The Chinese have called 2016 the year of the monkey and that is fitting because this year has thrown some poo around! This has been for many one crazy year. Now I am not going to speak in hyperbole and say that it is the strangest year ever, or the most divisive year ever orContinue reading “What a year!”
Category Archives: Culture
To Santa or not to Santa
This year I have had more run ins with parents about the “Santa situation”. To believe or not to believe. It is a common question with young parents and so I wanted to post some of my thoughts on the old portly purveyor of presents. There are two sides of Santa we need to remember…Continue reading “To Santa or not to Santa”
Surge Youth Ministries (an organizational structure)
Every successful ministry has to have a structure. The pastors who wing it week to week will burn out and they nor their ministry will grow. Every ministry I have led since the 90’s have been different in culture and style but one thing is constant they needed structure. My church subscribes to the “PurposeContinue reading “Surge Youth Ministries (an organizational structure)”
Teens prefer hard copies to digital
A new Barna study came out that revealed quite a lot of interesting things about current teenage culture in regards to faith. One intersting insight is that teens prefer hard copies to the bible to their digital counterparts. Teens Still Prefer to use a Hard Copy Bible in a Digital Age When teens read theContinue reading “Teens prefer hard copies to digital”
Misplaced outrage
Two weeks ago a third string quarterback who was feeling pouty about not living up to the hype that was given to him two years prior decided to sit out the national anthem. This sparked a few stories and just when you thought it was going to go away gasoline somehow got poured onto theContinue reading “Misplaced outrage”
We need to learn how to fight.
I tell you there is a lot wrong with society today and I could write a book cursing the darkness and I won’t make a dent in it in my little blog post. Also, there are many solutions to the many problems in our society but one thing that will help in many if notContinue reading “We need to learn how to fight.”
5 things I’ve learned working with teen recovery ministry
At the church I currently serve we offer a ministry to those who struggle with addiction, codependence and other struggles called Celebrate Recovery. Last January we began to offer the youth arm of this ministry called “The Landing”. As a pastor I love this ministry. Taking the broken, the down trodden and the needy andContinue reading “5 things I’ve learned working with teen recovery ministry”
I Love the 80’s
This month at Surge (our youth ministry) we are doing a series called “Old School”. We will be looking at 3 of the major prophets in the Old Testament. To add some creativity to the series we had the student vote which decade they wanted the leaders to dress in. I was elated when theyContinue reading “I Love the 80’s”
Did you even try?
I have tried to stay out of this latest batch of circus mania that is the Bruce /Caitlyn fiasco. I have had to curb my intake of Social Media. At first there was the typical hate speech but then it was followed by and even worse reaction and that is calling Jenner a hero. Let’sContinue reading “Did you even try?”
Why we need Superheros
I have to admit I love Super Hero movies. I love the Marvel Universe. I love Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and Spider Man and I am just as geeked out over the DC Comics world Batman, Superman and the rest of the Justice League. Add to that the Transformers and the Teenage MutantContinue reading “Why we need Superheros”
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