It has been a crazy week of ministry, I am sure you can relate. It was a week with both an extreme failure and an extreme victory; then sprinkled with a little bit of everything in between. As I reflect back over this week I can’t help but ask myself why I am in the position I am in.…
Several precise, yet random thoughts have been floating in my head over the last couple of days. Most of these thoughts seem to have stemmed from a recent discussion in the rarely combined (thank the Lord) junior-senior high Sunday school class.…
On May 2, 2008 a smaller, British-made film named Son of Rambow debuted on a few hundred screens around the country. That same day a not-as-small, American-made film named Iron Man was released on a few thousands screens. Needless to say Son of Rambow – which made a modestly successful $10 million (as opposed to Iron Man’s $300+ million) – never developed much visibility.…
In a perfect world, there would be no need for a “youth minister.” Can you imagine the power of an effective godly family? Picture mom and dad sharing the Word of God with the kids after the dinner meal around the dinner table everyday.…
Our church is mostly an “old” church. It has stood in this community for over 50 years. Needless to say, our community has changed around us. It went from basically a “Navy” town with traditional families to a crime, drug and violence filled area.…
Ever find yourself living the life you always condemned? Where it was so easy to point the finger and find fault in men and women who lived “like that” and now you are the living “like that”? You are now the example–the bad example–of how not to be.…
I’ve always wanted to play quarterback. Last flag-football season, I finally got my chance. This, I determined, would be my opportunity to prove to the world or, at least, to a few friends from high school that I was always meant to be the star quarterback.…
About a month ago I was talking with a friend about something that had absolutely nothing to do with youth ministry. He had been in charge of taking an old room in our church and transforming it into our new coffee bar.…
Youth Ministry is an essential part of the church today. Over the years, the adolescent has been identified in several different ways, changing his/her reputation with each new generation. This, in turn, has impacted Christian education and the styles approached and presented in youth groups.…
I hate Charlie Brown. Whenever his specials come on, I sit in amazement that anyone would watch something so slow moving and boring. My favorite part of hating Charlie Brown is hating the way you can never understand what the teacher says to him.…
