The phrase, I’m broke but I’m not poor, has been ringing in my head for a few weeks. I like it because it’s not “I’m blessed and highly favored” which, to me, comes across a “I’m better than you” as in “You’re not blessed and not highly favored”. It’s a matter of semantics I…
I tried an experiment a few days ago. I texted a bunch of my kids, maybe 12-15, and asked them to take a picture of something that they are struggling with. They could have taken a picture of their homework, a bully, a teacher, their parents, etc. How many pictures did I get back? Nil,…
I wonder if the Lord get’s more excited about some who’ll stand in the judgement line before Him than others. I mean, God’s excited to see everyone who’s coming his way and maybe a little disappointed with the ones who’ll be taking a different direction, but I’d like to think the Lord would have…
Bob Dylan is an icon in music. The Apostle Paul is an icon of the Christian faith. Their iconoclasm is not where their similarities end. This post is the result of two random thoughts creating one big thought. I was listening to my Bible app in Philemon and this short verse popped out to me…
We had our monthly Team Fusion meeting last night and as I was reflecting on what makes these meetings successful and I came up with five words. Laughter We usually meet for about 90 minutes and a third of that is spent in jokes and laughter. These people like each other and it shows. Prayer…
Let me clear, I do no have 500 students. But what if I did? Would it change your perception of me? Would you read my blog more? E-mail me for success tips? Try to be my best friend? Buy me coffee? Call me to chat? Hate my guts? I don’t have 500 kids…
With so many stories lately of famous people committing suicide (Chris Cornell from Soundgarden, Chester Bennington from Linkin Park) and hundreds more with no fame at all, I thought it was important to share some of my journey with depression with you. When I say depression, I’m not talking about down days but weeks and months…
Youth Ministry is not just something we do in a church setting, it’s something we do everywhere there are young people. You can be legacy builders and never be full time youth pastors. Parents, teachers, plumbers, camp counselors, whoever loves students can be a legacy builder. In my post yesterday, I shared the experience I…
I recently spoke at Life For Youth Camp, the camp I received Christ at when I was 13 years old, and my mind was blown. Here’s the first mind-blower, I had five girls attending camp this summer who were aging out, they would not be able to come back. All of them chose my week…
Generosity is a gift and a skill. It’s something we all have the ability to do and get better at. Giving our praise, c comment, a thumbs up, a retweet, a share, a shout out, a pin, etc. are all things we can do if we want to. So, how come we are not…
