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Passion

Posted February 20th @ 3:58 pm by Jeff Riles

This past weekend I had an awesome time attending the Passion Conference in Dallas, TX with a few of my friends.

It featured some incredible worship by David Crowder

Kristian Stanfill

and the genuine Chris Tomlin

What I liked about Passion Conference:Unlike a lot of similar events, Passion challenges its attenders to “Do Something Now” - we gave […]

Monday Madness

Posted January 14th @ 10:48 am by Jeff Riles

Monday Maddness:
My Schedule today
8:30 Gym
10:00 Book Pick Up for Classes
11:00 Restorative Justice - Class
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Work - Jari Askins, Lt. Governor
6:30 Chapter Meeting
8:00 Relay for Life Meeting
Not too bad toady!
Gym iPod Playlist
You Give Me Something - James Morrison
LifeChurch.tv South OKC Podcast
Great Links this Morning
Amputee Barred from Olympics
Fillig the Void After Highschool
You Version
American Idol
Great Blog […]

Home for the Papers

Posted November 21st @ 3:49 pm by Jeff Riles

Remember that phrase, “Home for the Holidays?”
This time around it doesn’t seem to be that at all. I have 3 papers due on Monday when I get back to school. This wasn’t too big a deal until I pulled up to my nice home with autumn colored leaves blowing across the yard as kids in […]

… just another Tuesday

Posted August 29th @ 12:16 am by Jeff Riles

7:30 - Wake Up
7:45 - Gym - naturally my work out buddy Austin wasn’t there this morning. He owes me dinner
8:30 - Shower
9:00 - Alvin’s Cafe for some Cafe Mocha and the NY Times - compliments of Student Senate
9:25 - Call from VP of Student Affairs for OCU about interviewing with Lt. Gov. Jari […]

What I learend in class today …

Posted August 24th @ 10:23 am by Jeff Riles

1 in 6 children live in poverty
1 in 8 children have no health insurance
31 % of fourth graders read at or above grade level
3 million children are reported abused or neglected every year
1 in 10 teenagers is a school dropout
8 children die from gunfire daily
3 out of 5 children under the age of 6 are […]

Papers, Papers, and ePapers

Posted August 23rd @ 10:38 am by Jeff Riles

I now in my upper level courses have to write at least 2 papers a week. IT SUCKS! But I love what I’m studying.
This does ironically bring up this issue of being environmentally friendly - ok, not really, I just want my classes to be more web based! And thank God, one of the classes […]

My class schedule

Posted August 23rd @ 10:31 am by Jeff Riles

In case you were wondering what incredible classes I’m taking:
Yoga (the jury is still out on how I feel about this class)
Politics and the Law
Juvenile Delinquency
State and Local Government
Introduction to Christian Ethics
Intermediate German Studies
I love school.

Going the extra mile.

Posted August 21st @ 6:22 pm by Zach Gilliam

People rarely get fired for good enough, which is a shame. - Seth Godin
I started school back up this week and I am going to have to constantly remind myself of that principle this semester. In most areas of my life, completing things with a high level of excellence is natural for me. However, […]