As the 2010 NFL season is upon us, I’d like to make a couple predictions. Some are more outlandish than others. Regardless, here they are: Bret Farve will retire. For real this time NY Jets dethrone the Patriots by taking the AFC East …but Brady still has an incredible year (in the final year of [...]
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I Bought a Pair of TOMS
August 7th, 2010 
joshherndon I bought a pair of TOMS yesterday. With every pair of TOMS that is bought, a pair of TOMS is given to a child who needs them. One for One. Millions of children throughout the world are at risk for easily preventable diseases and conditions that are solved with shoes. The founder of TOMS, Blake [...]
CSM 8/7/10 Review
August 7th, 2010 joshherndon We had our last CSM FRIDAY NIGHTS for the summer, hitting off our 4-week break! Some bullet-points: Goodbye Graduate! We took this opportunity to say goodbye to our lone high school graduate (most of our students are 9-11th graders). She joined CSM in April, just months before her graduation. But her impact on our group [...]
Global Leadership Summit Thoughts: Day 1
August 5th, 2010 joshherndon I attended the Global Leadership Summit today (via satellite campus) with 150 neighboring ministers. It was a great experience to sit back and learn from some great leaders. Here’s a couple of day 1 thoughts that really resonated with me: How do you make a vision statement to move people from “here” to “there”? Articulate [...]
Rationalizing a 4-Week Break from Youth Group
August 5th, 2010 joshherndon I got approval today to suspend CSM FRIDAY NIGHTS for the following 4-weeks until our Parent Night on September 10th. It was a difficult decision for me to make, but it needed to be done. The truth is, I’m running on empty. Over the span of 30 days, I was in “ministry mode” for fifteen [...]
Taking a Break From the Lord’s Work
August 3rd, 2010 joshherndon The New York Times did an article about Clergy burnout. The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few years, and with little notice: Members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, their use of antidepressants has risen, while their [...]
Top Posts of July 2010
August 1st, 2010 joshherndon Here’s the 10 posts that generated the most buzz this past July. Half of them are about the Philippines Missions Trip (I think our mothers were keeping tabs on us!) Philippines Day 11: The 48 Hour Day Philippines Day 7: Baptisms and Balut What to do with Young Love in Youth Group? Philippines Day 5.5: [...]