Many of you have probably heard the buzz. This past Wednesday a huge meteor screamed through the sky. It was seen 5 states away. It crashed about 1 1/2 hours away from where I live.

Here are a couple clips of the meteor lighting up the sky. Awesome sight!

Ok … so I was surfing around YouTube today and found this video. It is toooooooo funny!!! Enjoy!!!

I don’t know if you have seen this or not but … man … I love it when people come together for a cause. It’s awesome to see all these well known singers coming together to help Haiti.

I don’t know if you all follow what’s going on in the World of Disney but recently Nick Jonas launched a solo project called “Nick Jonas & The Administration”. Nick has an awesome passion for music and for people.

In 2005, Nick was diagnosed with diabetes. Over the last few years he has really pushed for research in this area but his biggest push has been to let people (especially young people) know that it’s ok to be different. He has really been an inspiration to millions of kids who have been diagnosed with everything from diabetes to HIV.

Today, he released a music video of one of his new songs called “Who I Am”. I watched the video and I all I seen was reality. The chorus is:

I want someone to love me
For who I am
I want someone to need me
Is that so bad?
I wanna break all the madness
But it’s all I have
I want someone to love me
For who I am

Reality is, that’s the cry of so many people today. Reality is that it’s not just about a disease. It’s about each of us being unique.

So many religious organizations have banned uniqueness. I grew up in a particular organization that had very strict standards. Going to school many people considered me Amish as I couldn’t wear shorts, dance in show choir, have facial hair, go to school dances, etc. I was the typical religious nut.

Then it happened!! I decided not to shave. I decided that I looked better with a goatee. People around me didn’t like it but I didn’t care. It was who I was (or wanted to be). I quickly learned that I couldn’t live my life based on what the “religious organization” expected of me. The approval that I was seeking was Gods (2 Tim 2:15) and you know what … He accepted me with facial hair whereas many in the organization did not.

The world wants to be accepted for who they are. They need to know that God loves them. He may not approve or like what they do or what they have allowed to control their lives but He accepts them with open arms.

The world will never give God a chance unless we let them know that He loves them. When you are in a love relationship things change. If the world falls in love with God … the world will change … cause when you are truly in love with someone … you will do whatever they ask.

We don’t have to accept the sin but we do have to accept the person … the soul. There is junk in each of our lives (including mine). I am a sinner and whether you like it or not YOU ARE TOO!! We all are … we all have sin in lives … but God accepts us and encourages us to change. I am excited that the “Body of Christ” is starting to truly show the Love of Christ.

Accept the person for who they are … and let God take care of the gluttony, smoking, alcohol, disobedience, inappropriate relations, pornography, etc. Let God Be God … you just be “Christ”-like.

Disclaimer: Because I know I am going to get heat for posting this … I want to note that there is a difference between the church and a religious organization. Please note that I am not talking about the church in this post nor am I attacking any one organization. This post is simply pointing out that our role isn’t to judge people … it’s to show them the love of Christ.

I had the wonderful opportunity of attending the Pathways production called “Life Happens”. Mom and Dad went with me to see this awesome production created by Pastor Gary Smith.

Below is a short video from the production. There is another production coming up on Dec 12th & 13th called “HERE”. You don’t want to miss it. For more information … contact me.

One of my good friends was recently in an acting competition. You may or may not have ever heard of it but it’s called the “One Act Competition”. Basically what it is a team of High School students that have to not only act in a drama but they are also are responsible for setting up and tearing down the stage. All this must be done in a record amount of time. If I remember right they had to not only set up but also take down the stage in less than 10 minutes. So if it took them 6 minutes to set it up they only had 4 minutes to tear it down. BTW they only needed a little over 3 minutes to setup. (CLICK HERE to watch a video of the team setting up and tearing down as well as some other still captures.)

None-the-less, the team at Appleton North did an awesome job!! (WAY TO GO JACOB)!! They won state again for the 11th consecutive year. They rocked it out!! I am so proud of them … especially my buddy Jacob.

Here are a few pictures from their big send off to state.

Congratulations to The Odyssey One Act Team for earning the CRITIC’S CHOICE Award for overall excellence at the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival. They also earned an Ensemble Acting award and a Director’s award.

Like I said, Appleton North has received the CRITIC’S CHOICE for the past eleven consecutive years; the only school in the history of the state competition to achieve such a distinction. Way to go team!!

I have seen this acted out before as well as have seen this video many times and every time I watch it it gets me. If you go after Him … He will fight for you.