http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis Training students to be God-Chasers. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:49:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That's the number of days in 63 years. Today is the 63rd wedding anniversary of my wonderful grandparents, Joe and Edith Snoddy. In reality their time together has been more than 23,000 by the time you add in leap years and their years of dating but WOW what an achievement. ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=76 Even though the title above is words taken from a children's song I find too many adults who don't really believe it. The world is a vast mystery and even though people are saying that the world is getting "smaller" it doesn't mean that we as Americans are learning more about ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=72 I read some research today from HomeWord ministries. I wanted to share them with you so here they are: The cell phone will be the greatest distributor of pornography for kids before the year 2011. "Sexting” is the new craze reported CBS news last week. 1 out of 5 kids have ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=70 Trek-X, an elite journey for the next generation missionary was birthed out of Chris White's Mobilizing Students. Rather than me trying to explain Trek-X I'll give you Chris' words: "If you've answered the call to missions and still want to pursue your education, then apply to join a select group ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=66 There has been a myth flying on the internet since 2000 that Bill Gates left some insightful words to his high school alma mater, a list of ten items about real life education. According to Snopes.com the list I share below comes from Charles J. Sykes in the 1996 book ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=63                    This last weekend we had our guys, or should I say manhood retreat. It was full of football, man talk, and eating. We even had a special man movie. For you guys who saw the first half of it you can finish it from the comforts of your own ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=56 Usually heroes are heard about through a television clip, radio blurb, or news article. Not true for this hero. This is a guy who had humble beginnings - few know the street he grew up on, few understand the kind of work he has always done, or the hobbies that occupy ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=44 Our culture has been on a manhood attack for decades. The war has been good except for someone/something standing up for what it means to be a man. If you are a male attending out church and not attending Men's Fraternity - you're missing out! I'm not talking about just ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=43                                  Shane Sisk joins us as the new 9th and 10th grade pastor! As soon as he can find a house he'll bring his sweet wife Kristen and his two children here from Dallas. He has had some great training and experience in student ministry. Shane and I have already ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=42 With camp, taking a group of students to Orlando, and two international trips behind me finally here is part 2 of how to know God’s will. Instead of making the first post a super long one, this will serve as only side notes of the framework given in Part 1. ... http://blogs.longhollow.com/travis/?p=41