2020 was a crazy year. 2021 can be a different year and regardless of the pandemic, there are some ways that you can embrace NEW especially if NORMAL wasn’t working in the first place. 

This is post #2 in a …

I know 2020 is not quite over yet, and I still feel like we are in the final stage of Jumangi awaiting the final boss, but from a ministry standpoint, I don’t think I have ever worked so hard in …

2021 marks 13 years in student ministry and, in so many ways, the last year has made me feel like I’m in year one all over again! There has been so much to learn and so much to adjust …

Last Sunday I had the need to take care of something very important before our program got started.

Namely, I had to go to the bathroom.

It’s no big deal, I thought. I was just going to excuse …

We had a pretty animated conversation on the way home last night.

I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t enjoy receiving that text from a parent at 9:45 pm. I know the family, the small group, and the student well. I …

With COVID shutdowns at the end of the year, many of us are quickly finding ourselves needing to do our Christmas Party programming online. A few amazing youth workers (Isaac Leimeister, Samantha McEnhimer, Angel Myers, Rob Monroe, Jason Rysdyk, Richard …

The holidays are a crazy time in the church. If we are not careful, we will find ourselves hating the Christmas season because we get burnt out and our tanks go empty. We all have special events, Christmas parties, special …

In 18 years of student ministry, I’ve never had to learn and adjust so much in one calendar year than I have in 2020…I’m guessing that’s true for everyone reading this post!

And with the Christmas season approaching, I’m sure …