I’m not a a soccer guy, but this story I heard from the World Cup caught my attention. The Japanese national soccer team won their game against Germany but that’s not the only reason they made headlines. Pictures of their locker room started floating around because of how immaculate it was, but that’s not all.…
Welcome to part two of my three part series on how to handle ungrateful people in your ministry and in your life. This is where you’ll start to squirm a little because Jesus pulls no punches when he tells you what following him really looks like. Strap in and read on. We’re studying Luke 6:34-36.…
Welcome, this is a three part series leading up to Thanksgiving. You may have some unthankful people around your table this year and I want you to be confident and ready to engage with them. My hope is that this series will reveal how God deals with unthankful people offering us a pattern to follow.…
This is part four of a four part series based on my new message series The Process. Your can check out the first post here. If you’re in interested in the series you can get a free lesson by signing up for my newsletter or you can purchase the whole series here. The anvil of…
This is part three of a four part series called The Process, based on my new discipleship message series for youth, but, before the message can impact them, it must impact you. You can check out the beginning of the series here. If you want the first lesson of my new series, free, sign up…
Aaron Donald was going to retire after eight years in the NFL but winning the Superbowl changed that. He said, “I got addicted to the confetti”. Of all the mnemonic devices, it was the confetti that stuck with him and reinforced the feeling of winning. We all have our confetti, the thing that keeps us…
I have made some big promises in my day. Although I never said the words, “I promise”, I definitely said, “It’ll work”. I’ve also invoked God’s name to show how much I believed my idea, program, event, etc. would work. This was a bad idea. If you have to invoke God’s name to sell an…
I have been working in youth ministry in the local church, camps and campus ministry for over 30 years, but when I started, no one told me about the risks involved with working with youth. The risks I am about share with you, I discovered on my own. Risks of Youth Ministry should be a…
I did’t like the last meeting I was in charge of. I didn’t like my disposition during the meeting and I did not like my response to certain aspects of our discussion time. I could have, and initially did, blame other factors for my shortcomings. Blame is not a good strategy for life change. In…
