As I plan various worship experiences throughout the week, I often face the issue of how to include creativity in a worship service. As I searched for insight on how other churches incorporate creative elements into their services, I found an interview with CJ Mahaney, in…
“Granddad, I am tried!” I said, as I sat down in the twin La-Z-Boy next to “his chair.” His answer was clear, sarcastic, and sculling: “Son, you don’t know what tried means!” Twenty years later, I still don’t know the depth of tired that an…
Recently, I resigned as youth pastor at my church. But I kept coming to work. Sort of like George Costanza. Just pretty much pretended like it never happened. And no one said much. Ok, to be fair, they approached me about staying on until they…
Several years ago, three of us in the ministry set out to write a simple devotional book for students. The goal was to defy some of the reasons people give for not reading devotional books. We decided to stick to Scripture, of course. We decided…
Today, I am going to welcome you into my brain as I choose music, whether it be for students or adults. If you aren't a worship leader or interested in music, stay with me—these concepts can apply to your discipline within ministry as well! To…
I wanted to take a moment today to talk about why youth ministers and students alike have chosen to attend the Edge Student and Leaders Conference. I hope that you will consider these things and perhaps even share them with your youth and youth ministry…