Trivia Nights in bars are quite common. You show up, you play in teams and spend the night wracking your brain for answers to questions you’ll forget about 10 second later. The Trivia game is about finding a use for those fragments of...
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Tithes, Lies, and a Five-Leg Parlay
I know the why pastors fall: weakness. Weakness of heart, conviction and integrity. WHY pastors fall is what fascinates me. The tactics are different but they all share the same goal, deception. The story I am going to share with you today is all...
Is It Blasphemy, Mockery, or Just Finger Lickin’ Satire?
Recently, an ad from KFC UK stirred up reactions across Christian social media. In the commercial, a man is shown being baptized—not in water, but in a lake of gravy. Cue the backlash. Words like “blasphemy” and “mockery” were quickly thrown...
Why Do I Need Coaching, I Have Ai
I recently read this on Facebook Holy Cow!…Ai has saved me 10+ hours in summer planning this week I then thought, “How long before people say, ‘Why do I need a coach, I have Ai'” and then I thought, “How long before...
Do you know what we do here?
I took my 88 year old father-in-law, Tom, to the Low Vision Clinic. This center provides services and rehabilitation for individuals with, you guessed it, low vision. Low vision can be caused by many things including macular degeneration (AMD) and...
Couldn’t They See
I had this in my head the other day and realized it’s a sound track. It’s what I hope people will see about me, some days, and act. I also have to remember that this song may be playing in someone else’s head as well and they need...
No One Showed Up
6:45: No one 6:50: No one 6:55: No one 7:00: No one 7:15: No one Thought in my head, “Hmmm, no is coming” I shall dub this No Show Wednesday, The Youth-pacolypse. This was the first time, in 35 years, I had no one show up for a youth...
Easter Is Never Really Over
Easter is never really over. You may be putting away the yard sign or switching out kitchen towels for summer, but Easter never really ends. Think about this verse, and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the...
Don’t Waste My Time
I was annoyed the other day by someone who texted me wanting to make an appointment with me to talk about something over the phone. My first thought was, “This is a waste of my time.” I even tried to persuade them to send an e-mail,...
15 Christian Songs Perfect For A 2025 Graduation Video
I have been doing these lists for a while now because I find that the perfect song at a graduation service is one more chance to inspire the student, the student’s family and the church as we send off those students who have meant so much to...
Why One-on-One Coaching Might Be the Breakthrough You’ve Been Praying For
If you’re a youth pastor right now, chances are high that you’re carrying more than most people realize. You’re leading students who seem checked out. You’re trying to breathe life into a ministry with limited resources. You’re expected to cast...
Feeling Discouraged? Keep Drawing.
“I felt my energy revive, and said to myself, In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. From that moment everything has seemed...
Youth Group Lesson: Letting God Break Your Heart
This lesson is a part of my Media2 Message Bundle where I take what is going on in the world and bring a biblical context to to it. Focus: Helping students respond, compassionately, to the needs of others. Opening: Lonely Authors Video Clips: ...
How I’m teaching my students to use Ai for spiritual growth
Teens are going to use Ai for plenty of things, mostly research an doing their book reports for them, but that doesn’t mean they can’t use it to help grow their spiritual life. We are working through Proverbs right now, in Sunday...
The Elite 8: Message Seeds For March Madness
I love me some sports and though, “How can I pair up March Madness and my speaking calendar?” I hope these message seeds will give you a quick “What am I going to talk about tonight?” message or, and even better, sparks your...
The Disciple Project OUTREACH MANUAL
HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR DECAYING YOUTH MEETING INTO A FLOURISHING CITY-WIDE MOVEMENT