Archive for December, 2009

New year’s excite me to no end. I have so many thoughts of grandeur for 2010 that I can hardly stand it. Some of my desires and goals for this next year are… 1. Have a healthy baby boy born at the end of February 2. See 100 people accept Jesus into their heart through [...]

One for the ages

Posted: 22nd December 2009 by ap in Aletheia Ministry Stuff, Mission Trip Updates

So a lack of blogging for me generally means I’m either too busy, my wife is popping out children, or I am on a mission trip. This time thankfully, it was not the middle reason. We returned home yesterday at 4am after one of the wildest one-week missions I have ever been on. And that [...]

Reflections

Posted: 10th December 2009 by ap in Aletheia Ministry Stuff

As we prepare to take our first missions trip as a church to Peru in three days, I can’t help but take a moment, breathe in deeply, and smile real big. This week has been a welcomed break for me as it is the first week in many months (other than when my pops came [...]

Pray for Matt Chandler

Posted: 3rd December 2009 by ap in Random

To everyone who doesn’t know who Matt Chandler is, he is the lead pastor of a church in Texas called The Village Church. The church has over 6,000 people in attendance on any given weekend. He is 34 years old and is one of those radically gifted young dudes that God is using to expand [...]

What a real man looks like

Posted: 1st December 2009 by ap in Random

Mark Driscoll lays the hammer down per usual regarding the weaknesses of “guys.” It’s 23 minutes long but well worth it. Enjoy…or be offended…