Archive - February, 2009

pardon our dust…

February 24, 2009 in family, ministry, tech with 0 Comments

pardondust

I’ve moved my blog over to WordPress, so please be patient with the rough look of the site. I’d like to think I’ll get to it in the next couple of days, but it’ll probably be next week before I get around to changing it.

I’ve been fairly busy the past couple of weeks. In fact tonight was the first night for a week and a half that Bethany, the boys and I were able to have a night together. It’s just been one thing after another. I realize most people are always “busy”, but this has by far been the most busy I’ve been in months.

This weekend we have our Winter Retreat. I’m looking forward to getting away and spending time with God and with students. It’s a highlight of the year for our youth ministry.

Anyway, thanks for your patience, my intention is to begin posting more regularly once life slows down a bit.

story time with kent

February 16, 2009 in family with 3 Comments

Recently, we’ve started to have the boys tell stories before they go to bed. Here’s Kent’s Power Ranger stories.


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v-day

February 14, 2009 in family with 0 Comments

Today marks 14 Valentine’s Days with Bethany. This morning she informed me that I was much more romantic back in the day. I just think she’s getting used to my amazingness.

Tonight we had a nice, candlelit dinner at Casa de Scottberg. Bethany (with Parker’s help) made Eggplant Parmesan and we were joined by two boys. Parker inhaled his plate of food while Kent rubbed his buttered bread all over his face.

This may not make on the list of “Most Romantic” Valentine Days, but I love spending time with Bethany and the boys. From the handmade cards to the scavenger hunt Bethany sent me on to find my gifts (Skittle, Dr. Pepper and Doritos) I wouldn’t trade the day for anything.

I’m so grateful for my wonderful wife. She’s my best friend and closest confidant….plus she’s hot and that helps, too.
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the guy can sing

February 9, 2009 in music with 0 Comments

I went to see Phil Wickham tonight at a church in Berwyn, IL. Every time I see him, I’m blown away by his talent. The guy can sing and play guitar like nobody’s business. This wasn’t so much a concert as it was a time where he led worship for the church’s 18-29 service.

A transformer near the church blew and all the power in the surrounding area went out about 20 minutes before the service was supposed to start. There was a brief delay as the team at the church scrambled to get candles out to make up for the lost lighting. What could have been a negative situation turned out to be a very meaningful experience. The absence of the sound system provided an intimate setting as a couple of hundred people joined their voices together in worship. The power did eventually return, however, but it was a good thing because it was starting to get hard to hear him with so many people singing out.

Do yourself a favor and go buy both of Phil’s albums (titled: “Phil Wickham” and “Cannons”) and then download his free live album from his website. You won’t be disappointed.

Here’s a short clip I made on my cellphone tonight. Doesn’t really do him justice, but it’s one of my favorite songs of his.

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birds. bees. week 1

February 6, 2009 in ministry with 2 Comments

Every February during our youth services we take our students through a series on love, dating, guy/girl issues and anything else related to the topic. Last Wednesday night we dealt with the topics of love and sex. I won’t take you through the whole message, but one of the aspects I covered related to why we are to have exclusive sexual relationships with a spouse.

In a series of teachings I’ve been listening to (iTunes link), Tim Keller says the following about this subject:

God doesn’t say, “I’ll give you intimacy, but you don’t have to be completely sold out to me. You can have other gods in your life”….There’s no intimacy with God unless you are absolutely committed to him, exclusively and totally. So there shouldn’t be any intimacy between a man and woman unless you’re absolutely committed to one another and married….Until you’re willing to make that covenant, you’re not going to experience that.

The commandment about adultery isn’t an arbitrary decision God just randomly chose out of the air. God’s laws are descriptions of reality. They provide us with a picture of who He is and what He is like. So when God declares that we are to be exclusively intimate with one spouse, it’s a reflection of His relationship to us. It’s a picture of his jealous love that demands everything of us and His sacrificial love that was shown to us on the cross.

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