What I Learned From Day 2 of a Middle School Work Camp
We picked potatoes today and all I could really think about is how I want to make french fries and gnocchi. We drove up north to Freeland, MD to...
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What I Learned From Day 1 of a Middle School Work Camp
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SMILE: You’re Doing a Work Camp With Middle School Students.
Today is Day 1 of Camp S*MILE our Work Camp for middle school students. It’s going to be in the low 90’s feel like it’ll be in the high 90’s….
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I Thought I Knew It All
It’s a nice cool morning here in Baltimore, something we don’t get too often in the summer, and as I prepare to speak all day and then run a work…
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I never thought I would have to answer the questions “What do you want to be?” and “What purpose do you serve?” when it came to student ministry. I...
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One challenge I see for all of us that work in a church is figuring out how to get fed on a regular basis. I know I tend to get…
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When A Teenager’s Life Doesn’t Go According To Plan
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Limitless Gifts
As my 30th birthday approaches (in about 4 months), I’m coming to the reality that my body doesn’t do what it did in my mid 20’s and I know this…
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Church at Chipotle and Things I Found In A Burrito
This past Thursday we closed out our Church at Chipotle experiment. An idea that originated due to aliteration but turned out to be pretty...
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Getting in Focus
Tonight’s the last Church at Chipotle and as sad as I am to see it end, I’m glad for the month long break before we start up again in the…
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A Good Story
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Welcome Back
I’m feeling old and maybe it’s because I now have a kid, or because I’m on the verge of a new decade of life or maybe it’s the fact that…
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