...if you are:

* Prone to whininess.
* Prone to being offended.
* Prone to a moral high-horse.
* Prone to a weak stomach.
* Prone to liking me for my mad pastoral skillz.

What you are about to see is not a re-enactment. This event took place yesterday afternoon during the lousy Bengals game. My brother-in-law Chris called me a few days prior to see if I would be available with my video camera to film something important. A milk challenge.

You've been warned.


Milk Challenge: White Vomit Edition. from Ryan Detzel on Vimeo.

Steve and Liz go to church with me. Scratch that. Steve and Liz are my friends. I love these two people. They have shown me what it looks like to remain faithful in God's promises and how to still enjoy life in the process of it all. Steve is the most easy-going, adaptable human I've ever known...he's fun to be around and has a personality that draws you in. Liz is willing to tell you how it is with brutal honesty and as a fellow brutalist, I love that about her. Plus, she loves NASCAR.

Below is a story I did on Steve and Liz's journey towards parenthood.

It will play at our church gatherings this weekend. Check it out:



More of these video stories can be found HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Lots of photographs are taken for a story like this.

Obviously...not all of them can be used:

Well...here's where I was a week ago. <---Click me.

And here's this morning:


It would seem that good old diet and exercise do actually work. I've done something active each day and cut down big time on calories. (down to around 1600 -2000 each day) I've also stopped eating candy...which is a big deal for me. Cheese has been my snack of choice as of late.

I'm going to keep it up though...there's still about 10lbs to go.

In other events; I created a video promo yesterday for an upcoming Wednesday night experience we'll be doing at a church we rent. It's just a quick teaser to get people interested and asking questions. Check it out: