I thought i was the only father that messed up alot. I have 3 girls and tears are common place at my house. I saw this video and the young guy reminded me of my littlest. I have added what Carlos (dad) had to say about the video.

So my 3 year old. He apparently loves the song, “Single Ladies”, by Beyonce. Little did I know how much he loves that song. I was simply making a point that he, in fact, is not a single lady. I thought he would laugh and keep singing. Man, was I wrong. Notice Sohaila, my
oldest daughter, in the center seat.

I was reading a story over at the Huffington Post website and I saw this one. It was hilarious! You can check out the article here and vote for which cover you think is the creepiest. I have enclosed the one that made me laugh below.

I am not really that good with photoshop yet, but I saw this video and was blown away by just this one feature in Photoshop CS4. I have this version and will be looking to try this out in the coming days. Watch the video it is worth your time, especially if you have CS4.

Thanks to AG Trust and National Youth Ministries. as they have given away a tool that is geared to aid youth pastors in reaching students. TheFiftyTwo has lots of ideas that make ministry easier. I

As you navigate TheFiftyTwo you’ll notice three other tabs besides Plan52: Leadership, Sermon/Small Groups, and Applications.

• The Leadership tab gives you a plethora of leadership tips, ideas and resources to help you grow as an individual and in your youth ministry. Some of these will also prove helpful in training your youth staff.
• The Sermon/Small Group tab contains 56 sermons, 56 coordinating small group lessons, and 56 slide presentations in PowerPoint. Every sermon, small group connect and slide presentation can be worked with in order to make it more personal and fit your youth ministry.
• The Application tab contains program and product apps to equip you with the tools necessary to win, build and send youth. Here you’ll find product descriptions and strategies that allow you as the leader to bring application to your plan. In addition, you will find an Other Resources tool bar, which will highlight several other current Apps for your use.

I believe this is great for volunteer youth workers, as time is a limited commodity in their ministry. I have a code for TheFiftyTwo that I would like to give away to a leader that would like it. I will give it away to some that comments to this post before 8pm. Check out the release video below;

Man it has been a crazy year, with everything that is going on at my current church. Although my church takes a lot of my time I do have other things going on in my life. One of those things is being Ordained. I went through the process and was really surprised at how easy it was. I received a letter this week that has informed me i had past and will be ordained coming up April 12th. I do realize that some things change, allows me more opportunities, but i am still struggling with the same thing my oldest daughter did when she turned 6 this year. She said;

“Dad am i six. (Dad said YES) Man I don’t feel six, nothing changed”

With that in mind; “Am I Ordained, I don’t feel ordained, nothings changed!”

These are the books that I am working towards reading this upcoming year. I am going to break them down by weeks. I have found if I just have a large list I struggle with reading as I am not focused. So I am going to set a goal to read a book a week. I have made a list that contains books that cover leadership, business, church admin, and bible knowledge. Here is my current list:

March 14 -The Back of the Napkin:Solving problems and selling ideas with pictures. (Surgery hindered me this week moving to the week of May 30th)
March 21 -I Am Not But I Know I AM: Welcome to the Story of God
March 28 -Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts
April 4 -Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions
April 11 – Outliers: The Story of Success
April 18 -Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups
April 25 -Soul Revolution: How Imperfect People Become All God Intended
May 2 -The Naked Gospel: The Truth You May Never Hear in Church
May 9 -Now, Discover Your Strengths: How to Build Your Strengths and the Strengths of Every Person in Your Organization
May 16 -Winning With People: Discover the People Principles that Work for You Every Time
May 23 -Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith

I will post reviews as I finish them. You can follow my reading schedule on the “My Reading List” page. I would love to hear what books you are reading and what topics they cover?

“Anxiety is nothing but repeatedly re-experiencing failure in advance. What a waste.”

I have been reading “Linchpin” the new book of Seth Godin and this quote really has had me thinking in the last few weeks. I saw this over at Michael Hyatt’s Blog you should check it out here.

“Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.”

William Ralph Inge

A lot of people confuse being independent with freedom. God calls us to be free but we always will be dependent on God.

What do you think?

Hey I am always looking for some tech news and church related info. Recently i have started reading collide magazine. It is great resource for church and media information. Here is their recent video for you to check out.

Do you read Collide? What magazines to you read for information on the topic of church and media? I would love to hear from you.

I saw this video today over at morethandodgeball.com. It is a great video from Jeff McGuire. I believe this is going to be key in the church moving on into the future and having an impact in peoples lives. Take a look at the video below, and I would love to hear what you think?