September 22 2011, 1:54 pm | Daniel Bollen
8. THE NAME ITSELF IS JUST PLAIN AWESOME!!! ITS TWO LETTERS AND A NUMBER THAT SOMEHOW FORM A WORD… I DON’T CARE WHO YOU ARE, THAT’S JUST RIDICULOUSLY SICK-TASTIC!!! 7. IS IT SERIOUSLY GOING TO BE COMINBED???? FA SHOW, FA SHOW!!! WHEN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL COMBINE ITS LIKE PUTTING SUPERMAN, BATMAN, JACK BAUER, AND CHUCK NORRIS INTO A GIANT BLENDER!!! THE RESULT: WORLD PEACE FOR EVERYONE…. YOUR WELCOME! 6. IT’S PRETTY MUCH A WEEKEND-LONG SLEEPOVER WITH THE COOLEST PEEPS IN THE WORLD… YOUR SMALL GROUP!!! 5. DID SOMEONE MENTION...
August 15 2011, 6:49 pm | Daniel Bollen
Deuteronomy 6:20-25 20"When your son asks you in time to come, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?' 21then you shall say to your son: ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. 23And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land...
August 05 2011, 10:39 am | Daniel Bollen
About a year ago, one of my friends asked another friend a question that rocked both our worlds. The question is simple but the answer is complex. Regardless of its simplicity, I feel that this particular question is one question that every Christian should ask and be asked on a regular basis. So what is this world-rocking question you might ask? “Who are you discipling?” Now, as a middle school pastor at a church, my initial response was “I am discipling the middle schoolers I work with every week”. In theory, that...
May 05 2011, 1:24 pm | Daniel Bollen
What's one question every Christian should ask you might ask? Am I making disciples? Simple enough, right? But think about it, Christ’s last words to the disciples in Matthew 28:19-20 are to “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end...
April 27 2011, 1:04 pm | Daniel Bollen
The past few weeks have provided plenty of rain in central Arkansas. Normally, I welcome the rain. It makes my grass grow nice and thick and it makes the flowers and shrubs in my flowerbed look pretty. The past few weeks however, it seems like every time I get ready to mow my yard, a thunderstorm decides to hover over my neighborhood for a few hours. This doesn’t seem like it should be a problem but it wasn’t until today that I realized...
April 21 2011, 7:29 pm | Daniel Bollen
As I was reading through the first few verses of Genesis 27 this morning, God showed me something I have overlooked in the past. For those who are unfamiliar with the story, Isaac, in his old age, called his oldest son Esau to meet with him. During this meeting, Isaac asked Esau to hunt down and prepare a “delicious” meal for him “so that I may eat, [and] that my soul may bless you before I die” (Gen 27:4). Rebekah, Isaac’s wife and Esau’s mother, overheard the conversation and sent for...
February 03 2011, 8:33 am | Daniel Bollen
If I weren’t a believer, and I walked into a church on Sunday with no context for worship, tithing, or teaching I would think Christians were crazy! Think about it from an unbeliever’s perspective. We “pay” (tithe) to listen to a concert of mostly amateur musicians singing songs most unchurched peeps have probably never heard before and then someone talks to us for 30 minutes to an hour. If I don’t believe in God, Jesus Christ, or even something like community,...
January 24 2011, 2:57 pm | Daniel Bollen
I stumbled across an incredible verse today in Psalm 119:130. It claims that: "The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple" I don’t know why, but for some reason I love this verse. It might be due to the fact that I hate folding things so anything that opposes folding is a gift from God in my opinion. But seriously though, folding T-shirts is awful. No matter how hard I try, I never fold...
January 20 2011, 2:15 pm | Daniel Bollen
I used to think there was nothing worse than filling up your gas tank in the pouring down rain. Unfortunately, today I became enlightened. Filling up your gas tank in the pouring down FREEZING rain is even worse. On top of that… I didn’t have a jacket. I know, I know, real smart right? So I am standing outside** filling up my tank being pelted by thousands of little bits of...
January 06 2011, 2:59 pm | Daniel Bollen
6. I just spent three hours reading different tips on how to make a blog engaging, unique, and worth reading. Despite my disdain for spending that much time on researching cheesy blog tips, I now have an arsenal of literary devices and blog beautify tips that will make your brain x‘splode. (Warning: do not read in public if you are prone to brain ‘slpoding) 5. Oxymorons, analogies, metaphors, and similes are my friend. Like Andy Warhol, “I am a deeply superficial person”. (just be patient… it will come to you) 4. I...