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

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT, THEN PREACH IT

I'm at the Purpose Driven Youth Ministry Conference and in a session on evangelism I was shown this video.  It echoed a recent conversation I had with our teaching pastor at Journey about Hell.  In which case, there was some irony in the discussion … [Continue reading]

RECAST IT

I've been teaching this gig around the country called YS One Day and has me flying around the country these days- which if you follow this blog is not news to you.  Anyway, it's about teaching the Bible to students and is four sessions long. The last … [Continue reading]

MOMMY, WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A PLAYBOY PORN GIRL

Evidently this is at least one of the themes of this years "reality television" craze.Dancing with the Stars has one of Hugh Hefner's "number one girls", Holly Madison, who is thus "famous" cover girl whose bio on their website says she also … [Continue reading]

2 DAYS IN NYC IN 20 PICS

I have more, and will blog some specific observations early next week, but for now.... here's some of my favorite pics from the last 2 days of my rookie experience in NYC with my dad: Below you'll find our water taxi trip to the statue of liberty, … [Continue reading]

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT NEW YORK IN PICTURES

Welp, I've made my first trip to New York and to New York City.  I had to come without Shannon due to the craziness of 5 children and the added needs of our newest recruits, but we are celebrating our 15 year anniversary in June and she thinks we … [Continue reading]