Christian Leadership

Mission Ashley 2013….

Mission Ashley 2013….

Next week I will be on mission with a team of 19 other people from my church to Ashley, Illinois.  Ashley is…

Lessons from the Bible found on the farm #3: Looking for beauty…

to grant to those who mourn in Zion—     to give…

Time for some R and R

Forgive me Father for I have sinned.  This is not…

Lessons From the Farm #2: Isolation is Deadly.

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion,…

Ministry

10 things at Disney you won’t see at the fair

10 things at Disney you won’t see at the fair

Well, vacation is over.  After not taking one in so long, I’m so glad my family and I got away from church,…

ABC’s of Rural Ministry

I get asked by some that have never lived in…

Honoring YOUR Graduates

Ah, graduation recognition Sunday. That’s the day I honor a…

The One-Year Rule

A few years ago, I faced a dilemma. Debbie, one…

Ministry Tech

Redneck Tech Tip – Warm Laptop Edition…

Redneck Tech Tip – Warm Laptop Edition…

Have a Laptop that gets too warm on a countertop? Use a pair of 2-Liter Bottle caps to elevate it slightly for…

When Facebook doesn’t work

Being the youth pastor at a small church, I have…

10 Youth Ministry Sites That I Like…

This Post is #72 on Tim Schmoyer’s List of 100…

5 Thoughts about Windows 8 in ministry….

The last couple weeks I have been working on upgrading machines…

Rural Ministry

Flat tires and flexible schedules

Flat tires and flexible schedules

It’s 6:30 in the morning and my cell phone is ringing.  As a youth pastor, that’s usually not a good sign. “Hello,”…

Lesson from a Racing Homing Pigeon…

The bird on the right came to visit my family…

Dress for Success: Response

The original article this post addresses is found here… In…

Dress for success

I am not your typical youth pastor. For one, I…

Student Ministry

Lessons about the Bible, found on the farm: #1 – Animals are Dumb and So are we…

Lessons about the Bible, found on the farm: #1 – Animals are Dumb and So are we…

Growing up on a farm can bring some insight to the lessons that Jesus teaches us in the Bible.  This lesson comes…

You need time boundaries in ministry

I had just sat down to a dinner out with…

Ministry at a moment’s notice

It was 4 a.m. when my cell phone rang one…

#RuralYouthMinistry is out there….

Rural Youth Ministry is out there. It is on the…

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Contextualizing Tragedy

This post may just be cathartic. I’m a writer.  When I’m upset, aggravated, frustrated or out of answers, I write.  It’s what I do.  It’s how I best communicate with the world and with Jesus.  So these words may just be a therapeutic discussion among…

Things Heard in the Car on the way back from CIY Believe…

In Rural Ministry, it’s not often that you get a chance to take a weekend and focus on “just” middle school or high school students. However, CIY Believe is one of those weekends. I get to take a group of 6th-8th Grade students to a…

A Day at DOFO with Michael Brown

When we get groups to come and visit our home one of the questions they always ask is what does an average day at DOFO look like? So here is my attempt… The day starts at 5:00 am as all the kids are waking up…