My Journey, His Glory

Resignation

rodney — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:59:42 +0000

re·sign (r-zn)

v. re·signed, re·sign·ing, re·signs

v.tr.

1. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable: I resigned myself to a long wait in line.

2. To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.

3. To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim).
v.intr.

To give up one’s job or office; quit, especially by formal notification: resign from a board of directors.

This week I resigned as youth pastor at New Providence Baptist Church. I’ve been attending there since 2003 and became the youth pastor in September of 2004. For my children, it is the only church they’ve ever known. For me, it is the church that kept me around far longer than I ever imagined. This group of students will quite possibly be in my mind, heart, and soul for as long as I continue to breathe. I truly believe that some of them will greatly affect the world around them and have potential to change the world. I’m sure I’ll be writing more about this great group of students in the months and years to come. For now I’ll leave it in their words of love and encouragement that they plastered all over facebook.

dv8 forever!

Hard lessons learned

rodney — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:28:33 +0000

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” – Don Williams, Jr.
Why can’t I ever learn my lessons the easy way? It seems like since I was 15, I’ve had to take the more difficult road. I’m ready to start paying better attention. Maybe that way, I’ll learn a little easier.

Time to MOVE

rodney — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:08:28 +0000

I teach D.A.R.E. and I love the program. I’m a youth pastor and I love the teens I work with and see at church and events. I’m a husband of 12 years and a father of three kids. I help out my friends and stand beside them when they truly need me. All of this goes into who I am. Sometimes we just have to move to be able to see everything.

Into the cave, or into the darkness?

rodney — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:09:27 +0000

Currently I’m on sabbatical from my church. I’m working out things in my own life which have been largely ignored due to various other demands on my time, thoughts, and yes feelings. Unfortunately it seems like this process of dealing with it all is much more difficult than just not dealing with it to begin with. I’m learning that perceptions and reality are not the same things. Like in the picture, is she going into a scary cave, or is she leaving the safety of the cave to venture into the darkness?

. . . and the toughest

rodney — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:34:33 +0000

“The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart”

Not quite sure how I feel about this one. I think it is much harder for me to go the 18 inches from my heart to my head.

Blind Man

rodney — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:58:57 +0000

No one is mad at the blind man for bumping into them. They show him the right way. Don’t be mad at the lost, give directions.

Good’er Friday

rodney — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:01:36 +0000

What do you think about Good Friday? What exactly makes it good?

Dangerous Expectations

rodney — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:11:01 +0000

Not sure if I want to laugh or cry. Either way this is a serious problem in today’s churches.

Guilt???

rodney — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:52:06 +0000

Jesus did not run around guilt trippping people. He described for them the kingdom of God and invited them into it. – Lauren Winner – author of Girl meets God This very well may have to change the way I … Continue reading →

It’s Not Fair

rodney — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:30:47 +0000

While I haven’t had a Dr tell me to back off of fast food, I’m thinking it would probably be a good idea. Good thing a good idea and reality is drastically different things. And that’s not even looking at spiritual junk … Continue reading →