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Pressure from church leadership

Here’s another question from an online interview about my experiences with church leadership. It was conducted by a youth pastor working on a leadership…

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Online gaming as a mission field

Over at Think Christian Andy posted about how the online gaming community might become a new mission field as Christians start to form their own guilds and…

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Ministry: grind or glamour

Sometimes I forget that ministry is more “grind” than “glamour” Looking at youth ministry from the outside, it can be easy to think that…

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Preparing for Da Vinci Code

A couple weeks ago I posted about how I need to address the tough issues in youth group that students will face once they graduate. Based on Dan Kimball’s…

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What we learned from the NYWC

I’m finally back in my apartment in Texas and am enjoying the peace and quiet. The flight from PA was also pretty empty so I again had the whole row to…

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Implementing this “new” family ministry

Thanks for your comments everyone on my blog entry, Family Segregation in the Church. I see that some of you have picked up this issue and discussed it further…

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Family segregation in church

For the past year or so I’ve been re-thinking this whole family ministry thing. Many of you know that I came out of Bible College with a degree in Bible…

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Thanksgiving pictures

By popular request, I’m adding more pictures of my new niece. Yes, she is absolutely adorable and a whole lot of fun. :) I’ll throw in some other…

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Made it safely to PA

After a pretty uneventful flight to Philly, I’m finally here with my family enjoying some much needed rest after a crazy weekend in Nashville. The flight…

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Process for initiating leaders into ministry

Well, the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention is over. We’re currently in the rental van making the 10-hour drive back to Dallas. If we…

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