It’s been a while since I’ve had some reflections – a lot has happened in the past 2 weeks:

• Here are my favorite blog posts/articles from the past 2 weeks

• Faith Projects – I had lunch with a mentor and he challenged me to have “faith projects” in my life. Things I’m believing God for – it really challenged me – What are you believing God for?

• Compassion – I saw the movie “Taken” and for one of the first times in my life – my eyes are being awakened to global issues. The movie is specifically about human trafficking. I’ve known about them before and felt bad, but never really had compassion and the desire to do something about it before – God’s brewing some new things in my heart along these lines – interesting!

• This series by Keith Moore has been building me up big time – ONE OF THE BEST MESSAGES I’VE HEARD is the last one – “Power to Reap” – listen to it!

• 19 North - the big announcement has been made – Mr. McFeely will be making an appearance in March – Don’t want to miss that! 19 North has been averaging 170 people over the last 3 weeks (explosive growth) and it shows no sign of stopping~! Zack shared the vision of 19 North this past Saturday - A MUST LISTEN TO message

• Revolution - we’ve been tearing it up lately – we’ve kicked off our small groups and they’re going very well. Our leaders are doing a great job!

• Marine Corps Marathon - We’re getting a group together to run this marathon in October – registration starts April 1st – anyone interested?

• Growth – I’m in a season where I know I’m growing more than I could imagine, but I can’t really put a finger on everything God is teaching me. I’m very interested to see what it will be like to look back on this season of my life.

I could go on…. but that is enough for now – time for dinner!

Alrighty – here are some thoughts from the week:

• I had an absolute blast on the ski trip – I always look forward to that every year

• I had an old friend from high school come to church with me today – I’m pretty excited about his life

• Marathon training is going well - the marathon is nearly 3 months away – time is flying!

• We had our best attendance at Revolution on a Wednesday in a long time – that pumps me up!

• Sean, Cory, and I got to play video games the other night for hours – haven’t had a night like that in forever – it was a blast!

• Zack finished up 19 North’s January series: Hope last night – I’d highly recommend listening to the podcast

• God’s Love – Zack had Ken Geisel share his testimony of overcoming cancer at 19 North via video and in person. He said something that rocked my world: He said, “Through the process I learned IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH GOD LOVES YOU – IT’S OVER (YOU CAN DO ANYTHING). You might say to me, Ken, you’re telling me you went through all that sickness and fighting the fight and all you learned was that God loves you?? Yep!”
  • If we could only learn how much God loves us it would change our lives

• If you haven’t listened to Qualifying for God’s Best by Keith Moore – you’re missing out!

• Pastor John just wrapped up his series “Enemies of Purpose” – definitely good stuff - get the podcast!

• Here are the articles and blog posts I thought were worth reading this week

Until next time – Love you guys!

I’m sitting here watching American Idol with Andrew and Vanessa – I miss this show! Thank God for Tivo! Also – random thought – I love Hulu.com – you can watch any show anytime for free – I’ve been watching The Office a lot lately.

• I’m sooo pumped for the Steelers-Ravens game tonight

• We’re now livestreaming our services at Rev here – you should check it out Wednesdays at 7

• Craig Groeschel had a great blog series this week you should read

• Pastor Larry had a great post on adding value to people here

• Zack Blair has been tearing it up in 19 North’s series: Hope - listen to the podcast here.
  

• We’re going snowboarding tomorrow with Rev – I loovvvve hitting the slopes!

• I’ve really enjoyed training for the Pittsburgh Marathon - we have a great group training together. Below is a picture of us running on Saturday – the temperature was -10 degrees out! Here is a picture we took before the run:

That’s about it – pretty normal week…….