My neighbor texted me in the early afternoon: “Eric. This is extremely last minute… But I was wondering if you could come talk to scouts tonight around 6:45ish about duty to God. Our initial meeting plan fell through and I’m … Continue reading
At H2O Kent’s recent Ten Year Anniversary Celebration, we showed a video which offered a retrospective of the church’s first ten years. God has done (and is doing) great things!
Sprinting sucks. Literally. It sucks the air right out of you. You need oxygen. Especially when you’re running. Your legs and lungs demand it. Your guts and bowels back up the demands with threats. But there’s just not enough oxygen to … Continue reading
We celebrated the 10th birthday of H2O Kent this weekend, with a bunch of different activities including a 5K race, a brunch, a tailgating party, a banquet, and a worship gathering (also: let the photographic record show that I wore … Continue reading
Kent State University announces its enrollment figures every year, around this time. And since our ministry is so closely tied in with the University, I always hope to catch the news to learn more about the demographics of our mission … Continue reading
We’ve made it to the end of our busiest, sweatiest, most strategic season of the Collegiate ministry year! I’ve been taking some time to reflect and recreate this weekend, and when I saw the above sign in the Cuyahoga Valley … Continue reading
What a week it’s been! Today is the first day of classes for Kent State University students, but for those of us at H2O Kent, things have already been going full-tilt for a few days now. As students started moving … Continue reading
Bridget provided key leadership by keeping us on task with the checklist and a pen. Gina, Taylor, and Max — friends from high school — formed the backbone of our group. But I think Bailey was the one who really … Continue reading
It’s always fun to go back to Bowling Green. It’s the place where I went to college. It’s the place where I experienced a spiritual transformation. It’s the place where our family got started. And it’s a place where there … Continue reading
“Blitz” is the German word for lightning. The German armed forces pioneered a military strategy they called “Blitzkrieg” — or “Lightning War” — in the late-1930s and early 1940s, and a variation of this strategy was employed in their highly-successful … Continue reading
