How many of you love blogs?  I do.  Well I love my friends blogs.  Especially when they tell me cool or interesting things.  I realize this blog has been pretty bland in the past and I want you to know I apologize and I am looking to rectify this ASAP!  So instead of super long posts with no quality I am going to go quality posts no matter how long!

Check out http://tonydifab.wordpress.com/ if you want to see someone who makes blogging worthwhile!

Following in his footsteps I am commiting to write like I never have before.  So please let me know what you think when you think something (if you don’t leave a comment it tells me you weren’t thinking!) and we will see how things go!

I am looking forward to writing about video games, movies, tv, and life.  so if you have any questions you would like me to tackle please leave them in a comment and I will tackle it!

Today’s blog…actually begins HERE!

I have never been fond of Ski Trips in youth ministry.  I have always thought they were expensive and dangerous.  Well this year the kids at church convinced me to plan one and I was actually really excited and had everything ready until Sunday.  Tony, the pastor at my church, gave a lesson on where is God during the Financial Crisis?  Now the message was not some hugely profound life shattering message, but it was a well delivered common sense talk on scripture and what OUR responsibilities are when life gets tough in the kingdom.  I found myself weeping as a map was shown of the foreclosures on homes just within the zip code the church resides in and i wept even harder as a woman talk about giving her last 40 dollars (for a family of 8!) to the church and getting a surprise check for forty dollars the same day!  I was deeply convicted about the ski trip and knew that I couldn’t take 6 kids and 3 sponsors skiing (at close to a $3600 price tag…not a piece that was everyone as a whole….) when students in my ministry couldn’t go and the church couldn’t cover their cost!  So today I have called all the students and parents and sent emails apologizing about canceling but I am not worried and I am overwhelmed at the response I have gotten.  All of the parents have been really cool about it and understand!  So I have planned a huge Guys Night/Girls Night bash (that will be much cheaper, so everyone can attend) that will blow the roof off what was going to be the ski trip weekend!

I am proud of the students and parents in the group who understand the need to be discerning in the midst of this financial mess and I can not wait for Mission OKC during Spring Break when we are going to love all over our community!

Take time to look, think, and most importantly, love.  We are not alone.  We are not the center of the universe.  We are a community, hand in hand – holding on for dear life.

current itunes track: Bartender (Live at Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA), Live Trax 2008, DMB

currently watching: The Twilight Zone, Season 1

currently reading: Deuteronomy and Galatians

currently gaming: Rock Band 2 XBOX360, Mercenaries 2 XboxLIVE with DiFab, A Kingdom for Keflings (Xbox Live Arcade) i will blog about this later, probably the coolest, most addicting game I have played in YEARS!

currently wishing: it was small group night again.  i love small group nights.

currently missing: all my homies all over the world…

current favorite video of all time: I’m on a Boat by The Lonely Island (look for the edited SNL version as it is pretty full of obscenities!) It is the best example of parody I have EVER seen.