The Myth of Fairness

There is nothing fair about life or ministry, yet, we spend an enormous amount of time and energy trying to make everything fair for ourselves, our our youth ministry, and our leaders. Jesus was not fair. Jesus chose less qualified people and shunned the most...

Pentecostals Are People Too…Most of The Time

I don’t know what you expected when you clicked on this link,  a blog in tongues and a link to a separate blog with the interpretation perhaps? I jest…. a little. This post is not a poor, woe is me type blog, but more of one to encourage an understanding...

Youth Worker Devotion: Like Sparks Through Stubble

But the souls of the upright are in the hand of God, and no torment can touch them. To the unenlightened they appeared to die, their departure was reegarded as disaster, their leaving us like annihilation; but they are at peace. If, as it seemed to us, they suffered...

Are We Chasing Unicorns?

Unicorns are elusive mythological horses with one horn in the middle of their head. Posters of them adorn many a young girls room. We are fascinated by myths: Big Foot, The Loch Ness Monster, UFO’s, etc. People and organizations have spent millions of dollars...

Are You Wasting Time?

We waste a lot of time youth ministry with tasks and projects that do not advance the kingdom. Seth Godin offers this bit of wisdom from a recent blog post called Cheating The Clock