Kyle and I went to see a movie this afternoon. While we were talking in the parking garage, an elderly lady approached us asking which direction the car alarm was coming from. She was setting it off from her remote to help her find her car. We pointed the direction the sound was coming from [...]

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Each year my church hosts the Purpose Driven Youth Ministry Student Leadership Conference. The theme of the 2008 conference was Look. Each session was a different message about looking to Christ, looking out for others, etc. Recently, Travis has become my target of looking out for others. Travis is one of those guys who fell [...]

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Here’s a fun free sound effects application to have on your iPhone. I like having fun stuff on my phone for my students to play with. It’s just one more way to connect and create memories. My 2 year old niece loves this app, too.

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Christmas Celebration Last night I participated in a celebration taking place on the street outside the home of a student from my church. Dozens of people were gathered for the event. Nobody left without being amazed at what happened. The event was a light show unlike any I had ever seen. When I was a [...]

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Our church has a cars ministry. They fix them up to give or sell at a low cost to needy families. The woman in this story was declined to receive a car through the application process. She did not like the answer “no” and wasn’t going to settle for it. She either wanted a car [...]

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This year I had considered giving the book Blue Like Jazz to my students. I want to finish reading it first, though, to make sure I like it enough to give it to them. I’m not finished reading it so I went with something better… time. Most ministry happens through experiences rather than through teaching. [...]

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I take pictures of my guys as often as it makes sense to do it. I use these pictures for things like this Christmas card. For me, this Christmas card serves a few purposes: 1. Wish my guys a Merry Christmas in a cool way 2. Give them something they’ll want to keep 3. Remind [...]

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Update: In the blogpost below I suggest Blue Like Jazz as a great gift for high school guys. I mentioned that I wanted to finish reading it to make sure before giving it to them. I’m near the end of the book and I have a different idea instead. Don Miller has written a great [...]

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Tonight our high school ministry had our Christmas party. It was dinner at a local Italian restaurant followed by the movie of our choice. Dinner seating was a little off. I had attended the party with close friends who were volunteers, but got seated a little down from them so I was sitting across from [...]

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