My visit to the Nyack College Missions Retreat…

The missions retreat was very well done. God was wholly apparent throughout the two days I was taping the retreat for the Spiritual Formation department. It got me intrested in going to a missions trip next year, or going with my dad to Africa this year. It’s all really cool. The first night started with missions teams worshipping and receiving a message for the night. Worship was amazing, and I can only guess to why; it was because this group of people are wholly devoted to serving God. The second day had each missionary team training for the trip. The neatest part of the training was their trip to the Palasades Mall. At the mall, the teams had to get out of their comfort zones and do four things; ask people they don’t know to play “leap-frog”, go to Barnes and Noble and find a book in five minutes that they think would be useful to take with them to the mission field, play “pattie-cake” with a total of five people for the team at Best Buy, and lastly, talk to people about God at Target. Out of all of them, I was able to tape the leap frog..

In conclusion, the retreat blessed me. It affected me to the point that I felt like I was missing out on something amazing and life-changing this year. I can only hope that next year I have the motivation and gumption to join a mission.

A Really Cool Site To Go To…

http://www.mikeandallie.com/ is a really cool site about a friend of mine, Mike Bossard (Band Leader and Web Services Manager extraordinare) and his wife, Allie. The design is really nice, and the content is much more impressive than my site. This blog and web site combination documents Mike and Allie’s expierences as Mike transitions to becoming a minister at Harbor View Community Church, a new chuch that is now open in Hoboken.

The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving got me up pretty early. I normally would get up later on a Thursday Morning (namely 10:00 AM), but today I had to get up early to have breakfast; the elusive meal that I never quite catch during my college life. I was, therefore, unfortunately groggy, and not in the best of moods, which left me wanting for that “Thanksgiving-warm-fuzzy” feeling when the Holidays roll along. Needless to say, you can imagine how preturbed I got when we went to McDonalds for breakfast. Now you may be thinking, what’s wrong with Mickey D’s? For me, however, a thanksgiving breakfast at McD’s, is like eating chicken instead of turkey for Thanksgiving. I’d rather stay at home, even eating cereal. However I guess depending on who you are, it dosen’t matter where you are when you have Thanksgiving. Maybe this whole “tradition” thing isn’t necessarily the real spirit of Thanksgiving, but something else. Continue reading The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving