We have two ways to travel, by trains or dune buggy. Trains are predictable. They have scheduled stops. You may even arrive on time but you have one problem, tracks. If you want to go “over there” you can’t. You have to stay on the tracks. One other thing. you are not the conductor. You…
Consider all the unlikely biblical characters God chose in the Old Testament Abraham and Sarah to have children beyond their years David a shepherd Moses a murder Gideon a coward Samuel a child Jonah the runaway Joseph a teen Jacob the liar and then who Jesus chose in the New Testament Fishermen Lepers Mary the…
Just saw an article on Mashable.com about Daisy Ridley extoling the values of being yourself, and I applaud her. Daisy posted a picture of herself on Instagram without make up and with no filters. Feelings create the need to filter. Feeling unworthy. Feeling lonely. Feeling disrespected. I tell my students all the time, “Feelings are…
I heard this morning about an older man, I knew from a former church, passing away. He had lost his wife many years earlier and never remarried. He was a godly man and will be missed. What I’ll miss about him, and men of his generation, was his resolve. Resolve is a word I like.…
Are You Busy? You may say , “Heck yeah! I’m up to my eyeballs in forms, paper work, programming, meetings, etc.”. These things are necessary, but not necessarily productive. Busy means we’re hiding from real work that matters. Busy means we’re in our comfort zone. Busy means we’re working hard to maintain the status quo.…
Last August I participated in 30 days of #VEDA which stands for Vlogging Every Day In August. This is sponsored by Amy Schmittauer over at SavvySexySocial. Well, it’s about to happen again in April and I need your help In August, I vlogged all 30 days on the iPhone app Periscope to get used to…
I recently learned I didn’t make The Top 30 Youth Ministry Blogs of 2015. Thing is, I wasn’t trying to make it and only slightly disappointed that I didn’t make it. Some of us have lists in our head we’d like to make Pastors Top 3 Favorite Staff Members Top 9 Hipster Beards Top 5…
When I create a post with the word “secret” in it, it get’s clicked. Why? We want to know the secret or hack to: life, business, marriage, parenting, and the list goes on. Secrets are something people want to charge us for and we pay it because we think we need to. People ask, “What’s your…
I am not opposed to youth ministry, just ineffective youth ministry. I’ve heard the most asinine discussions about youth ministry, mostly heard during a staff meeting and from senior pastors in particular. I had some rough kids in one of our youth ministries and had a senior pastor say “Can’t you tell them not to…
Since the writing of this Andy has since apologized on Twitter and gives a longer interview here on what he said and why he said. I knew it would all work out. 🙂 Andy’s already been put on the cross, called a heretic, a false prophet and an all around terrible person? Sorry Andy,…
