Author: Adam McLane

  • golf is good

    It seems like I haven’t said much about golf lately. There is now only a few days until the high school season kicks off. For this, I am genuinely excited. Just like last year, we should have a strong team. Plus, knowing what to expect will make what I do a lot easier. Rich told…

  • A nice response

    Yesterday was a cool experience. A few days ago I posted my message for Sunday mornings worship service. Doing “the sermon” is not something I enjoy since it is beyond my training and fills me with incredible feelings of unworthiness and angst. I suppose I am so worried that I’m going to say something stupid…

  • vacation bible school: the great malay

    vacation bible school: the great malay

    Well, I love it when we have VBS. I really do. Yet being a control freak it is just one of those things that I have a very hard time with since I am not in control of it. A problem of engineering Like it or not, the church where I work and love is…

  • another day at the office

    You guessed it. At work on Saturday. Story of my life. It’s like this: Me: So you work on your own a lot? The other me: Yep, sure do. Make my own hours. Me: Yeah, I work too much. The other me: But you’rel ike your own boss and everything… so who’s fault is it…

  • others first: overcoming selfishness in a me first world

    [note: this is my talk for Sunday am church this week. While this is the original script, this is no where near what the final version will be. Please look at this as a draft for writing purposes.] A bad case of Me-itis “Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from?…

  • puking stories

    On the youth specialties board lately there has been a great thread about puking. There is just something about working with students that eventually involves puke. Whether it’s illness, dares or the infamous “one gallon challenge,” where two or more are with you… there is sure to be vomit. http://youthspecialties.com/forums/message_boards/index.php?act=ST&f=33&t=6959&s=70838eec5924205487484c54764135f9 In other vomit news. Kerry…

  • Does God go on vacation?

    This week I asked my students who had been on vacation so far this summer. All but two hands went up. Perhaps it would have been wiser to ask who had not been on vacation. It is summertime and what better time for families to escape the pressures and complexities of life to somewhere else.…

  • catch up

    It’s been a week since I last blogged. Longer if you count actual notes instead of notes from things that I am writing and doing on a daily basis. This week I am overwhelmed with things to do. There are times for everything, I know that Solomon wrote that… but right now it seems like…

  • nuts and bolts of being intentional

    “Light Force desires to love God and love others by intentionally modeling a lifestyle devoted to becoming disciples of Jesus.”   Tonight I want to take a closer look at the part of our mission statement that says “intentionally modeling.”  It’s a loaded phrase, and a phrase that we can all learn to ignore… or…

  • slow down

    All I can say about my life right now is that I wish it would all just slow down. There is far too much going on too quickly. So much for a nice reflective summer. We have much going on in the youth groups, trips, baseball games, softball, volleyball, disc golf… will it ever stop.…