Administration Day

I set aside Mondays as Administration Days. I do this for several reasons. Interested in finding out what those reasons are? Then read on, O’ gentle reader, and I will tell you a… Read More →

Friday Night Flood in Review – 1/25

Tonight was a fairly routine evening at Friday Night Flood. There were good discussions with a few students, exciting competitive interaction with others. Nothing really out of the ordinary. One of our students… Read More →

Great Comment

Overheard in Sunday School this week during a discussion on the need for church to foster Christian community: Teacher: Say one of you is out with a six pack [of alcohol] and a… Read More →

Christmas Hiatus

We are headed out to the magical far away land of Ohio after Sunday School, and will not be back until late Monday night. We will then attend our church’s 11:00pm candlelight Christmas… Read More →

Christmas Myths

This past Sunday I filled in for our Junior high Sunday School teachers, and spent time talking about some of the inaccuracies (and incomplete items) about the Christmas narrative that pop up around… Read More →

The Frigid December Air of Serving

After getting up early this morning to speak at our church’s men’s prayer breakfast (after four hours of sleep and a long night of ministry last night… still don’t know why I couldn’t… Read More →

How Much Do Parents Impact Your Teens?

I had a great talk with my senior pastor yesterday. We try to get together once a week and discuss ministry, life, and anything else that flies our way. Most weeks lately we… Read More →

Busy Weekend

Another week, another full weekend for this Youth Pastor. I spent about an hour Friday afternoon with a student discussing the first chapter of Judges, and the rest of the afternoon with a… Read More →

The Golden Compass Controversy

I am sure that by now you have heard the uproar about The Golden Compass. Based upon the trilogy written by an agnostic (not an atheist) who hates CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia… Read More →

Lessons From a Christmas Concert

Our church hosted a Community Christmas Concert last night (the 26th annual). There are a few items I would like to share with you about the evening, things that I gleaned and will… Read More →