Officially on Vacation...

I will be posting pics and thoughts from my two week journey via my blackberry. See you when I return. Many blessings.

My Christmas Gift To You...

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Coming To An End...

The year is quickly coming to an end. Every year around this time I start my new year by reflecting on the year passed. For a person in ministry, it's incredibly important to hit the pause button during this time of the year. I'm taking 12 days off. That's a first for me. I've taken a few days off here and there, but not 12 days in a row. I'm sort of worried, but I have a great team who has my back and will take care of running things. Here are a few things that I'll be doing on my time off and during the year to come.

1. Journaling (over my vacation and the next year)
2. Letting the word of God penetrate my heart daily.
3. Meeting with a spiritual director. (more on this to come)
4. Praying (seeking his will, strength and direction)
5. Time Audits (Looking at how I used/spent my time)
6. Evaluating my team and letting them evaluate me.
7. Reading (The Sense of the Call: A Sabbath way of life for those who serve God, the church, and the world)

To all of my peeps in ministry land, how will you spend your time off? I'd love to hear what you do.

Engineering Secrets

"Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse, so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance."
DR AR DYKES British Institution of Structural Engineers, 1976

Apology...

I must apologize for my lack of consistent blogging. I have been incredibly busy and haven't had the time to post new entries. To all those who subscribe to neverknowall.blogspot.com please hang in there.

-ML

Primitive Social Networking...

Could text messaging be a thing of the past?

Beach Baptism

Every year at Beachpoint we head down to the beach for our annual beach baptism. It is an incredibly special experience for me. This year I had the privileged of capturing on film how God is moving in the lives of some of our people who were recently baptized. I thought I would share this video with the rest of you.

-Matt