so last time I spent some time sharing some thoughts on marriage and all that was going on with that. I HIGHLY recommend you to read the statement I put in block quotes in the middle of that post… It has really been a great launching point of discussion among friends and has allowed myself in particular to try and understand the mere nature of relationships with those of the opposite sex.

However tonight, I have some more thoughts I want to share. This time we’ll tackle the God factor that i think each and every person in my generation deals with… Who is he supposed to be in our lives, where do we fit his principles, and how can we relate to him?

So i am currently sitting in an apartment in boston, on the couch with the lights off and I can’t seem to go to bed because of the incredible thought I just had, so i immediately got out my computer and decided to write this down. I was thinking about the weekend I have just had, and started to understand in a deeper form the incredible truth God presented me with this weekend.

You see, for me, one of my closest friends of nearly 6 years moved up to boston about 18 months ago. I have visited once before to hang out, celebrate 4th of July and check out the town but ever since she moved away, I had always missed the rich conversation we seem to get lost in as we share in life together.

Many of these conversations happened to be over a cup of coffee. [Read more →]

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Well - this is it…

Thats a pretty ambitious name to title this post huh? I mean if there is anything our generation is currently wrestling with, its got to be one of those things… And this week ALL of them hit me at once. NO, i’m not married… or really even thinking about it… and I’m not an atheist, or i’m not wrestling with a job loss currently. But I do think that as we forge our way into the future, there are some things to be reminded of.

Lets first look at marriage. I feel like the past few weeks, everywhere I go I am surrounded by all things marriage. I had a friend get engaged about four weeks ago… and they are rigorously planning their wedding. I have another friend who is almost done with the planning, just putting the final touches on an early spring wedding. I had dinner this past weekend with a single guy and we spent a great deal of time talking about a wedding in his family and mentioned that the young adult group he goes to regularly just finished a whole series on relationships. Just yesterday I was talking with a friend who is a wedding photographer, and another friend who does wedding videos. Not more than a week ago my roommate from freshman year proposed to his girlfriend. I was sent another email just 10 days ago about filming a wedding myself. Currently I am building a website for another couple who is doing a digital announcement/invitation package for their wedding.. (insert breath)… and on top of ALL of this, our church just spent two weeks on marriage.

It just seems like everywhere I go, my generation seems to be obsessed with marriage [Read more →]

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I’ve been thinking and pondering a lot about influence over the past few days and weeks… even before christmas a little bit. I’ve been thinking about myself, my friends, and a ton of people that I have never meet but watch them and how they use their influence.

Influence is really one of the most powerful things we as human being can have. I mean if you think about it… influence is the reason that Tiger Woods made more than $117,000,000.00 last year. It’s the endorsements that make him successful.

Influence is a key part in creating a movie that [Read more →]

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so.. from time to time I get the opportunity to work with various student groups.. and this is one of the most amazing things that God has blessed me with over the last few years. However, one group (that happens to be among my favorites) is allowing me to help with their camp setup and planning… which I am really excited about.

Anywho… when I was over there today talking through some ideas they showed me the bumper they just created for a series they are doing….. THIS IS THIER VIDEO.

Hopefully you can enjoy this too.. I think it says a lot about what the power of viral videos is. The students ABSOLUTELY loved this video and recognized each one. How many do you recognize?

The church is Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN. Here is their website.

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so the other day i happened to stumble upon this link from someone’s facebook and I thought it was very funny… so I decided to post a few of these here for you.

It’s someone who asked a bunch of kids some basic questions about marriage and she ended up posting some of their response here.

However, to make it easy on you, I thought I would post some here for you to enjoy.

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (written by kids)

You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff.. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. [Read more →]

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