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Steven and Donna!

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About Me

My name is Steven. I'm married to a beautiful, amazing, and virtuous woman! I have 3 awesome anointed guys and a gorgeous little girl who I get to hang out with and love everyday of my life. I have been a Student Pastor for 16 years, and I have the honor to get to hang out with the most amazing group of students in the world!I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com

My Interests

Music:

U2, POD, DC Talk, Auido Adrenaline,Switchfoot, Pillar, David Crowder Band, Staind,Drew Cline,Amy Grant, Russ Taff, Jars of Clay (these guys have written songs that are real and that really minister to me), most of the 80's (Journey, Bon Jovi, Men without Hats, etc.. etc.., and early 90's, Nirvana, Gavin Degraw, Stevie Wonder, Delirious?, Jazz, Rock, I love music! NOT COUNTRY! Only certain country songs that actually say something.Check out CO3 at co3music.com. Donna's little brother, Chad Little, is the guy on the left.

Movies:

Matrix Trilogy, Rudy, My Life, Constantine, Anger Management, Tommy Boy, Armagedon, Band of Brothers Series, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, The Passion of Christ, Gladiator, When We Were Soldiers, Waterboy, 50 First Dates, The Story of Us, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, Monty Python and the Holy Grail...I have more

Television:

M.A.S.H., ER, American Idol (and proud of it!), Deal or No Deal, Sportscenter, Saturday Night Live, Spongebob, Dora the Explorer, Backyardigans, That's So Raven, Fairly Odd Parents, Kim Possible,Hannah Montana, and pretty much anything on Disney or Nickalodeon because I have kids!

Books:

Bible, Finding God, The Grace Awakening, Making Peace with Your Past, Ordering your Private World, Hindsfeet in High Places, Raising a Modern Day Night, The Silence of Adam, Fresh Wind Fresh Fire, Shattered Dreams, The Life You've Always Wanted, The Power of Prayer, Happiness is a Choice, The making of a Modern Day Night, The Jesus I Never Knew,

Heroes:

Jesus Christ (The most radical influencer of all time!), Donna Carroll (More courage than anyone I have ever met), My Dad and Mom, Jody Nichols(Counselor of all counselors!), Marty Kyle (Who went to heaven and is shouting whoo Hoo all over heaven today!), Mark Schatzman (challenged me to think), Pastor Rick (has taught and is teaching me today), Donny Parrish (Loved me when I was a kid, and now he's still loving me, my wife, and my own kids today),My amazing kids Braden, Dawson, Jordan, and Megan, The volunteers that support what I do and have stepped up to give of thier time and lives to reach students, The Amazing students at Fellowship that come weekly to grow, worship, and serve, Paul (A murderer and destroyer of lives who learned of Grace and became a giver of life rather than a taker), Peter (An ADD type fellow that just loved to be where the action was and God used him to reach millions of people over the last 2000 years), David (Lets me know that Huge screw ups like me can still be close to God's heart), and my poodle millie who is 15 years old and has withstood ridicule, taunts, and is still living!
Lead Me To The Cross - Hillsong United
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB7Qyc1sTsM

My Blog

Its Time

..> I haven't posted a blog in a while, so I thought I would put something new on here. As I entered in 2008 the Lord put a simple phrase on my heart. It was simply this....
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST

Final Segment of "A Prayer"

Truth humbled me Lord. Thanks for giving me the ability to comprehend that truth. And the way you have done it Lord. Wow! You did it through so many ways. The ultimate enlightener was your presence th...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:23:00 PST

Prayer Part 2

Lord I know that a failed family shaped me as I grew up. I also know that my family situation and religion led me to a thought process that was based on performance and appearance. I was taught early ...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:27:00 PST

A Prayer Part 1

Lord, As I sit here and look over the country, I know you are there. I know many struggle to believe, and I have at times as well, but always in my heart I have known you were there. I want to begin b...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:52:00 PST

Blessed, Blessed, Blessed!

I have been in a very reflective mood lately. I was asked to play the role of an older man named James at my church in our Christmas musical. It was a lot of work, but the cool thing was I got to do i...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:41:00 PST

I love to watch Megan live life!

This past week Megan and I went to the dentist. After we were done we went to Mcdonalds for some chicken nuggets! My kids love chicken nuggets!We went to the coolest McDonalds in Garland, Texas. The p...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:49:00 PST

Cycles Broken...Chains Loosed!

Ever had anyone say, "You remind me so much of your Father and Mother?" We can't get away from it. We will look like, sound like, and have the traits of our parents. That's not a bad thing by the way!...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:52:00 PST

What I learned and thought about at Fall Retreat 2006!

Donna and I have been on 16 years of Fall Retreats, and I honestly can say that this years retreat was amazing and one we will remember! On Saturday afternoon I actually climbed in a tree and spent ab...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:16:00 PST

The question is...Why do I keep asking the question?

I have been a full-time Student Pastor for going on 16 years now, and I l love it! I have made a ton of mistakes, both personally and professionally, but I have been blessed to get to keep doing a job...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:14:00 PST

So...You Don't Think Jesus Will Accept Ya?? Check this out!

Tonight I was reminded of a story. It was about this dude named Paul. He was a pretty rough character actually. He lived back right after the time of Christ, and he was a pretty motivated man. He was ...
Posted by Steven and Donna! on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:13:00 PST