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The Year in Review

Jay — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:37:48 +0000

It’s a new-ish tradition, but a great one. Always fun (sometimes humiliating) to re-live memories. I wish I had this technology available to me 15 years ago.

Camp “Family Fotos”

Jay — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:32:37 +0000

“Regular” happy smiles.

Mad dawg-in’. Some people just can’t pull this one off.

Super Hero pose. Notice Paul there closer to the front and left. Pharisee.

Hearts with the girly head tilt. My personal fave.

And, of course, just plain crazy! I just love these kids!

S.E.A.L. TEAM 5

Jay — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:04:20 +0000

This year’s camp orientation video:

BBQ Showdown Promo

Jay — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:16:12 +0000

Our youth group is putting on our first ever BBQ contest fundraiser. Maybe it can turn into an annual event. We’ll see how everything goes. I wish I could compete, but someone’s gotta be in charge. So I’m pretty much like the chairman of Iron Chef. And I’m cool with that.

Who’s cuisine will reign supreme?

Who Would Do THAT?

Jay — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:17:05 +0000

Here’s a “video game” we put together for our rally. We hung out at the University of La Verne and tried to get random strangers to do some random things for us. It’s amazing what you can get people to do if you just ask.

Am I gonna get back to blogging regularly? Not sure. At the very least, you can count on my videos being posted here.

Youth Group Year In Review

Jay — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:30:35 +0000

Thunder Strike Force

Jay — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:18:25 +0000

This video about an elite super secret anti-terror unit kicked off camp this year. It has always been a bummer to open up camp waving my finger at the teens about the rules. This was an opportunity to address it in a light way. It was so much fun making it!

Youth Ministry Fund Raising Part 2

Jay — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:33:45 +0000

Youth Ministry Fund Raising

Jay — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:07:39 +0000

Not too long ago, 20/20 did an expose’ on the Independent Fundamental Baptist “movement”. As slanted and unbalanced as it was, there is a part of “Fundie” ministry that needs to be addressed: youth ministry fund raising. LNN Investigative Reports has released the first part in a two part series that exposes the ugly realities.

Shocking, isn’t it? Don’t worry, next week’s episode gives an excellent alternative called Club 52.

Justice!

Jay — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:27:36 +0000

You know I’ve got to break my blog silence for this!

We got him! If you’ve been living in a cave somewhere (and hopefully you’re not Al Qaeda), public enemy #1 now knows the truth about his religion. He now knows that what he believed, and died for, was a lie. Seventy virgins were not waiting for him. Jesus is more than a prophet. Right now, I imagine he is begging for a true prophet to come to earth to tell his people the truth.

I don’t take pleasure in the thought of anyone going to hell. Even Osama Bin Laden. It is a sobering, terrible thought. But justice has been served. It was necessary. Is this an issue of closure? I imagine the family that had been rendered fatherless by the events of 9/11 experienced a brief moment of elation. Then woke up to another day without “daddy”. I’m sure the fire-fighters in New York, like me, gave a hearty fist pump upon hearing the news right from the President’s mouth. But soon after remembered the radio silence of a fallen comrade. No, closure is not the issue.

This is all about justice.

It’s not even about being a deterrant to terrorism. These people truly believe in their cause and reward. They’re willing to die. Many more are waiting to step to the forefront of this hatred for the west. The only thing we can do is make it difficult for them to get us. They’ll keep trying, and, in reality, they’ll have some successes. Then we need to kill them as we have opportunity.

Justice.

God bless those Navy SEALs. I wish we could have a parade for them. And kuddos, Mr. President. I didn’t think you would authorize a mission like that without Pakistan’s knowledge. And, thank you, President Bush, for paving the way.