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Final Four Friday: Super Bowl 45 Commercials

Knocked Out

House Sitting

Volkswagen mini Darth Vader

The Best Part

Final Four Friday: Cities Dare 2 Share has sent me to

I love to travel.  I’ve done it my whole life.  I’ve been to all 48 continental United States, over half of Europe, Canada, Mexico, and a stop or two in South America.  I’m what some might refer to as a Passport stamp junky.  So to put some limitations on this round of Final Four Friday I decided to limit the list to my top 4 cities that Dare 2 Share has sent me to over the last 4 years, 11 months and 2 weeks.

4) St Louis, MO - I know, not quite the exciting city that you might be expecting to see on someone’s top 4 list.  However, this midwest Mecca made the list becuase I’ve traveled here several times and gotten to taste the local culture.  The food here is amazing, the arch is a cool monument, and some of my favorite Youth Leaders in the nation minister in this area! (my D2S travels: 2 D2S conferences, 2 D2S Youth Leader trainings)

3) Atlanta, GA – This city would make just about any top 4 list of cities that I put together.  Olympic Park is an amazing site of modern American history, Atlanta Underground is a cool place to hang out, and this city is the home of Coca-Cola.  Seriously, enough said. (my D2S travels: 2 Youth Specialties conferences)

2) Orlando, FL – I’m a beach bum.  If I have the opportunity to pick where I retire then I will join just about every other senior citizen in America by moving in with Mickey.  I love this city and cannot wait until the Spring of 2012 when we host our first conference in central Florida! (my D2S travels: Salvation Army Youth Leader training with Greg Stier)

1) Seattle, WA – Another one of those cities I have traveled to several time for Dare 2 Share.  It’s quite simple.  I love Sushi and it gets no better than here! (my D2S travels: 1 D2S conference, 2 D2S Youth Leader trainings, 1 Creation Northwest)

BONUS) Washington, DC - So I cheated this week and added a 5th, but you can’t stand between a man and his hometown.  I love DC for so many reasons and love that we host conferences here.  I can’t wait to see everyone when we bring the Dare 2 Share conference here in just a few short weeks.  This year’s conference ironically falls on the weekedn that marks the 5 year anniversary of Neva and I (and Christian) moving to Denver from DC to be a part of Dare 2 Share! (my D2S travels: 1 D2S conference, 2 D2S Youth Leader trainings, 1 4th of July for Christ on the Mall)

Final Four Friday: Books of the Bible

Okay, so this one is kinda like cheating because I could pick any 4 books in the Bible and not be wrong.  That being said, here are the 4 books of the Bible that I enjoy reading the most:

4) I Kings – that’s right…I went Old Testament!  This book in the OT comes in at #4 as it is home of my favorite story found in the Old Testament – 1 Kings 18:1-40 – the story of Elijah on Mt Carmel.

3) James – this New Testament book has a special place in my heart as it was extremely helpful to me in my discipleship process during college as I overcame some serious struggles in life.

2) John – Of course, at least 1 of the 4 Gospels had to make my list.  While I definitely debated whether or not to give this one the top spot, it is my favorite Gospel as it is the only of the 4 written to an unbelieving audience.  How cool is that?

1) Acts – Probably a pretty typical answer but I absolutely love this book for several reasons: we see the passion in which the 1st century church advanced the Gospel, we get an unfiltered look at how messy things were for that early church, but most of all because we see the Spirit of God poured out on all believers and the power that it possesses.