One thing I’d like to introduce more into my youth group is the humanity of Jesus, a topic that I’ve been pondering in my heart a lot lately. Because if we (and our youth) do not fully understand or believe that Jesus was 100% human when he was here on the earth, what would any [...]
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One thing I’ve been working on personally as a leader, is trying to plan ahead for events, and enlist youth to run as much each event as possible. I’m trying to learn to look at people’s gifts and match them with places of ministry and service where they can be fulfilled. This weekend we did [...]
The past three years have been the most challenging of my entire life. Grief, I have learned, brings you to your knees both figuratively and literally. Without getting into all that, I want to take a second to share something I have learned: I cannot stand alone. Walking through this Valley I have learned that [...]
Is sarcasm in written words dangerous? Me thinks very much so…
I’ve been slowly reading a book Phil Strout gave me called “Heroic Leadership” by Chris Lowney. It has some amazing insights on leadership and has been shaping some priorities of many of our regional and national leaders (notice the title of this year’s national conference?). Well, I thought I’d share a small section where he [...]
How many of you have ever seen the movie ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’? It’s a great movie with Jim Carey in a more serious down to earth role. The reason I bring it up is not as a movie review for the site but because God had brought it to my attention. There [...]
I read a few blogs daily and I wanted to share a post with you called The New Traditional Church that has captured my attention for about a month. It basically asks these questions: what are we doing as churches and why are we doing those things? I think it is so easy to get [...]
Equipping Teens for 1-on-1 Time with God
Posted: 26th March 2009 by Christian in UncategorizedTags: devotions, equipping, quiet times
I’ve recently realized that I was assuming all my teens knew how to communicate and connect with God on their own. As I have discovered, a large number of them are actually struggling in this area. So it has become a renewed focus of mine. I have always believed that the bedrock to an individual’s [...]
In the midst of my chaotic life of uncertainty and relying on God for every provision, pushing through challenges, attacks and discouragement of the church ministry that I am currently in, I cannot help but swell up with joy like a proud mama when I think of our youth ministry. This past year, the youth [...]
Receiving is Harder than Giving
Posted: 23rd March 2009 by Christian in UncategorizedTags: love, minister, receive
Right now I’m reading Cast of Characters by Max Lucado. There’s a chapter on the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with her tears. In that story, Jesus says that she loves much because she had been forgiven much. I’ve always read that as – “If you have sinned a lot, you’ll be able to love God [...]