I am not getting any younger. I am 35 years old, I have a wife, three children, and an emotionally needy cat. The gray hairs are starting to overpower the brown, which was once a golden blonde. I…
1 Peter 5 says, “So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd…
Competition in Ministry and Brothers in Christ For as long as I can remember, I have been an extremely competitive person. As a young child darting and dashing around the soccer field, my desire to be “the best”…
God is not like us, but that’s a very good thing.
Five minutes before youth group was set to begin, Josh took Victor aside and said he needed to tell him something important. “Hey, this is going to be my last Sunday as a leader,” said Josh. He was…
Most importantly, remember that you are being used by God, even if the evidence isn’t all that clear.
Simply put, many youth ministry leaders promote grace saturated youth ministry because it works.
Every now and then we take our regular worship service and change things up. I give our band a night off to thank them for their hard work and to create an environment that doesn’t become dependent on…
Floor-to-ceiling murals cover the three walls of the elementary school cafeteria where our small church gathers each Sunday morning. As a now established, self-running church plant, we’re still growing. Our metal folding chairs, about 100 of them, face…
