Men’s Hike 2008 - Part 2

4/25 – Clouds met us the morning of day three.  Breakfast consisted of two packs of instant oatmeal that someone graciously gave me and a stick of cheese – Breakfast of Champions!  We met around the campfire around 9 am for the morning brief.  Chris’s lesson was on Fear and Worrying.  Big fears usually start [...]

Men’s Hike 2008 - Part 1

This years men’s hike was an adventure.  We started at Max Patch and hiked 20.2 miles over four days and finished at Hot Spring’s, NC.  This years attendees include: Larry Lowe, Bennett Weir, Brandon Tate, Craig “Camping Sucks” Herr, Matt “Bob Par” Rainey, Charlie Wilson, Kenny “James Beam” Kirby, Pat “I have to work Monday” [...]

Good friend

I want to give a shout out to a friend I met at the Q conference in New York City.  He blogs daily and i enjoy his view on Christian living in the workplace.  Duncan and his wife Kathy live in Edinburgh, Scotland.  He is the one that inspired me to blog.  I can’t wait [...]

Men’s Hike on the AT

I am going on a 26 mile hike over four days on the Appelachian Trail with 20 guys from my church this weekend.  We leave Wednesday after work.  I am looking forward to experiencing the largeness of God’s earth and the minuteness of me.
Cheers to my brother for letting me borrow all of his gear again this [...]

Christian View of Sex - Senior High Retreat: Beyond the Birds and the bees

This past weekend I was a small group leader for a senior high sexuality workshop at my church.  We had twelve youth go through the program.  These twelve kids in this group represent a good diverse cross section of youth.  Robin Blakemore did an excellent job leading the event.  She has a passion and a [...]

Rock the Vote - Huntsville

This evening at the Historic Huntsville Roundhouse Depot First Fridays, Huntsville Young Professionals (HYP), and the Committee of 100 hosted “Rock the Vote”.  The event provided an opportunity for young professionals in the Huntsville community to register to vote, talk to candidates running for local office, eat BBQ, and listen to a really good jazz [...]

Tag Lines

Being new to this blogging thing, I have come to realize that I need to be careful about the tags that I put on my posts.  There is an option that allows someone to surf other blogs according to tag lines.  Since “sex” was one of my tag lines, a whole lot of sex blogs [...]

Christian View of Sex

This weekend I am leading a small group of Senior High School students in a two day discussion on the Christian view of sex.  The United Methodist conference has a full time person that is available to lead the workshop - she does a great job.  I believe that this is one of the most [...]

Giving blogging a shot

I guess I am going to give this blogging thing a shot.  More to come later.