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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…