i make assumptions that everyone sees and thinks the same things that i do. with that, i assume everyone has seen 'the brick testament'... just imagine, lego meets biblical narrative, with some excellent photography to boot. anyways, for our coffeehouse youth gathering yesterday our t...

The weekend That Was:  We had a great weekend; rich, full and busy.  Due to another function on Friday evening we didn't have our element event.  This gave Val and I a rare free Friday evening and we had a lovely time with Graeme and Claire.   On Saturday I checked ...

Here's a quick bit about my youth ministry background.  I have worked at four churches.  My first church I was a part-time intern and ended up being the interim high school pastor  but wasn't qualified for the youth pastor position because they wanted someone with a seminar...

The other day I posted a fabulous cartoon about the chain of command within a church, well the wonderful and thought provoking Asbo Jesus site has another take on it.  This time the youth worker doesn't come last, but it's pretty close... but then again one day the last sha...

It’s a rhetorical question at best, because the answer is absolutely, positively, “Yes.” Last October at my local association’s meeting there were exactly two people in the room under age 35. I was one. Another seminary student who is also a pastor, and preaching one of the t...

So, most of my blog has been filled with news relating to our fost-to-adopt situation lately - and for good reason.  That has been a BIG deal in Christi and my life, and it is very important.... but there is a LOT more happening than just that, so I wanted to take some time to begin to share s...

I am so excited about an opportunity I’ve been given. At the end of the month I’ll be teaching a seminar class at Harding University for the youth ministry department. My seminar will focus on weighing the differences between Campus Ministry and traditional Church Youth Ministry. I’...

Lent begins on February 25th and I am preparing to give something up for the duration of the 40 days of Lent. I don't observe Lent every year, but most years I find some spiritually compelling reason to let go of something in my life. I have given up various things over the years like certain foods,...

Martin Luther’s ideas shook up the mid-sixteenth century Roman Catholic Church, and they continue to shake up the Christian world today.  That said, no one that I know of looks to Luther often for progressive ideas about youth and children’s ministry, which is a mistake.  For those who...

I led a devotional yesterday morning at our staff meeting.  I thought I would start this post by sharing that devotional - cause it will set up the rest of what I want to say. Malachi 3:6 "I the LORD do not change. " (NIV) Often we like change when we are young because change is a re...