Dance of the Flames

So we have entered into the lent season. Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday and we had a great service in our youth church “Launch”. We challenged our youth to really look into their lives and instead of finding something to fast for 40 days, we asked them to think of a sin, attitude, thoughts, anything that distracted them from connecting with God and consciously work on that thing. We asked them to write it down and the toss it into a fire pit that we had set in the middle of the room. 

Going forward, going back

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day. It seems that the saying “No Surrender, no retreat” has become my mantra over the last 2 weeks. After sitting in a meeting, we talked about how it was Cortez who, after landing in the “new world” burned the boats as a sign to his crew that there’s no going back.

If you think about it actually there was a way back but that way back to their home, meant going forward. Infront of them was a forest, trees as far as the eye could see because this was after all, “undiscovered territory”. The only way that they could go back home was to go forward through the forest.

No Surrender, No Retreat

Wow…It’s been forever since I’ve posted to this.

I have just started working out in the mornings with some friends. It’s been an interesting time. We’ve started, got out of the habit and have started again just recently. I’ve been using the saying “No Surrender, No Retreat”.  Day 1 no surrender no retreat lets go to the gym. Day 2 no surrender no retreat no excuses let’s hit the gym. While there the 2nd day while my friends were “tired” I kept saying “What’s Next?? No Surrender No Retreat!” to the effect that they were annoyed.