Apparently my pastor, Rick Warren, is under attack “again”. On the menu today is accusing him of promoting Chrislam. Here’s the second of two articles I’m posting on the subject. I’ve been part of Saddleback Church since December of 1998 both on staff and as a volunteer. I’ve co-lead Bible studies with his oldest son, [...]

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Apparently my pastor, Rick Warren, is under attack “again”. On the menu today is accusing him of promoting Chrislam. Here’s one of two articles I’m posting on the subject. I’ve been part of Saddleback Church since December of 1998 both on staff and as a volunteer. I’ve co-lead Bible studies with his oldest son, and [...]

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First off: Never say the word ATTITUDE to students if you want to them to hear anything you would say following the word attitude. That word is more like a weapon than a tool. A student is coming to help me with a project today. He texted me a few minutes ago to say his [...]

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I used this a couple of times last week at high school summer camp. “You’re not in trouble, but…” is the perfect medium I’ve found between the lands of Knuckleheadville and You’reawesomeistan. When student isn’t really being “bad”, you just need him to take a break from driving everybody crazy, we too often resort to [...]

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I sent this email to The Landing leaders today to fill them in on the great stuff going on here at camp. So exciting! — Leaders, There aren’t any action steps to take in regard to this email, I just wanted to take a break at camp and let you know about some great things [...]

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Tonight at The Landing, we played a trivia game to illustrate the stress in our lives brought on by things we won’t admit to. It worked out pretty well. Supplies needed: – Random props of various sizes (we had about 50 – ranging from a straw to a huge stuffed animal to cinder blocks) – [...]

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Tonight we’re having a training for camp counselors of our upcoming high school ministry summer camp. Since I’m the director or The Landing (our recovery program for Jr High and High School students), I’ve been asked to train the counselors about: 1. Which students should attend The Landing 2. How to get to know students [...]

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About a month before school let out, I was counseling with a parent who has been exasperated several times over the last year. She and her husband are having a tough time financially and have little patience for their son’s behavior… and he does require a lot of patience. In one of our email exchanges, [...]

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Last night I happened upon an over-nighter being thrown for some students in our High School Ministry. The leader of these boys is one of my former students. It was a huge blessing for me to see him serving in ministry. He’s actually been doing this for a couple of years, but this was my [...]

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