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 tomb?” Mark 16:3 This...

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 transformed for me.” Vincent...

Youth Pastor, This Is The First Book You Should Read This Year

Let me ask you, how many excuses did you make last year?  Probably a lot, as did I,  Let me narrow it down, how many excuses did you make last year that kept you and your youth ministry from being successful?  I bet you can narrow it down to a...

Creator Mindset: Curing Cancer vs Making Bubble Gum

In March, this blog will be 15 years old and, with over 1400 posts, is an absolute failure and I’m, finally, ok with that. Let me be clear, this blog is a failure by many standards, one of which is that it is, to my knowledge, no ones favorite blog. I am rarely...