The Overflow
The other day I was looking across the yard and noticed a hummingbird going from flower to flower. It immediately reminded me of my grandma's hummingbird feeder when I was a kid. She loved watching those birds. I also remember that she had to … [Continue reading]
Today we had an all day "offsite" meeting with our pastoral staff. We do this from time-to-time for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it's for goal setting. Others it's to complete a project or cast a vision for a new change. But yesterday was all … [Continue reading]
As a youth pastor from time to time I'm asked to meet with a student when things aren't going well. If it's a one way street and the student is "forced" to meet with me, the conversation is always super hard and rarely goes anywhere. It's better if … [Continue reading]
Last week I hosted our local youth pastor network again and since I was in charge of the topic this week, I decided that after lunch, we'd just kick around this question: "What have you been learning about ministry to teens that might be a great … [Continue reading]
Nobody likes that statement. But it's true. Try as you may to NOT judge others, you WILL do it. I do it. We ALL DO IT all the time. Guaranteed. body weight, shape, gender, age (so and so is fat cuz of this habit) socioeconomic status (that … [Continue reading]
Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.
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