Archive for November, 2006

Okay today is Saturday. But after the day I had yesterday, adding a photo to my blog hardly seemed a priority. This is also a photo from last year, since my Delta (which stands for Doesn’t Ever Leave The Airport) flight kept me from saying more than hi to Shane and Shane at the conference [...]

Every year, and now on this blog, I get requests for suggested reading/bibliography on a variety of subjects. I doubt whether my list would be different or more helful than others, but it perhaps will provide a starting point for others to engage in meaningful conversation on the subject at hand. I teach each summer [...]

Back in my seminary days at SWBTS my wife and I were members for a while at Wedgwood Baptist (Jerry Sutton was pastor). I volunteered with the youth on Wednesdays with others students, including George Guthrie, now at Union University (and can he play a piano), and Erwin McManus, now at Mosaic in LA. Erwin [...]

See my new toy. I have wanted an acoustic bass for years. I got to play it Sunday PM at Epicenter, and it was a treat! It was also great to have Matt Lytle, PhD student and musician, to lead us, and to have Josh giving some rhythm with the djembe and Daniel Moore adding [...]

I love teenagers. This is a group from Longview Heights Baptist Church in Mississippi just south of Memphis. The band and I did a DNow there in February. This is one of the greatest groups of students ever. The two fine looking students in the front are our Hannah and Josh.

Get this video and more at MySpace.com Laughter is good for the soul. Here is a spoof from SNL of Harry Carey. Sometimes we just need to lighten up

This past Monday I sat down in my office for a meeting of the minds of some individuals burdened about the sea of unchurched college students in our nation. Actually we were more concerned about our ineffectiveness in reaching students. I sat with the new head of collegiate evangelism at NAMB, officials from SEBTS, and [...]

Beginning Super Bowl Sunday this year I have had the joy of working with a great group of college students, some seminary students, and young professionals through a ministry called Epicenter. I am convinced most of our churches have created a culture that essentially kicks people out once they hit college age. Our church for [...]

These men have been my accountability group since my PhD days. This year at the SBC we met. We marked our 20th anniversary from the time we started being serious about holding one another’s feet to the fire. They are L to R: John Avant, now VP for evangelism at NAMB; Doug Munton, pastor of [...]

I love speaking to and hanging out with young people–high school students, college students, etc. Back in the 90s as a college professor I made it a point to sit around the student center a couple of hours a week just to enjoy time with excited, vivacious students. I am not so good with elementary [...]