Some times all we need is a second chance…

I am so thankful to have received a second chance…   How about you?

CLEAN SLATE: PEOPLE OF THE SECOND CHANCE from Deadly Viper on Vimeo.

Going to Detroit Lakes, MN

How to start a movement

It doesn’t take an army to start a movement, just someone with a little vision and persistence.  In the video:

One guy starts a dance…

One guy is persistent when everyone is looking at him like he’s crazy…

One guy hangs in there when some of the first to join slow down and leave…

One guy is still there when the group is so large that those late to the dance don’t even know how or why it began.

My family’s greatest desire is to be the catalyst of a movement where people can gather together and experience God…

Experience healing…

Experience restoration…

Experience forgiveness…

Experience love…

Experience change…

Experience real life in community….

We want to Experience life with a group that may not be the best looking…

may not wear the right clothes…

may not have the right up bringing…

may have taken many wrong steps…

and may still be stumbling and looking for some solid ground.

We hope that you will join us in experiencing living life and experiencing God, being a part of something that is bigger than we are.

I am second

I lived a life that was filled with so much pain and anguish that had I created for myself over and over.  I lived for money, for fun, for empty relationships, for a tasty buzz… I lived for me.  I spent my time looking for the next thing to fill the empty space that was inside me.  Over and over again I would try and could never seem to find satisfaction that lasted.   It was there for a moment and then gone.  I wanted to be on top, I wanted to be first, I wanted to be the best, I wanted to have it all and I always wound up empty handed.

That was then…

Today, I am second.   As I watched the videos at I am second if found myself nodding and realizing,  once again, I’m not the only one to ever feel this way.

I’m so Pumped

Amy and I are going with a bunch of Church planters from MN to get together, network and learn from some of the best planters in the country.  April 20-23 there will be over 3,000 other church planting leaders gathering in Orlando, FL on April 20 - 23, 2009.  It is the largest gathering of church planting leaders in North America.  It is going to be great to hang out and talk to others who are going where we are going and many who have already been there that can share from their experiences.

Always check your child’s home work!

Always check your child’s homework…

Dear Mrs. Jones,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.

I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn’t show me dancing around a pole. It’s supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.

From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Smith

Wonder what my kids would draw??

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