-05-18T12:37:00.004-05:00

I rarely, if ever, use this blog to complain or hack on people, but since I'm hacking on my own, I think this is an appropriate post...

Conduct an experiment for me. The next time you are at a restaurant, ask your server what is the absolute worst time of the week to wait tables? Let me know what you find out... Make sure you ask them why it's the worst time in the week to wait tables.

Presidential Bumper Stickers from 1960-2008

2008-05-17T19:06:00.000-05:00

Click here, this is a very cool compilation of Presidential Bumper Stickers.

My Semester Is Over (And I Celebrated By Killing My Mac)

2008-05-07T17:01:00.010-05:00

No, I didn't do it on purpose. Yes I did almost cry when it happened (almost I said). I took it to the Apple store in Dallas and they were able to recover everything (music, programs, calender, records, school files) except over 2 years worth of pictures. Ouch huh? Tell me about it. So if I've ever emailed you pics or something before, email then back to me. I'm gonna go through my blog and save those, so at least I'll have some in my library. (tear, a man tear though)

On the bright side... I finished my third semester at SWBTS. Here are my projected grades (I say projected b/c SWBTS doesn't actually post grades until about 8 weeks after the semester is over. I wish I was kidding, but I'm not. word from the registrar's office is, it's b/c the teachers are slow to turn in their grades, if at all. these are my grades according to what I've been keep track of them with, which should be fairly accurate).

B = Systematic Theology II
A = Administrative Leadership for Ministry
A = Student Ministry Essentials
3.6 GPA (whoot whoot!)

Gotta go pack. later.

Lego Art

2008-05-05T10:47:00.003-05:00

Click here to see this guy's website. He's got a lot of different sculptures.

Change

2008-05-04T22:23:00.007-05:00

I never blogged about it, but just in case you didn't know, I left my position as an Assistant Children's Pastor at Fellowship Church (FC) about 4 weeks ago. When I was hired I was asked to commit for a full year and then see how I felt about it. I knew, and FC knew before I started that I was called to Student Ministry, but I really wanted to try this position to learn how FC worked and how they ran their Children's ministry. After a year of constant learning (seriously, I learned something new every week there) I knew it was time to leave.

While I enjoyed my role at FC Kids (what they call their children's dept) it completely confirmed my calling and my desire to work with students. So, I left that position in pursuit of a student ministry (SM) position.

While I'm in between jobs I'm doing contract photoshop and after effects work on the side. I'm very excited to see where God leads me.

School is going well. I'll be done with my 3rd semester here in a few days. We're in final exams right now and I'm blogging when I should be studying. (Isn't it amazing the stuff you'll find to do INSTEAD of studying?) This semester I switched from the MDiv to the MACE degree. So 3 down and we'll see how many more to go.

All of that to say, I've been going to a new church these past 4 weeks. It is the church that my fiancee has been going to for over a year now. The pastor is Matt Chandler. It's basically this tiny little church in Highland Village, TX which is north DFW that runs around 5,000 people on a weekend. It is called The Village. Right now my only involvement is going to service. As long as I'm in DFW and still looking for a SM position I'll be attending here. Then after that, you can guarantee that I'll be listening to the podcasts.

I'll explain it to you like I explained it to a friend on the phone a few minutes ago. Some of you may know that I am a huge fan of Andy Stanley's preaching. Well before attending the Village, by far I thought Andy Stanley was the best speaker in the country I'd heard. Well, after spending a month under Matt Chandler, his preaching blows Andy Stanley's preaching out of the water. Matt Chandler is THAT anointed and THAT gifted. (i know it's not a competition)

So obviously I recommend his podcasts. Where to start?
For anyone, click here, entitled "What is Truth?"
If you're a guy, I dare you to click here, for part 1, of a series called "The Role of Men". Here's Part 2 & Part 3.

Recently, he's been walking his church through their 5 foundations. Check out the podcast page for this series and all of their podcasts since 2005 by click here. Oh, he also preached one called "Nine Pastoral Prayers" which is a sermon about the nine prayers he and his staff have been praying for the church. They're all fantastic!

Can You Guess?

2008-05-04T16:25:00.003-05:00

Can you guess what game this is that I was playing on my mac? What game system?

Putting

2008-05-01T11:15:00.001-05:00

My Grandfather and I on the golf course almost 2 Years ago.

Wildcats! Where You At?!

2008-04-26T21:09:00.004-05:00

Are you sure you want to know?

I don't think you do.

No, you definitely don't want to know.

Youth Lab 2008

2008-04-26T13:47:00.008-05:00

Here's a video we put together for Youth Ministry Lab 2008. It went down on April 4th and 5th here on campus at SWBTS. It's the 40th anniversary of it. It's basically the largest Student Ministry Conference put on by students in the nation. Here's a taste...

In the video you'll see Jeff Johnson Worship Band (who's song "Ruin Me" I dare you to sing to God. dare you!), Sandstories by Joe Castillo, and Francis Chan who you just need to go download. His speaking kicked my butt. My favorite paraphrase from him that weekend was, "If you were on a desert island and all you had was your Bible, would you have the same views, beliefs, and theology then, as you do now?" In my interpretation, what theology do we have now that is extra-biblical and what beliefs do we have that are so diluted b/c of the thousands of influences we take in? If Jesus really is who He says He is, then why am I so hesitant to really give Him all of my life?

Ouch huh? I know. Me too.

You'll also see shots in there of other things, such as Dr. Johnny Derouen teaching a breakout. You'll see'hear him talking about stats of every 4th generation. Amazing! He's my teacher this semester for Student Ministry Essentials, basically the most impactful class I've taken yet.

Evil Eyes

2008-04-26T11:23:00.000-05:00

So funny!

Charlie Bit Me

2008-04-24T11:20:00.002-05:00

One of the funniest things I've ever watched on YouTube...

And of course the remix, haha.

Pics of Tory and I

2008-04-22T00:20:00.003-05:00

Obviously now, there will be a lot more of these to come :)
The first pic is a funny one of us. We weren't ready when the pic took.
The second one was from April 22.
The third one is from downtown FoW (Fort Worth) on our one-year-of-dating anniversary date. I'm definitely marrying up huh?

Engaged!: April 15th is No Longer Tax Day!

2008-04-15T14:24:00.016-05:00

April 15th will no longer be remembered as Tax Day! It is now April 15th, the day I proposed to the woman I've been praying for!

I proposed to my girlfriend Tory this morning. We met at SWBTS Jan 18, 2007 and have been dating since March 20, 2007. Well as of this morning, she is no longer my girlfriend, but my fiance! Here's the video of the proposal.

Thanks to Dr. Yarnell (my systematic theology professor) for letting me have a few minutes at the end of class to have everyone's help. Thanks for Phillip for taking pics and to Daniel for videoing, and to Kyle for the ring toss.

I also wouldn't be posting this story if it weren't for my Dad and Mom, my brothers, my best friend Justin (who with his family drove all the way to Fort Worth last weekend to be with me as I bought the ring, per our tradition). I wouldn't be here without all of my friends.

Tory I love you and I can't wait to be your husband!

And if not for Jesus, in whom we find true life, we would be hopeless. I hope above all He is honored in Tory's and my life. I pray He uses us to continue to point to and lead people to Him.

Ephesians 1:18 "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling."

John 12:46-47 "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it."

Intelligent Design or Darwinism?

2008-04-10T10:43:00.008-05:00

Darwinism or Intelligent Design? Hmmmmmm.

Ben Stein is hosting documentary that comes out this month where he tracks down scholars who have been persecuted — or “expelled” — by the academic community for their support of intelligent design (ID), a research program that flies in the face of Darwinism.

Click here to see a preview.

Speaking of Churches Endorsing Candiates...

2008-03-13T10:09:00.003-05:00

At Fellowship, 2 weekends ago, our worship pastor was giving announcements right after Ed finished speaking and he/Dex said, "Now as most of you know, our church doesn't usually support a political candidate, but since the Texas primaries are just a few days away, we wanted to make this announcement..." And then he pointed to the screens and played this....

Pretty funny huh? The next weekend, they played this one...

Churches Cannot Endorse Candidates

2008-03-13T08:09:00.004-05:00

I didn't know this. The church I grew up in never did endorse any particular candidate but simply pushed all of its attendees to get out and vote. I just thought it was a decision the church made just to stay neutral.

It turns out, "The tax code bans churches from participating in or intervening in a political campaign. Violations can result in the loss of a church’s tax exempt status."

I read that here.

Hmmm. That's good to know.

"reTHiNK - Is Student Ministry Working?"

2008-03-11T20:28:00.005-05:00

reTHiNK - Is Student Ministry Working? is an amazing book about SM (student ministry) I am reading for one of SM classes as SWBTS.

Steve Wright, one of the authors of the book, has been flooded with questions regarding his book and so it looks like InQuest, the publishing company of the book is going to hold a free conference where Steve Wright and others are going to teach about how the two primary institutions that God has established in the Bible, the family and the church, work together in the context of youth ministry.

They contacted me and asked me to promote it on my blog. I'd love to go, but there's no way I have the cash or time to go. But if you're interested, click here.

Seriously?!

2008-03-11T09:07:00.002-05:00

Snow (For Real This Time)

2008-03-09T14:14:00.008-05:00

I work at a church in Grapevine, TX which is about 35 miles northeast from SWBTS where I live on campus. So it's a little bit colder, but when the 2nd snow storm hit this past week, it poured in Grapevine as compared to it slightly snowing in Fo-W. Here are some pics of the snow at my church.

Click on the pics to see high res versions.

Snow (Kind Of)

2008-03-03T19:50:00.007-06:00

You're know you're from the south if every time it snows you feel obligated to blog about it. Well I'm not ashamed, haha.

It's snowing, but it's not really sticking to the ground. I'll post pics if it does.

(9:00 pm) And now it has hit the ground and stuck... :)