A youth pastor friend of mine recently had his budget cut because he spent too much on tacos for some students one night. Another was run out of his job at a small church because parents wanted him to spend more time playing games and developing activities for his students than teaching them the Bible. … Continue reading Whacky Tacky Wednesday
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Kingdom ambassadors
Yesterday was the first of two days of service projects for the students attending YouthWeek at New Creation United Methodist Church, where I am blessed to be serving as the guest speaker/teacher this week. As we've been unpacking the gospel over the past few days, we've been talking a lot about what it means to … Continue reading Kingdom ambassadors
Waves of mercy, waves of grace
Our Youth Week celebration got underway in earnest today at the Aldersgate Campus of New Creation United Methodist Church in Chesapeake, Va., after last night's opening session. And to say the energy level is high would be more than a bit of an understatement. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, Youth Week is seven days … Continue reading Waves of mercy, waves of grace
Super Groovy Amazing Awesomeness
For the next week I get the awesome privilege of speaking at one of the coolest events I've ever been part of. The Aldersgate campus of New Creation United Methodist Church in Chesapeake, Va. is holding its annual Youth Week celebration. It's a week of teaching, worship, activities, mission, outreach and, frankly, just a ton … Continue reading Super Groovy Amazing Awesomeness
This is not a story about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. --J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring The social network noise over George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the … Continue reading This is not a story about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman
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