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Burnt.

7.21.2005 — 4 Comments

If you could see my arms right now, you would probably attempt to touch them to watch me scream like a little girl.

Jess did that without realizing the pain involved.

Screaming didn’t happen, however. Tears, though – DID.

Today I spent a majority of the day with my favorite Father-in-law in Bluffton. We shingled the entire West side of their shed. It was unbelievably hot today, I might add. Apparently the “heat index” was 110. Imagine being on the roof with BLACK, HOT shingles in that kind of heat.

I melted atleast 3 times. The heat felt through my shoes alone was enough to cause me to second guess whether I was still living or not!

It was an enjoyable time. Spending time with Dad Garrett is always a good time!

I think I’ll go pout about my arms now.

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4-H Fair & Demolition Derby

7.21.2005 — 2 Comments

Jess and I are both “a buzz” from breathing exhaust for almost 3 hours tonight at the Kosciusko County 4-H Fair. Tonight was the demolition derby – where my buddy Matt VanKirk was entered and completed his 15th year of demolition derby action! Wow!

Plenty of church folks showed up this evening to cheer Matt on, but despite the cheers, his “u-joint” in his steering column snapped during one of his hits causing him to be out for the remainder of the evening. Bummer. He did an awesome job with his stationwagon in the first match-up, though!

I took plenty of photos and video clips tonight to share with faithful stevansheets.com visitors! Enjoy a few pictures first, the videos will be uploaded in the next couple of days.

Tomorrow: headed to Bluffton to help Dad Garrett roof the storage shed/garage behind their house! Should be a fun day of manual labor!!







Enjoy the rest of the photos here.

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Latest video clips

7.19.2005 — 4 Comments

Tonight was a great softball game – mainly because we won. I think the score was 14-13 – a narrow win, but a win, nonetheless!

To make this post worth posting, I’d like to give you direct links to all of my current video clips.

If you download one or all of them, how about commenting on your FIRST impression of each one you watch!

Here we go:

01. Mute Math 001
02. Mute Math 002
03. Mute Math 003
04. Mute Math 004
05. “Works Bomb” 001
06. “Works Bomb” 002
07. “Works Bomb” 003
08. “Works Bomb” 004
09. July 4th Fireworks
10. Camp Dunk 001
11. Camp Dunk 002
12. Merry-Go-Round 001
13. Merry-Go-Round 002
14. Demolition Derby Stationwagon

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BOOK REVIEW: “Provocative Faith” by Matthew Paul Turner

7.18.2005 — 4 Comments

Provocative FaithOn Saturday afternoon I finished the last hundred pages or so of Matthew Paul Turner’s newest book, “Provocative Faith”. I was honored to receive an “advanced reading copy” of this book from his publisher – Revell, apparently after reviewing one of his previous books here on stevansheets.com.

After reading just the first chapter of “Provocative Faith”, I knew I would be hooked into reading this entire book as quickly as time would allow. In just over a week of busy “youth pastor stuff” I had finished reading this book and as soon as I finished I e-mail Matthew Paul Turner to say, “Thanks”.

Why did I e-mail the author of this book? Because of his honesty.

That’s the one-word summary of this book for this review: HONESTY.

Seriously, either I’m reading the wrong books or not enough authors are as honest as MPT. Turner writes about his highs and lows as a Christ-follower, about his bouts with temptation, questioning God, and other struggles that we experience as a part of living like Christ. I was drawn in by the ‘after-each-chapter’ interviews with various people in Turners life – interviews about their struggles, temptations, and life-stories.

The book is a quick-read, packed full of good illustrations from someone who I feel I’ve grown up wearing similar shoes as. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to acknowledge their faith-struggles and insconsistencies.

The book will be available on September 1st. You can pre-order it now @ Amazon. (I feel like a commercial.)

From the back of the book:
“It may seem like an unusual way to describe faith. But faith, done Jesus style isn’t ordinary. It causes you to grate against the norm. It blows past others’ expectations and seeks what God desires for you. It’s characterized by freedom, joy, humility, and community. Provocative faith is living passionately and loving relentlessly, yet being willing to come in last.”

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WWC Church Picnic

7.17.2005 — 5 Comments


You’re gonna want to see these pictures from today’s church picnic. Here.

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