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

FIND THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

I was on facebook last night and a student posted a link to a music video.  I checked it out and harassed him about it's content.  I was only half joking when I told him it might qualify as porn. This resulted in a random convo about random videos … [Continue reading]

LETS MEET UP AT SYMC 2011

Hey ministry friends.  Are you going to be at Simply Youth Ministry Conference this weekend?  If so, I just got my official teaching and panel discussion schedule from the conference queen bee.  Here's the scoop on me if you wanna run into me … [Continue reading]

BIBLICAL ILLITERACY AND SEXUALITY

My students are growing up in, and largely contributing to, a Biblically Illiterate world.  By that I mean, a large portion of the "American Christian" population, simply does not read their Bible regularly.There are lots of reasons for this I'm … [Continue reading]

GOD’S VOICE DID NOT DIE THE 1500’S

Today I've been reading the history of the church post the reformation.  All day.  For 10 hours straight. In other words, I've been reading about some really ugly divisions, brutal killings, and wars between popes, bishops, "pastors", theologians, … [Continue reading]

STUDENT MINISTRY TRUTH #5: FACE TIME BEATS FACEBOOK

This week I've been blogging about some stuff that I've been kickin' around lately in my head in terms of student ministry.  I wrote four posts: Encouragement is too rare. We have an absentee adult epidemic Adolescence is becoming a lifestyle Why … [Continue reading]