An… Interesting… Day

As I was pulling into the parking lot this morning for a planning meeting for Release Time, Kelly called me. She had just received a call that her grandmother had died. We just… Read More →

Sit in the Silence

After spending the first portion of the evening tonight helping run a carnival-type setup for the Kid’s Club portion of our church’s Wednesday Night Live program, I corralled our teens into the youth… Read More →

How to Run a Youth Leadership Meeting

… or at least how I like to run them. One of the (many, many) things that I picked up from reading Mark Yaconelli’s Contemplative Youth Ministry is the idea of hosting your… Read More →

My Response to Some Flak from My View on Joel Osteen

Some of you have noticed that I have posted my thoughts on Joel Osteen’s 60 Minutes interview this past Sunday night. An interesting note for regular readers as well, I expected a small… Read More →

Missions, Teens and a Really Big Van

Our church’s 46th annual Missions Conference is still going strong here on Wednesday night. As part of that we planned on working a visit from a missionary into our Wednesday Night Live programming… Read More →

My Thoughts on Joel Osteen and his 60 Minutes Interview

I recorded Sunday evening’s (October 14, 2007) edition of 60 minutes for one simple reason. They were profiling Joel Osteen. It should come as no surprise to anyone who reads my blog regularly… Read More →

How Did You Find Me? vol.4

Here it is again. My favorite search engine terms that led readers to my blog this week. Last week’s edition had over 30 hits in less than 3 days. I wonder how this… Read More →

Evan Almighty – a Few Observations

Kelly and I rented Evan Almighty through Netflix this week. After having heard so many different views on both sides of the fence, I figured I’d weigh in on the subject… ever so… Read More →

The Week in Youth Ministry

I just sat down on my couch after a long week of ministry. It is early Saturday morning, Abigail is fast asleep beside me, and as I reflect upon my week, I am… Read More →

Friday Night Flood Video

Here it is. After a month of gathering footage, I finally got to put it together to form a promotional video of Friday Night Flood to share with other churches in our area.… Read More →