It’s amazing how spot on this video is for youth pastors.
How close is it to the youth pastor(s) you know or have in your church?

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It’s been over a month since I was last blogging on here. Prior to last night, my last post was August 12. I was almost to the middle of a NaBloPoMo and just stopped posting. I also stopped twittering, and my time and interaction on Facebook dropped significantly.

Here’s basically what happened:

I got overwhelmed by the internet. The pressure I had put on posting everyday. Keeping up with tweets as well as tweeting. A growing numbers of blogs I subscribe to. It all felt like too much, so I pretty much put a stop to all of it, cold turkey. And then slowly, over the last couple weeks, began slowly re-immersing myself into the world-wide-social-media-interweb one step at a time.

In the meantime, since I’ve been away from the blog, I’m ecstatic to report how God is making ways, opening doors, and providing the funds for my upcoming time in Australia. As of now, the entire first year, tuition and living expenses, are covered and it’s looking like the second year will be covered pretty soon. Amazing.

Also, I’m in the process of redesigning this blog using a theme that I design and build myself. It’s slow going as my knowledge of Photoshop, HTML, and CSS are not extensive. But I’m excited and hopeful that the new design will be really cool.

So, to sum it all up, I’m back. And to conclude this post, I’d like to leave you with the song that’s been dominating time on my iPod and in my head over the last month. Peace.

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I remember when I first saw this video a few months ago as a funny suggestion for my friends’ wedding. I stumbled upon it again when someone posted it on Facebook and saw it in a whole new light. Weddings aren’t supposed to be boring, It’s a celebration. It’s not a solemn occasion, it’s a joyous one. Most of the time, though, we end up making it boring because it’s “another wedding”.

Now look at church services.

Often boring, even though we’re supposed to be celebrating. We lose our joy and excitement over it as we attend service after service week after week.

What can we as the church learn from an example like this?

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