Now, my weekly sidebar sports talk. Tomorrow when the official BCS standings are released, Auburn will still be ranked first and Utah will move up to sixth, but here’s how the BCS standings should look tomorrow: Oregon (8-0 Pac-10) Auburn (9-0 SEC) Boise St (7-0 WAC) TCU (8-0 MWC) Alabama (7-1 SEC w/ loss to [...]
Archive for October, 2010
#10 Stanford in Tomorrow’s BCS Standings?
October 30th, 2010 
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Tags: BCS, BCS standings, College football, Josh Herndon, LSU, Oregon Ducks, rankings, Stanford, Stanford football 
No Comments »CSM Review 10/29/10
October 30th, 2010 joshherndon This Friday was… kinda weird. There was a 5-day weekend for a big chunk of our students (causing a mass exodus for college visitations and vacations) and a lot of sickies. What do you do on a week when you know that nothing is going to go according to plan? Don’t be discouraged. It’s easy [...]
3 Conferences in 3 Weeks
October 27th, 2010 joshherndon Am I a teacher/youth pastor or what?! I am attending 3 conferences in 3 weeks: October 28: ACSI Teacher’s Convention November 5-6: NCNSM’s Youth Convention November 10-12: ACSI Student Leadership Convention Truth be told, I’m not a big conference guy (I can’t get over how much these keynote speakers make only to regurgitate their book). [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: ACSI, conferences, Teachers convention Youth Convention, youth convention 1 Comment »Teaching Tithing to Our Youth
October 26th, 2010 joshherndon Tithing is a discipline that the church has become bashful in talking about, especially to our teenagers (then there’s the too eccentric prosperity gospel guys– but that’s for another day). Most pastors feel guilty for preaching on tithing… but why should we? It’s almost criminal if we don’t. Jesus tells us time and time again [...]
Central Seminary Seminar #1
October 25th, 2010 joshherndon Tonight we hold our first Central Seminary Seminar! It’s the part of our discipleship program where students will be given practical instruction on their faith, relationships, and life. I’m also really excited about it because it’s the one time where all of our discipleship students are alone in the same place at the same time. [...]
10 Ways “Mr. Herndon” is Helping “Pastor Josh”
October 20th, 2010 joshherndon Being a part-time teacher and youth pastor can have it’s troubles, but having the opportunity to be a teacher has also helped my pastoral ministry along the way. Whether I want to or not, I connect with students everyday. In fact, I’m connecting with students who would never go to church (Ignorant Ian: What? Christian [...]
I Don’t Blog as Much…
October 17th, 2010 joshherndon …because I can’t. I used to be the guy who’s orchestrating it all: videos, dramas, events, all nighters, competitions. Discipleship programs, worship development, student leadership. Conferences, lunch meetings, blogging daily, personal mentorship. Now, I’m the guy who’s sticking to the basics: 2 big events a year. Discipleship. Weekly program. It’s amazing what the difference between [...]
Posted in joshherndon.com Tags: bivocationalism, Central Student Ministries, discipleship No Comments »A Candid Conversation About the 49ers
October 12th, 2010 joshherndon Here’s a conversation I had with one of my friends. I thought it was worth sharing: Josh: 49ers won’t fire Singletary (at least until the end of the year). He has Jed York’s backing and (most) of the team’s support. Plus, there’s not an obvious alternative. Will: Sad but true. Josh: I don’t know how [...]
Evaluating What I Spend My Time Doing [cutting out the fat]
October 11th, 2010 joshherndon Since becoming bivocational, my ministry responsibilities as a youth pastor have altered and the aspects of ministry I’m choosing to focus on has shifted greatly. I don’t have the luxury of putting together an immaculate youth service with lots of in-house videos, games, bells and whistles. I have (realistically) 5 hours a week of prep [...]
CSM Review 10/8/10
October 9th, 2010 joshherndon It was an exhausting week for me. I lead our high school’s spiritual emphasis week, had a service day on Friday, and unveiled our missions trip destination to Haiti! The future looks like help is coming. Central Seminary students are coming before and staying later to help set up and clean up our weekly setup. [...]