12 heart-bearing frustrations of a Youth Worker

rethinkingyouth; youth ministry frustrations

1.) Having to constantly balance keeping youth entertained while slipping in Bible study and worship when they aren’t paying attention.
2.) Parents who see youth group as a privilege to be granted only if homework is already done on Sunday night.
3.) Youth who wait until Sunday night to do their homework and use [...]

The Final Destination

“We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast. But when we say this, we imagine that the hour is placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun, or that death could arrive this same afternoon - this afternoon which [...]

Here I am…

Dave from www.nakedpastor.com hits it right on the spot for how I’m feeling these days…and don’t get me wrong, i believe these are great places to be in: in the arms of my savior. Breath on me breath of God.

i hate me. pretending and messy spirituality

How much of our lives are spent pretending?  What a shame. Indeed, what a sham! What showy, pretentious propaganda we live with on a daily basis, our own personal bodies incessantly silhouetted behind a smoke screen of illusion and misapprehension.  Of course pretending doesn’t have to be a bad thing, for I spent some of [...]

Church Should Be Like a Dance Club

Lets think of a dance Club. Lets think of an EPIC dance club. 
When you walked in the front door, there are palm trees overhead, sand under your feet, and waterfalls to give you the idea that you were really in Jamaica.- complete with tiki torches. The band is playing island music while people dance and If you walked [...]