Rethinking my dream for ministry
This year’s experience at NYWC for me is much different from any other year. Several factors contributed to this: we were all very tired from the long…
Observations about NYWC speakers and participants
Today went much better than yesterday. Even though we only had a couple hours of sleep, that seemed to make a huge difference and allowed us to enjoy the…
First day of lessons from NYWC
As I mentioned earlier, I’m currently running off 3 hours of sleep for the past 40 hours, so I feel I should make that disclaimer before I continue with…
Made it to NYWC in Nashville
Wow, what a rough trip. It was pretty uneventful as far as unforeseen problems are concerned, but making the 10-hour drive all night long was definitely not…
My promise for the YS Convention
Tomorrow night at 10:00 PM the youth staff and myself leave the church parking lot to make the 10 hour drive to Nashville. With all the craziness ahead of us at…
Perks of being a youth pastor
Tuffy posted a list of perks for serving in youth ministry. Not all of them apply to me personally, but they made me smile anyway, so I thought I’d share…
My proposed schedule for NWYC
I was looking through the schedule for the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Nashville this weekend trying to get a head start on what…
What blogging has taught me
The blogging community has taught me three things:
1. We all have something to say
2. We have a need to be heard
3. We want to know that our thoughts are…
Dilbert on Intelligent Design
Scott Adams, the author of the popular comic strip, has been doing some reasearch on Darwinism and Intelligent Design hoping to find some material for his…
The good side and shadow side of ministry
Refer here for the background concerning these questions.
Today’s question: What was one of the first experiences you had (or heard about) in ministry…