This is one of my favorite Mel Gibson movies, after Mad Max, Road Warrior, and the Lethal Weapon series is Man Without A Face directed by Mel Gibson. Kidding aside, this is my favorite dramatic role by Mel Gibson. Mel Gibson plays a scarred, inwardly and outwardly, former teacher, Justin Mcleod. He’s gone into seclusion…
#HighSchoolin5Words was trending this morning. As I scrolled through, there was a collection of funny and sad tweets that reminded me of how much I hated high school. These tweets were from adults, college students, and high school students. bring your changer and headphones everyone is not your friend LET ME C YO HOMEWORK! Crap…
I was crushed yesterday watching this father, who just lost his son to suicide from bullying. I did not want to watch it, but felt like I had to as a father and a youth worker. I had to remind myself that words and actions have impact. Then I read the letter that Daniel Fitzpatrick…
“What is a Bible Affirmation?” you may ask? A Bible affirmation is written set of biblical truths, not necessarily scripture, that is quoted in order to Bring our souls in alignment with God’s truths. If you’ve ever watched a Joel Osteen church service, he’s led the congregation in a Bible Affirmation which his father, the…
A young man, whose taken on the role of the youth leader in his church, asked a really good question It happens. Your youth pastor leaves and you don’t have any viable candidates for the job; you don’t even have someone in your church that likes teenagers. When your youth pastor or…
Youth Ministry doesn’t get any better than a missions trip or camp. In fact, if I could do only two things, missions and camps are all I would do because of the impact they’ve had on my life. But, what is camp and missions trips without the downtime and the struggle of September through May? I…
Do we want to stand in the line of the friendliest or fastest cashier? Do we want the most knowledgeable or the best dressed waiter? Of course we want both, but it usually does not happen that way. We decide what we want and then we get what we get. Our students show up or…
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy…
Photo Source AP Our youth ministry is 95% white. It’s a demographic issue. It’s a cultural issue. Sunday mornings are still the most segregated moment doing the week. Our youth ministry welcomes any and all kinds of students, but having a majority of white kids makes it tough to talk about race. Did I mention…
I had the joy of not showing up to an event, until later, for our youth group last night. Why the joy of being not showing up? Because I wasn’t in charge of the event, one of my leaders and a few students were. At the end of May we tossed around a few ideas…
