I’m a person in love with reach students. Yes, I’ve been a youth pastor, professionally, for 28 years, but that’s not why I reach and disciple students. I reach and disciple students because someone reached and discipled me. There is something weird about saying you’re a professional youth worker. It’s like saying you’re a professional…
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman Being unreasonable doesn’t sound nice or fun, but it is necessary if we want progress. Being unreasonable, to me, means…
“When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite. “And when your children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’ you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel…
I love telling kids I miss them. Now, I don’t necessarily like that kids were missing from the event or meeting but I love to tell them that I missed them. I know how it makes me feel when someone misses me. They are saying, “You are valuable. You presence is important and we know…
I am currently reading Brene’ Brown’s Braving The Wilderness. There’s a quote (among many) that really spoke to me. The quote’s context deals with living in the tension of taking an opposing view. In this case, it was a Penn State athlete who supported the victims of Jerry Sandusky abuse and Joe Paterno’s silence. The…
It just hurts too much. I’ve been a part of a few churches where I saw it happening in front of my eyes. Why is it that the number 2-4 guys can see it but not the number one guy? I’m not built for it, emotionally that is. I can’ stand to watch things die.…
I had no plan for Lent this year, which is odd for me. I grew up Catholic, became a Protestant Youth Pastor, but still love many of the observances I grew up with. I normal do a Facebook Live devotional or fast something, and none of these things appealed to me or even came to…
It’s my fault It’s my fault if I have a bad attitude It’s my fault if I didn’t accomplish my goals It’s my fault if something doesn’t get done. It’s my fault if I am not where I want to be It’s my fault if I feel the way I feel It’s my fault if…
“I think you have too many dead things in your museum, Daddy.” – From The Greatest Showman I went and saw the Greatest Showman with my wife for our 27th anniversary. I don’t mind a good musical, West Side Story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, etc. and I enjoyed this movie, except for all the singing.…
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images I was watching the College Football National Championship between Georgia and Alabama last night and wow, what a game. It was 20 to 7 at some point and I thought, “Man, is Alabama gonna lose this game?” Not if Nick Saban had anything to say about it. In a surprise…
