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

BIG SHOES TO FILL

I have some big shoes to fill. It's the ones my kids have for me. Here's what they've written about in school this year. I'm both blessed and scared to death. I love that they feel this way, but oh boy.... those are some BIG shoes and some BIG … [Continue reading]

HELL YES

So... today I posted on twitter and facebook this status update. "wanna guess what i have until Tuesday am to finish?" with a link to this pic: To which a friend of mine, danny bowers, sent me a "direct message" via twitter. Now, if you're not … [Continue reading]

ONE PRANK TO WIN THEM ALL

Ok.. so over the past 16 years as a youth pastor, I have made a reputation for myself. In an effort to keep my house from getting toilet papered every 5 seconds, I have made it my motto that "I won't get mad, I won't get even, but I will get one or … [Continue reading]

FIELD TRIP DAD GOES TO AQUARIUMS

One of my roles as Dad is to try and make as many of my kid's school field trips as possible. This last few weeks, I spent 2 days with my kids and their classes riding buses, walking around, reading signs, eating lunch, and checkin out fish. … [Continue reading]

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE STEP UP

Four years ago, our student ministries started a community service day with a fund raiser piece to it.  Initially, it was a way for us to support our church building fund.  Then it became part fundraiser for kids at camp.  This year it involved a … [Continue reading]