Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.

THIS IS MY FAMILY!!!!

Last night, one of our small group leaders, who is a professional photographer and takes a lot of pictures here at journey as a service to our community of faith, brought me this picture he took of my wife and kids.It was taken one Sunday for … [Continue reading]

WHY I DON’T CARE ABOUT THE POOR

I live in the suburbs. I'm white. I own a large car, sometimes called an SUV. I do not have my own garden where I grow corn in my backyard or the empty lot next to my house. I've never lived in the city. I spend more money on my families groceries … [Continue reading]

MESSY MINISTRY

Another article posted to Simply Youth Minstry's site today. I wrote it about a month ago in the middle of a time when life in ministry was causing me to find myself in a serious state of disarray.We had taken into our home a former teen from one … [Continue reading]

CORE TEAM DREAM

For what seems like forever, I've wanted to join the CORE team from Youth Specialties. Initially it was because of a pitch I heard at the National Youth Workers Convention where Mike Yaconelli said they were going to be creating a 3 year curriculum … [Continue reading]

MY KID IS $50 RICHER

A few weeks ago TJ won an award for Student of the Year at his school and landed himself a $50 cash prize. He was nominated by the 5th grade teachers and the principal at his school to win the award. It was sponsored by the local Masons Lodge who … [Continue reading]