Posted on October 5, 2009 by joepuentes
I’m excited about a non-profit organization, which I have the honor and privilege of being on the board of directors – it is called Hopes Float. Colorado-based Hopes Float is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which provides fishing and boating day trips to children, adults, and the elderly with mental, emotional or physical special needs.
Something [...]
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Posted on September 7, 2009 by joepuentes
My family hasn’t really moved a whole lot, if I were to really think about it – we have really only moved two times in our family’s seventeen years of existence. Sure we’ve moved more than that, but they were tiny moves, you know the cross-town moves, or the moving to the city ten minutes [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2009 by joepuentes
A friend forwarded this article to me about social-networking. Maybe because I’ve been trying to get him to join Twitter, and he is trying to tell me to stop bugging him. Who knows… What are your thoughts on social-networking? [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by joepuentes
HUMILITY
Every year for the past four years, I have read this book as a devotional. Many have called Andrew Murry’s book - Humility, the best work on humility ever written. To be honest, I wouldn’t know about that only because this is the only book on humility that I have read. Every time I read this book, I [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2009 by joepuentes
“We live in a world no longer under heaven. At least in most people’s minds and imaginations that vision of reality has become little more than a caricature, conjuring up the saints and angels of baroque frescoes. And in the church only a hint remains of the power it once exercised in the hearts of [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2009 by joepuentes
I was unpacking some boxes from our move – yeah we still have unpacked boxes,(Well my wife was, I was just adding to the mess) and found some of my books. George Barna’s book “Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions” has been a book that has influenced me both personally and professionally. What’s funny is that I originally got this book [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2009 by joepuentes
As a church, we never want to brag or boast about what we do for our community, but I am excitement about the church that I am on staff and serve. Recently, we were nominated for the 2009 Outstanding School Volunteer of the Year Award.
LifeBridge is an externally focused church, meaning – we want to [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2009 by joepuentes
I’ve been thinking about the book To Own a Dragon by Donald Miller, recently. I don’t know why – maybe it’s because I’ve been thinking about my life growing up, or maybe I’ve been thinking about my relationship with my son… Either way, I felt I needed to blog about this book again (I blogged [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2009 by joepuentes
Speaking of SuperStart… I got to tell you, I’ve been very blessed to be a part of two student ministries that have had awesome student worship pastors – I mean these guys were and are incredible (The two student ministries, being my previous church I was on staff at and the current church I’m on [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2009 by joepuentes
I’m already pumped for October to come! LifeBridge (The church I’m on staff at) will be hosting SuperStart again – and I’m pumped! Our students, parents, and volunteers couldn’t get enough of the event… If your in Colorado, you need to bring your kids, parents, and volunteers to this event. Even if you can’t bring [...]
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