Archive for August, 2006

26 Aug

Calling All MEN

Last night was a terrific evening of just clean FUN with a bunch of CLC guys who gathered for our “Men’s Night Out” to kick-off the next season of Men’s Fraternity (I’ve got higher hopes for it than I do the upcoming Bears’ season, by the way!)
After my comment last weekend about putting my ping-pong [...]

14 Aug

Parents and our teens

Wasn’t it awesome to see yesterday what just a few days of focused attention and spiritual direction does for our teens? The passion and zeal they exhibited after returning from our “Crave” Youth retreat is exactly what God wants for this next generation, instead of the dismal reports we heard last month during our [...]

10 Aug

These Changing Times

Wow – waking up today to the news that a terrorist disaster was averted in Great Britain is a little disconcerting to say the least. I’m headed to O’Hare after posting this, for a quick trip to Dallas for a missions meeting with Global Advance, and I know the check-in process is not going [...]

10 Aug

Next generation HOPE

Our ‘legacy’ series is now history, but the battle for our next generation is just begun. I’m excited about the prospects for our CLC youth as they leave this morning for their annual Youth Camp downstate. As bleak as the statistics are and as alarming as the crisis we discussed last month, it’s [...]