Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
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...
This is the year. This is the year that you are going to be more present in the community. This is the year when you are going to balance your…
My first break up was painful. I remember my stomach being in knots, my mind was a blurred and I thought life was over. I remember talking to a...
As we turned onto the main street I was waiting for my wife to say, “Let’s bail on this, it’s not worth it.” The snow was falling faster and the…
I was frustrated and it was showing. I told my high school leaders that I needed them to step up. After months of trying nothing was happening and...
It was a long day. The commute was rough, people at work were in a bad mood and distraction after distraction built the misery. At the end of the day…
This past Saturday my family went to Hershey Park. It was a little bit of a risk because there was a huge rain storm making it’s way across the...
Tomorrow night our high school program kicks off. I’m excited with a little touch of stress. While I cannot wait to see all the high school students...
Yesterday marked 9 years of professional ministry for me. In the longevity of my ministry a lot has changed for me both personally and...
In my third year of youth ministry I hit a dark period where I felt isolated and alone in ministry. There was a lot of work piling up on my…
There I was on top of a telephone pole, sweating profusely trying to ignore the chants of “Jump, jump, jump.” from my classmates. Our high school had...
