My wife wrote some “baby thoughts” today on her blog. Here’s a couple of my favorite: 1. Babies have an amazing capacity to poo. We’re talking projectile poo, multiple-times-a-day poo, mass quantities of poo, loud and unashamed poo, seeping-out-of-the-diaper-and-onto-your-jeans poo…even tiny, “Why did I even change this diaper?” poo. Be prepared for poo. 7. Babies have [...]
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Giving a Speech? Don’t Embarrass Yourself
July 16th, 2011 
joshherndon There are some unwritten rules of edict when giving a speech on another person’s day of honor . And unfortunately, I find myself cringing more than applauding to most wedding, birthday, or memorial services. Today, I’m having the honor of dedicating my best friend’s baby, Emily, on her first birthday. As I reflected on some of these unwritten rules, I [...]
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January 3rd, 2011 joshherndon There’s a lot of good things coming up in 2011. Here’s the top 10 I’m counting on. Is my baby a boy or girl? I find out on Thursday. Where will we live? Our lease ends in March. Overseas again? Missions trip to Haiti in April. Who will be the 49ers’ QB of the future? [...]
#10 Stanford in Tomorrow’s BCS Standings?
October 30th, 2010 joshherndon 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 [...]
Posted in Top 10 Tags: BCS, BCS standings, College football, Josh Herndon, LSU, Oregon Ducks, rankings, Stanford, Stanford football No Comments »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 [...]
10 (Quick) Lessons Learned
September 21st, 2010 joshherndon Here’s 10 quick lessons I’ve learned in the past week before getting to bed. Never underestimate the encouragement of bringing a friend a Starbucks. Facebook reminds you when your anniversary is coming up (mine is on Monday). Food Maxx’s best meat is still terrible quality. Students who love you will work hard for you. I’ve [...]
Top Posts of August 2010
September 2nd, 2010 joshherndon Here’s the top posts from August. If you missed one of them, there’s some good stuff in there. Or, at least not bad stuff. I hope. My Landlords are Better than Your Landlords A Wrecking Experience [Our Philippines Team Documentary] 20 NFL Predictions in 2010 I Bought a Pair of TOMS Rationalizing a 4-Week Break [...]
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: [...]
10 Leadership Lessons when Leading a Missions Trip
July 10th, 2010 joshherndon I just got back from leading my first missions trip to the Philippines and it showed me how much I still have to grow as a leader. Here’s a couple of leadership lessons I learned (sometimes, the hard way): Be preventative. Pay attention to the team dynamics so if there’s tension growing, you can address [...]
Top Posts of May 2010
June 1st, 2010 joshherndon If you haven’t heard from my tweets, I’ve been at a family wedding for the past week in Cape Cod, Massachusetts! Hence, a week-long hiatus of blog posts. I try to blog daily, so being away for this long has been hard, honestly. I’ll be back in California tomorrow, but for now here’s my top 10 [...]