Archive for the ‘family’ Category

PATIENCE

Posted: March 3, 2010 by passionburnswithin in Life, Ministry, Philosophy, Religion, family
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In today’s “give it to me now” culture, Patience is a lost art form.  We want our food faster, our information faster our degrees faster and our success faster.  But not only do we want it faster we always want it our way. The motto for this generation could be “give it to me my [...]

The Power Of Facebook

Posted: January 14, 2010 by passionburnswithin in Philosophy, family
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It is no secret I love facebook and twitter. I update my status more than anyone  know. FB stays open in some window at all times when i am on the computer. I play games and send messages. I use it for work and for school and for fellowship. I talk to other youth pastors [...]

00′s In Hindsight

Posted: December 27, 2009 by passionburnswithin in Life, family

It is amazing to me that the decade is coming to a close. I decided to look back at what all has transpired this decade 2000 I met and started dating my wife 2002 I accepted an internship at my home church and  I married my wife and left college 2003 I became a father [...]

The Future

Posted: November 30, 2009 by passionburnswithin in Life, Ministry, Religion, family, parenting
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What is the one thing essential to the survival of our civilization? What one thing if left uncared for and ignored will result in a complete and utter destruction of everything we have worked to accomplish? The answer is CHILDREN. If a society does not care for and raise up children with values and integrity [...]

Shape

Posted: March 30, 2009 by passionburnswithin in family

Ok I may catch some flack for this but I am going to put it out there anyway. I am a scrawny guy. I am around 6’2″ and weigh around 175. But here over the last year I have started to develop a little protuding belly.   I figured it came with getting older and [...]

Just when you thought it was safe…

Posted: March 25, 2009 by passionburnswithin in family
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I have held a good bit of security in the fact that my wife is a nurse and as such should be fairly secure in her employment status. Afterall we always hear about the healthcare shortage and how nurses are hard to find. I thought she had a secure place working in a trauma recovery [...]

Do Not Disregard

Posted: March 18, 2009 by passionburnswithin in Ministry, Philosophy, Reading, Religion, family, parenting

Leviticus 10 sets up a sobering scene.  Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu were offering incense to God, problem was that they were doing it incorrectly.  God was extremely displeased and responded by immediately striking them dead without warning.  Furtehrmore he forbid Aaron and his other sons to participate in mourning for their fallen loved ones. [...]

27

Posted: March 13, 2009 by passionburnswithin in Literature, Philosophy, Reading, family

So today is my B-day. It is always interesting when my B-day falls on a Friday because I am always asked about being named Jason and being born on Friday the 13th. I had a toy chainsaw I would whip out years ago but I wound up losing it in a move. Anywho… I wound [...]

Back Home

Posted: February 27, 2009 by passionburnswithin in Ministry, Religion, family

I will be heading back home to Rock Hill today to prepare for the family get together we have every year for the twins birthday. While I am there tonight I will get the chance to reunite with some good friends. Tim Fowler was the pastor at the first pastor I actually worked under as [...]

6 years

Posted: February 26, 2009 by passionburnswithin in family, parenting

Six years ago today my wife gave birth to two beautiful children, one boy one girl. We named them Kelsey and Isaac. For some reason we always call Kelsey’s name first even though Isaac was born a minute sooner. I don’t know why. Over the last 6 years we have had many ups and downs. [...]