When I took a look at the graph of my blog stats today, it reminded me of the need to keep perspective and be humble. We should never be too proud of our accomplishments in life or too down on ourselves on the off days. We’ll have our share of ups and downs. My pastor, [...]
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This is a book our high school pastor, Josh Griffin, wrote. He’s supposed to give me a copy so I can write a review of it. I know he reads my blog so maybe this will remind him to get a copy to me when he comes back from vacation. Hopefully he signs it so [...]
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I was supposed to fly to Atlanta to interview for a youth ministry position. The youth pastor was told he could bring me out for an interview. The pastor decided the church wouldn’t pay for the airfare after all. God is good. We just came off two weeks of camp. Before camp, I was excited [...]
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Josh Griffin, of MoreThanDodgeball.com is on vacation. While he’s gone, he’s putting up guest posts from youth workers from around the country. Tonight, my guest post got put up. Click here to read it. Here’s an excerpt: Listen and act – these are secrets to creating a dedicated team of volunteer servant leaders. Creating a [...]
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Check out Josh Riebock’s new book: Josh Riebock spoke at our high school summer camp this year. He came highly recommended. I pass his information on to you with high recommendations, as well. There are many praises I could give of Josh. Here are 3 reasons you’ll want to consider using Josh for your next [...]
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Last night I threw a party for college students who had either been in my small group, camp cabin or mission trip village during their high school years. Besides having a lot of fun and catching up on each others’ lives, there are a few benefits to doing this: – If any have wandered from [...]
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Dennis Beckner is the director of The Landing at Saddleback Church and has been serving in the youth ministry there since 1999.
