Alternate to the Alternate

Just got done with the alternate to the alternate Confirmation Retreat. It’s always interesting spending a Saturday with students because it’s a day...

What does Starbucks mean?

I know one thing we’ve been asking people to do lately is memorize and read scripture. It’s a great way to get to know God and His purpose for us,…

Too Much Busy

I’m trying to get ahead, I have this weekend’s message done, but I still have a bunch of other things to do. I know if I can bust through this…

Survival Guide to A Worse-Case Scenario Week 3

This weekend I had the opportunity to be a participant in the crowd, Kristin gave the message and she spoke about the lies that the devil tells us....

How far is Ohio?

There is a lot to write about but I won’t overwhelm everyone in one post. But this weekend was exhausting (in a good way). We took our candidates for...

One of My Giants

Last night after I got home from work I went over to a neighbors and had some dinner. I’ve lived in my house now for almost a year, I love…

We’ve Seen it All

Some people I know from Saddleback Church made this video. It’s why you should be a youth minister…keep that in mind when we have our ministry...

Facing Giants

I’m in a Wednesday morning bible study for men and we discussed the book of Numbers 13-14. It’s a perfect example of how even when we know God is...

18th Mile

I’m a little tired, didn’t go for a run this morning because I’m tired and the fact that there is a lot of ice on the roads. I’m not really…

Chillin in the Tech Booth

I’m proud of my crowd ministers, because they took something that seemed so time consuming from me and took ownership. And not only have they taken...

Survival Guide to A Worse-Case Scenario Week 2

Tonight was awesome, we had some new students in both Resurrection and Uprising. When Erik came in today he told me how he feels this is the time to...