Ignite Commercial

This commercial is my brain-child, and will air live on Friday Night at the Fusebox. This video features Caleb Jordan, starring Sean Gaffney. Enjoy!

The Center

Here's some thoughts about the youth center, or "the center" as I sometimes call it. I think it should have these elements:

1.) Jesus

If Jesus is not the focus of our ministry, then it will fail. We must talk about Jesus, teach about Jesus, emulate Jesus and follow his …

Sunday Awesomeness!

Good news! 413 (updated number!) people were baptized at NewSpring Sunday! I loved Perry's prayer before we began dunking:

"Lord Jesus....thank you. Amen."

I was one of the baptistees! Matthew Broderick was my baptizo buddy, which was awesome. Thanks to all the Ignite …

Relativity and Life

In physics class we discussed Einstein's theory of relativity today...it was a boring class. But then when I asked myself the same question that my girlfriend Whitney (AWESOME by the way!) asked me: "What's been going on in your life?", I felt that 2+2=5 so I'm gonna …

Pretty Fantastic!

So, through various readings, blog links, and investigations, I have decided that this little church out in California is a pretty cool place where God is probably moving. It's called Mosaic and it is spurred by Erwin McManus. If you explore the Mosaic website, they …

Oh, FNL...

This makes me laugh every time...

Week of Winding Down

This week is definitely the week when everything has sloooooowed doooooowwwn. Class, life, etc. SLOW. Not sure why, but I think it has something to do with short days, falling leaves, and the sound of Bob Dylan on the winds. (Try watching the leaves fall with a Bob …

Classic ALMOND Material...

Christmas Update!

Hey everyone! If there's anyone out there still reading this blog, then you have an A in my book. Yes, I haven't been doing a good job of blogging lately, but never fear! I will begin anew! Well, to start off, I finished up my Christmas shopping today! (Sean Gaffney and …

Fantasticus!

So, I'm pretty pumped that Ignite is starting back up this weekend! It'll be good to see all the old faces of leaders and students, and it'll be great to see some new faces as well! We have an awesome video lined up, and we're going to be incorprating some more games, …

Tired, but Restless

(nearly falling asleep on the keyboard)

Today has seemed like a really long day...kind of like a real-life day for Jack Bauer on "24" (kiefer sutherland, u kno!) I'm tired, but things inside myself are keeping me awake (and no, it's not gas or lack of bladder control).

I …

Amazing Weekend

I had an awesome weekend!

The End.




...Just kidding. It doesn't stop there! I worked a bunch Friday night at E-city Java (made $30+ in tips...yueah!) Saturday, I met with the Ignite Creative Team (more on this later) at Denny's and we had some awesome ideas and whatnot, …

God Was Messing with Me...

Today has been an overly busy day filled with lots of assignments, work, and periods of boredom (World Lit Survey Class). However, as my consciousness leaves me as quickly as rum from Capt. Jack Sparrow's rum bottles, I wish to note how God rocked my world in little …

Clemson FCA: Clayton King (AWESOME!)

Yesterday Matt Feiling and I went to Clemson FCA and we met up with some pretty cool new people as well as some of our fellow Igniters!

Clayton King spoke last night on the subject of love and what love really is in a biblical sense.


WOW. There was some good stuff to be …

Ways NOT to Celebrate Valentine's Day...

Here are some ways that I feel will make your Valentine's Day less fulfilling:

1.) Make it ALL ABOUT your significant other.

Instead: Let's face it: you love her (if you are a her, you love him) but they should not be the focus of this day in which we celebrate love. Take …

Current Readings: Soul Cravings

Soul Cravings by Erwin McManus is a book that I have currently finished reading. It discusses how each of us has a unique fingerprint of God on our souls. As creations of God, we have intrinsic cravings for intimacy, love, destiny, ambition, meaning and truth. Erwin …

Nasty Day, Nasty Week, With a Ray of Sunshine...

This week has been rough. I think God's been testing me, my faithfulness, my love for Him, and I think he has been preparing me for big things to come. It feels good to write all this down (probably a benefit to blogging).
I have had past problems with pornography, …

Weekend in Review

This weekend, I didn't do as well as I would have liked on tips at the coffee shop, but that's cool 'cause all was accomplished that had to be accomplished this weekend.

This weekend at NewSpring was...well, PHENOMENAL. Catch the message here.

At Ignite, we had a …

Spring Break!

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I feel that the advent of sprink break carries enough weight for me to sit down and talk about it.

Next week is my Spring Break (yesssss) and I would like to spend some time doing a few things:


1.) Make Some Outrageous Videos for …

Spring Break In Progress....

Here are some current updates from my spring break.

1.) I have succeeded in creating storyboards for a "DODGEBALL" video. (Brittney get ready to be in that!)

2.) I went up to the church and helped finish the last Matrix series video, and I played around with the …