When A Teenager’s Life Doesn’t Go According To Plan
I never planned on being a youth pastor, my plan was to be a documentary film maker. Looking back it’s clear that God was guiding me to where I am…
Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
I never planned on being a youth pastor, my plan was to be a documentary film maker. Looking back it’s clear that God was guiding me to where I am…
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…
This past Thursday we closed out our Church at Chipotle experiment. An idea that originated due to aliteration but turned out to be pretty...
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…
I read quite a bit, makes me look smart. In all seriousness I do love to read, I sometimes pick up three books at a time, I know that doesn’t…
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…
My run this morning was really enjoyable because I didn’t have to worry as much about dehydration, it was only 65 degrees. Today marks a break in the...
Today I’m giving my second big church message, this time about the church and how it is one, holy, catholic and apostolic. At first I saw this...
Today I’m hoping to meet with students to discuss with them anger and priorities. Not that the two go together…they don’t but what they do have in...
This morning on the Today show they were talking about the suicide of the girl up in South Hadley Massachusetts. It is believed that the girl...
Do you remember those old micro machine commercials? The one with the guy who talks a mile a minute? Growing up I remember thinking, “How cool would...
This past weekend was a joy for me because I got to speak in big church (something I haven’t done since last year). It was my turn to speak in…