this is a list of all the things God involved me in in the past week: the ending of a mission project the inception of a new mission project a new local connection in youth ministry four new books that each had something it it that felt like it was there specifically because I needed [...]
Archive for the ‘youth ministry’ Category
19 Jan
Book Review-Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry
I just read a book called Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by a guy named Andrew Root. If nothing else I have to thank him for raising my reading level by a few grades just through being able to say I read the entire book and looked up a lot of words….and I have a degree [...]
15 Jan
to be or not to be (normal)
Have you ever felt not-normal and wanted to be normal? Sometimes, actually quite often right now, I want a normal job, with regular hours and expectations. I want to the ability to talk to the other parents at my kids’ activities and feel like we’re living on the same plane of existence. But, then, at the same time you’re thinking yeah, [...]
12 Jan
So, you think you want to be in ministry?
Every year, one topic comes up in the ministry I work in: changes and the future. Granted, they’re teenagers so many of them don’t have much Past to work with yet. But, they spend a huge amount of time worrying about and planning out their futures during their junior and senior years of high school. There is no explaining [...]
2 Oct
Kid Magnet
I play a stupid MMOG (massively multiplayer) online game. It’s really dumb thing to waste my time on but therapeutic in it’s way. I just wander around the online world doing meaningless things and completely disconnect from whatever is going on in real life for a little while. When I log off I feel like [...]
30 Jun
When is a Frog not a Frog?
The Space trilogy by C.S. Lewis. I’ve read them before; a long time ago and had forgotten how much I like them. I’m through Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. I really love Perelandra, but I was talking to a friend who said he prefers Out of the Silent Planet by a longshot over [...]
30 May
Tying up loose ends
I’m working on finishing up several books. I got bored with a few of them in mid-read and put them down, to start looking at something else. That doesn’t mean the books were not worthwhile. I’m just easily distracted by the tempting back cover Read Me! sales pitch. I think I’m currently mid-stream on six different books which [...]
8 May
a blip on the radar
I’m celebrating a miracle moment about my youth group, who I’ve been a little down about this year-our “Breakfast Club” bible study group (get up really early and do a bible study before school every week) wrapped up this morning and a couple of the students who come regularly suggested we start a “Midnight Snack Club” for the [...]
8 Apr
Why does the History Channel know so much?
Sunday night I visited one of our high school small groups. They have been talking about ancient texts that aren’t in the Bible. That night they were watching a History channel show about it, to spark the conversation. One of the stories on the show was about Solomon. Apparently, there’s a text that says Solomon [...]
