Waiting

I'm sitting in a doctor's office in Petoskey because of some minor ailments from the last couple days. Some thoughts that I have had after the end of the Big Ticket Festival Tour have been rolling around in my head. First, I have come to the conclusion that serving others is the missing ingredient from [...]

iGens and Nobody’s Happy

I was listening to the Net @ Night podcast with Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane (standing in for Amber MacArthur) the other night. Somehow the subject they started talking about was a portion of the Conan O’Brien show from earlier in the week. This was an interesting, because Scot McKnight, a theologian and blogger that [...]

Dealing with discouragement?

I subscribe to and read a lot of ministry blogs, especially youth ministry. I found this while reading this morning. Here’s the lead in: If you haven’t been discouraged in youth ministry yet, hang on, you will be. Discouragement is a part of the profile we cannot avoid.  How we respond makes all the difference. [...]

Not works driven, but…

I know that Christianity isn’t works driven, but as it says in James, a faith without works is dead. The other thing that most don’t realize is that when you do good deeds, you usually have good feelings and vice versa. Indexed » Blog Archive » Don’t do it for the tax deduction. Blogged with [...]

Expectations in Ministry

I listen to a lot of podcasts, read a lot of blogs, and keep up with things on some of the bigger social media sites. I love to learn, especially when it comes to ministry and specifically, youth ministry. So recently, I was listening to the Fuller Youth Institute podcast with Kara Powell. She was [...]

Where do we draw the line?

Where do we draw the line? I understand not letting a teacher lead or organize prayer in a public school or related setting. They are government workers, and if a government worker in a work type setting is leading or organizing prayer or some sort of religious service then I understand how that under the [...]