I read this article in the LA Times this morning about a Lip Dub video created by the 2011 graduating seniors of Clovis High School in Fresno, CA. The video is awesome! You really must watch it for yourself, after just one viewing a few salient points are worth noting about young people: Creativity – [...]
Continue Reading →Worms in Action!
It’s been one month to the day since the OC Word Camp “compostable lanyard” went into the worm bin. And I have to say that the results look pretty good. You can see first of that at one place the worms and have eaten completely through the lanyard in one place breaking the loop. Other [...]
Continue Reading →CPE – A Shot in the Arm
Not one, but two needle pricks to the arm are required to become a staff-person at Methodist Hospital. When I went in for my second TB test I made small talk with the person working at the information desk who wrote out a name tag for me to wear. I mentioned that I was back [...]
Continue Reading →YoHo YoHo a Pastor’s Life for Me
It’s been one year since I first started theologypirate.com, and I’ve been thinking about the point of this blog. I would like to revise it somewhat. I will continue to write about theology and youth ministry, but I am feeling called to write in more of an auto-biographical style about my calling to ministry. If [...]
Continue Reading →Playing Under Gray Skies!
I awoke at 5:30am with a few hours to spend reading. It was still dark outside, although that isn’t difficult this week with the southern California sky socked in with gray clouds. It feels like living in a wet climate lately, something like a cool version of Hawaii. It is a strange feeling to know [...]
Continue Reading →Arizona
I arrived home today from a trip to my home state, Arizona. It was good to see family and friends. I wish that I would have had more time to visit with friends and family I didn’t get to see. But there were a few very cool happenings. One cousin graduated from high school [...]
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