Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
I had five minutes to meet everyone at the beach with no clue how to get back. I had told people if I did not return after an hour to start...
At the end of a long day I just need to unwind. My job is filled with many rewards; however, there can be times I just want to mail it…
My confidence was shot. My first run, after passing out in the marathon, was a scary experience. I didn’t know whether or not to believe the doctors...
As I go through the process of writing a book I find myself reminiscing an array of moments. Many of them are filled with joy and then some filled...
I’m addicted…to Flappy Bird. I’m afraid to delete it because I know I’ll never get it back (Here’s why). Why do I love the game so much? It’s...
It breaks your heart, when a teen opens up and shares with you that they’re hurting. It changes the way you look at youth ministry. Almost like...
“Shouldn’t we go this way?” shouted someone from the back. “No, I think it wants us to go right.” We were at a crossroads on the Appalachian Trail...
It felt like people were conspiring against me. It was another email from a volunteer saying, “I can’t make it, something came up.” I was ready to...
In Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 I Have A Dream Speech he gave a nation of men and women a vision of what could happen. Great leaders are people who...
I was once asked, “What are you trying to prove?”. My immediate response was, “Nothing.” and then I paused. Was that true? Was I trying to prove a...
I usually do not pick up my phone on Friday nights, but this time was different. It was a coworker explaining to me that there was a teen in crisis…
I never knew tired until I had kids. People warned me. They said that as soon as the first child would arrive that I would never sleep again. I...
