The other night I felt like the Lord gave me three examples of the worst thing that could happen to any youth group but it’s also the worst thing that can happen to any youth pastor (or any believer). Picture # 1 The first word picture God gave me was Constantine. Not the t.v, show…
We have two choices to make. The first option is to push forward. Pushing froward requires hope, vision, and faith to accomplish something. Pushing forward feels good. Pushing forward shows you have, if nothing else, determination. People applaud people who push forward. Pushing forward says, “I’m not afraid. And even if I am, you…
I really identify with many of the guys in my youth ministry. Many of them are living stories now that I lived when I was there age. I was talking with a young man last night about his alcoholic parents and so many of the kids in my group have absentee dads. Both of these…
Have you heard about Chris Borland, the 24 year old rookie linebacker for SF, retiring after just one year in the NFL? It shocked me too but I totally understand it. He decided the risks of receiving multiple concussions and shortening his life span and decided to cash out. In youth ministry I don’t…
If you read my post yesterday I had a few thoughts on Pastor Nieuwhof’s predictions about the future of church attendance . I conducted a two question Twitterview with Pastor Nieuwhof and he was very gracious to answer my questions. If you start with these two questions you could start making more disciples sooner.…
Did you guess the E Word? Did you think the E word was Evangelism? Exhortation? Espresso? All fine guesses and two of the three are correct, in a way, because the E-Word is Engagement. In fact, if you offer me Espresso I will also be fully engaged. Pastor Carey Nieuwhof recently wrote a post called…
If we are looking for A church without conflict A church without Pharisees A church without hypocrites A church without money issues A church without weird people Sorry, it doesn’t exist and never has, but it will, someday. The church is always in process because people are always in process. The Apostle Paul…
Last year I had the privilege of interviewing Cassandra Smith on my YouTube channel about her book Letters to God. You can watch the interview HERE. She recently put out a companion four week curriculum book, Project Restored, to help students talk about and talk through some of the pain they have experienced in…
I don’t like dentists but not for the reasons you may think. Dentists are my penance for past sins. Drills, needles, pliers, all tools of a toothy inquisition. After my experience at the dentist yesterday, I dislike them because I felt like they only dis their job. Granted, I wasn’t in the best of moods…
I was living my life, walking The Narrow Road I was called to with my eyes straight ahead when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. It was a rabbit but not just any rabbit, it was a golden rabbit. It hopped and leaped teasing me to chase it. I ignored it…
