Best Prep Means Best Results
I used to paint houses when I was in college. At the time it was good pay but a lot of hard work. Getting to work at 6:30am and not…
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The Business of Making Ministry Like a Family
We have something like 50 ministers in our student ministry (5th -12th grade), that’s a significant change from when I first started with 12...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 19, 2010
College Ministry = Continued Ministry
I had breakfast with some of the students who graduated from high school this past Spring. It was a little sad because this would be my last time...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 18, 2010
Book Review
BOOK REVIEW: How Did You Do It, Truett?
Last week my wife and I got invited to a Premier Night for a new Chick-Fil-A opening up in Hunt Valley, MD. How I got invited is a long story…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 17, 2010
Tell Me But I Won’t Listen: How to deal with criticism
I’m only 29 which I consider young (if I’m in denial let me know) and because of my youth I still feel like I have a few things to prove….
Christopher Wesley
Aug 16, 2010
What I Learned From A Whole Week Of Middle School Work Camp
I’m both sad and happy that our Middle School Work Camp S*MILE has come to an end. I’m going to miss the teens from the other churches and I’ll miss…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 15, 2010
What I Learned From Day 4 of a Middle School Work Camp
Today is Hershey Park and I’m running late to get to the buses so this post will be short but I promise all of you I will sum up the…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 13, 2010
What I Learned From Day 3 of a Middle School Work Camp
I’m exhausted, the students are exhausted, we are a bunch of wimps because really there is no reason for us to be tired. No, it’s really okay but you...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 12, 2010
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...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 11, 2010
What I Learned From Day 1 of a Middle School Work Camp
It was a hot steamy day, which meant a hot steamy bus ride home. Girls, boys, doesn’t matter deodorant is something yet to be discovered by some of...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 10, 2010
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….
Christopher Wesley
Aug 9, 2010
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…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 8, 2010