http://www.jttracks.com ...following the path He has chosen Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:01:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a video/slide show I put together from our trip down to New Orleans...enjoy! http://www.jttracks.com/life/new-orleans-video/ After being in full time ministry for almost a year now, I have people already asking me how long I see myself doing this. My answer: I have no idea. And I'm okay with that. I've never been that person with a 10 year or a 5 year plan. I have a tendency ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/one-piece-at-a-time/ I've never really listened to the words of "The Little Drummer Boy" but one night while I was riding home, the song came on the radio and I actually paid attention to the words. Here they are for you: Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum A new born King ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/the-little-drummer-boy/ Four years have passed since Hurricane Katrina hit, yet there is still a lot of work to be done. We partnered with a couple different ministries while we were down there - Crisis Response and Urban Impact (there may have been more, not sure...there were people coming out of the ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/new-orleans/ December will be filled with lots of traveling, starting Monday (which is technically still November). Monday, there's about 13 of us staff members heading down to New Orleans. We'll be driving...13 hours in a van or car. It shouldn't be too bad, since road trips are so much fun when ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/nine-states-in-one-month/ Dictionary.com describes egocentrism as "having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things" and "having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered." Children usually display this as they grow up, because for many of them, they are the ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/egocentrism-has-no-age-limit/ Here is a highlight video from our 2009 AIA Track & Field Projects http://www.jttracks.com/aia-track-field-ministry/highlight-video/ This may have happened to you before. A certain issue or theme will pop up multiple times. You see it in a book you're reading, you overhear a conversation about it or your pastor preaches on it. Last week, for me, it was using people in the body of Christ ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/gods-uniform/ [This post was inspired by a line Pastor Rob said during his sermon this past weekend at Apex Church.] As a child, I had many posters splattered all over my walls. Posters and newspapper clippings (I was a slightly obessesed fan of the Minnesota Golden Gopher's men's basketball team and about ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/posters-on-the-wall/ I love quotes. I love lyrics. Here's one for ya: "...the worst betrayal is that commited against yourself by ignoring the abilities you possess."  - Liv Arnesen in No Horizon is So Far by Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft We all have gifts, talents, abilities...Whatever you want to label it, we all have something ... http://www.jttracks.com/life/the-worst-betrayal/