I’ve been substitute teaching lately and I subbed for a PE teacher. He has the coolest thing ever, an electronic whistle It had three settings, and it was awesome. All I could think about was how I would have have used this as a youth pastor. If you would like one for camp or youth…
For a long time I gave away many of my resources. I did so because I wanted to serve youth workers and bless them with stuff they could use with their youth ministry. As social media grew, so did my desire to use these new platforms to help youth workers. With over 500 Youtube videos,…
For Lent this year I gave up watching videos. I avoided watching videos on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. On day one I broke my commitment because a friend went live and I immediately clicked on it and then suddenly realized what I had done. Why does Lent have to be hard? It has to be…
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I was listening to ESPN Get Up this morning and they were talking about Russel Wilson asking for more money to stay the QB in Seattle. I think it was Louis Riddick who said, and I paraphrase, “Front offices are victims of their own arrogance. If they feel like they have enough cap space to…
Since my retirement from full time youth pastoring and trying to make a career of speaking, coaching and writing; I’ve been trying to keep my youth ministry skills fresh. One way I’ve chosen to do that is through substitute teaching at a middle school. Let me begin by saying, teachers do not get paid enough.…
This is my sixth, and last, reflection on the book Growing With by Kara Powell and Steve Argue. You can read my reflections from the beginning here. Currently, I’m 50 years old and have started attending a new church. After 30 years a youth pastor and associate pastors, this is a new experience for me. I…
