Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
During the summers in between high school and college I made money painting houses. My boss was tough. She made me refold drop clothes that were not...
Courtesy of takomabibelot/Creative Commons License For some reason my first two years in youth ministry were a lot like my first two years in middle...
Courtesy of kennymatic/ Creative Commons Licence Over a year ago I started co-leading a men’s small group. I wasn’t sure what my wife would think. I...
Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory/Creative Commons License As Hurricane Sandy works her way through the Northeast I shudder thinking about pass...
Courtesy of Muffet/Creative Commons License In my first few years of youth ministry I had a little ritual. After a long Sunday of youth ministry I...
Courtesy of Sarah G…/Creative Commons License This past weekend I went hiking up Old Rag Mountain in the Shenandoah Valley. It’s a hike I’ve done...
Courtesy of Rojer “Are we doing a ski trip this year?” It was a question that was tough to answer. I really liked the teen asking it and I didn’t...
Courtesy of Shahram Sharif/Creative Commons Licenses How long were you in ministry before you encountered that first bit of self-doubt? Was it before...
Courtesy of RBerteig/Creative Commons License The first time I ran 12 miles I seriously questioned my sanity. I was in the middle of the run and I...
Courtesy of Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections/Creative Commons License There are going to be those days when you struggle to understand,...
Courtesy of james.thompson/Creative Commons License The first year you own a house is usually the hardest. No matter how new it feels like when one...
Courtesy of Dreamstime.com This past Saturday was rough, I was looking forward to the Crosstown Shootout, where my alma mater Xavier University takes...
