After an extremely long week I was ready to relax this weekend. While Erin and I kept pretty busy, the entire weekend had an air of relaxation that hasn’t been around for quite a while.
Friday NightWe had a quick dinner at Chevy’s, probably our all-time favorite restaurant, with some friends, and then saw Changeling, which [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ministry’
A Relaxing Weekend Update
Identity Crisis
If you haven’t noticed, with my recent departure from ministry this blog has been suffering from a little bit of an identity crisis. It’s a direct reflection of its writer.
I’m not really sure what my place in life is right now. Even though being a youth minister was a part-time job for me, it [...]
I Keep Coming Back to This: Love
I keep coming back to this. In all of my study, reading, discussion, everything. It all comes back to this one simple, yet amazingly complex and difficult concept. It is the essence of Christianity. And, it is precisely where Christians always fall short.
John 13:34-35 (The Message) 34-35″Let me give you a new command: Love [...]
Love Each Other: A New Evangelism
In my slow, and occasional, reading of UnChristian I came across this passage written by Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship Ministries.
Consider the rise of the Christians during the Roman era. People were drawn to Christians, not because of evangelistic outreaches or crusades, or through mass media-those didn’t exist. The church grew because Christians [...]
Blog Action Day: Give Your All
This probably is not what was intended by those who set the theme for this Blog Action Day, but it’s what I felt compelled to share this morning regarding the theme of poverty.
Luke 21:1-4 (The Message)
1-4Just then he looked up and saw the rich people dropping offerings in the collection plate. Then he saw a poor [...]
Small Groups: Something for Everyone?
In a small group setting, what’s the perfect balance between fun and spiritual? In our young adults group at church, this is a struggle we’ve had since the inception of the group. The problem, as I see it, is one person’s spiritual, may not be another’s. And to further complicate things, in any given group [...]
Happy Rosh Hashanah
It’s hard to believe but three years ago I wrote this post in honor of Rosh Hashanah. A few days later I gave my famous Tashlikh Communion Devotional, in which I asked the congregation to symbolically cast their sins off in the the water (Micah 7:18-20) as is the Jewish practice. It seemed like a good idea [...]
Youth and Young Adults
A friend of mine recently posted these questions on his blog.
Is it smart to have 7th-twenty-somethings in one ministry together? Why or why not?
What are the advantages of combining into one service for these age groups?
How do you speak to these various life-stages in one service?
Is there enough fun happening at these services?
Is [...]
Words of Jesus
I've been thinking lately about how the words of Jesus simply don't hold the excitement and sting that they ought to. Having heard them all my life they have become somewhat boring and commonplace. I don't think that's how they should be. Recently I picked up my copy of The Message and found that Jesus' words had [...]
UnChristian After A Long Hiatus
After a several month hiatus, I picked up UnChristian from my nightstand and started reading it again.
A couple things jumped out at me today during my lunch-time reading. The first quote that caught my attention was the following:
In studying thousands of outsiders' impressions, it is clear that Christians are primarily perceived for what they stand [...]
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