I am not an easy follower. I have a hard time with authority. It is not natural for me to follow. I have heard the sermons and read the books on spiritual authority and I get it in my head but like so many things, it has a tough time dropping 12 inches into myContinue reading “Many Hats – Associate Pastor”
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Many Hats
I am beginning a new series of blogs describing the many hats I wear as a youth pastor. I am doing this for a few reasons…some cathartic others to encourage ministers that have to do so much with a finite amount of time. As we unpack this hopefully it will help us honor God withContinue reading “Many Hats”
Thanks BRAD!
Brad Cooper, the student pastor at Newspring Church in Anderson blogged not too long ago about sending out evals to your volunteer team giving them freedom to critique you and your ministry. WOW, I took that challenge and it was sobering. It is amazing no matter how good you think you are doing, how manyContinue reading “Thanks BRAD!”
Urgent robs the important
There is an encounter in the bible where Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sat at the feet of Jesus listening to the teachings while Martha was running around tending to the urgent needs of dinner and turning the TV on to the football game (ok, I made that part up). AfterContinue reading “Urgent robs the important”
To my surprise!
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Where are all the thinkers?
Today is MLK memorial day. I hope that you are using this day to at least pause and think about where we have come as a people and as a nation. The ignorance and hate of our parents and grandparents generations is beginning to diminish and there is no greater example of that than tomorrowsContinue reading “Where are all the thinkers?”
Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 10
mistake #1 – not doing this a year ago I wish I would have done this a year ago to learn from my mistakes in 2007. Many of them were the same. Unfortunately many mistakes of 2009 will be similar to those in 2008. However, if we WOULD take the time to ponder our mistakesContinue reading “Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 10”
Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 9
mistake #2 – the comparison game Honestly, I do care about numbers. I care about how many students we have in our program. I don’t think you can get too many people in Church. I mean when do you cap it off? At what point do you tell the next kid, “I’m sorry we areContinue reading “Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 9”
Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 8
mistake #3 – your on your own kid This is one that will probably be on my mistakes of 2009 because I still haven’t developed a process. Last year if a student accepted Christ there was no process in place to guide students into GROWING in Jesus. Now, discipleship is something that seems to beContinue reading “Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 8”
Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 7
mistake # 4 – revolving door A year ago I pitched a nutty saying that we needed some sort of tracking software. So in true Pointe North fashion we found the best out there and got it. We use a software called fellowship 1. It is a great software but incredibly cumbersome. Then, when weContinue reading “Top 10 mistakes of 2008 – part 7”
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