Live Life Learning

There is something in our youth ministry that we are dealing with that is frustrating at best. It is something that we can’t seem to figure out over and over. Complacency. Here is the definition of Complacency according to Merriam Webster:  self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies Does this scare [...]

There is a constant fear in my head. One that seems to be coming to the forefront on my brain as I continue in my line of work. In Student Ministry, we give a lot of responsibility and expectation to a lot of people. We have volunteers that we lead, empower, encourage and release. However [...]

Fatherly advice is always good. It is one thing that everyone in the world can agree is one of the best things in life. Unfortunately some will get fatherly advice from someone other than their real father, but the fatherly advice that we get in life is some of the best advice that can be [...]

Growing up, I didn’t have a regular youth minister until I was in High School. It was lead by volunteers of all shapes and sizes and egos. At one point, we joined with another church’s youth group to join in there programming. Not that this was a bad thing,( although the program we went too [...]

” My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer  There has been a lot of conversation that I have had with students throughout the short time I have been in full time ministry that have to deal with the idea [...]

There have been many thoughts on how to start the blogging year. I would have to say that even though inconsistent, I blogged more than I ever had in 2011 than any other year. Here are a few things that I have learned throughout the year: 1) You need to keep writing – I feel [...]