Author Archives: Mark Bocinsky

Holy Boldness

By | January 24, 2012

Being bold is more than acting without thinking. Being bold is more than doing stupid things to prove that I am unafraid. Being bold is certainly more than never conceding my point of view in an argument. Being bold is much more than being close-minded, pretending to be tough, and never backing down. I want to be bold, but I want to live in holy boldness (Acts 4:13). The Apostles, after being filled with the power of the Holy Spirit post-Resurrection and post-Pentecost were bold with the leaders,

More »

Trapped in the Cage of My Brain

By | December 27, 2011

They say that men are more intellectual than women. I think that women are often offended by this statement because it’s natural to equate the word intellectual with ‘smart,’ but that is not the meaning I’m talking about. Men are more led by their heads and women by their hearts. Agreed? Good. I have found this to be especially true with me: I am very led by my head. This wasn’t always true. I used to be very emotionally led. I think somewhere along my path in college I unintentionally started

More »

Running With a Purpose

By | November 11, 2011

“Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? Run so as to win.” -1 Corinthians 9:24 In high school, I was a runner.  My main event was the 1600 meter (one mile) race.  My senior year in high school I quit the basketball team so that I could focus solely on improving my mile time with hopes of going to the State competition.  I would get up at 6am and head to the track before school to run my own training circuit, separate from the work outs

More »

Wake Up Call: Fighting Complacency

By | October 22, 2011

It was sunny with a high of 55 degrees at Covecrest today and I was in a happy place playing football with about twenty 8th Graders who were nearing the end of their school retreat.  I was reading the eyes of the other quarterback anticipating an epic interception and run back for a touchdown when all of a sudden… BAM! I hit the floor. Still conscious, I stayed laying on the ground with a pretty large pain on the back left side of my head.  As I reached to touch the spot where the pain was

More »

Leave All Behind and Come, Follow Me

By | October 15, 2011

Have you ever heard someone say, “I heard God say…” or “Then God spoke to me…?”  When we are  younger, we wonder why this person is lucky enough to “hear” God speak.  Why can’t we ever hear God?  We say, “I talk to Him all the time and never hear anything!”  As we get older, we realize that the voice they speak of is not an audible voice, but rather a calling from the inside of our hearts.  Mother Theresa said, “God speaks in the silence of the heart.”  God reveals to us through the

More »