13 years is a long time to do anything, even something you love and have a calling to do. Throughout the years I have learned a couple things that just make life smoother. In Youth Ministry, the idea of conferences came along fairly early, thanks to some older, wiser friends […]
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5 Thoughts about Windows 8 in ministry….
The last couple weeks I have been working on upgrading machines in our ministry to Windows 8 Professional. Microsoft has been giving a great deal on licensing if you do it through their website. During January, you could upgrade for $40 per license, instead of the normal MSRP of $140. Now, as an […]
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10 ways to make a rural church more welcoming…
When you think of rural churches, they are not often what you think of as the most welcoming churches. Our thoughts typically run to the “multi-mega-super-duper-humongo” city/suburb churches that have whole brigades of people ready to make your worship experience truly life-changing. That takes budgets, facilities, and people that rural churches lack. […]
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What is your contingency plan?
Last week, one of the top news stories was the fact that some dude in Australia got an 11-inch footlong at the local Subway shop. Years ago, this wouldn’t be a big deal. He would tell a few friends, they might laugh at him for getting “ripped off”, and that […]
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My “Ghetto” Laptop…
There are so many awesome (and humorous) stories in my life that started out with the phrase “so I did this trade on Craigslist”… The picture you see is one of them. It is a Compaq F700 laptop. Nothing terribly special about that. It was a laptop sold at the […]
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10 Money Saving Tips to Start the New Year.
A new year is upon us. Time for ideas, plans, and resolutions to do good things. Some want to lose weight, others things like getting the finances in order. For the first, go see my friend Josh at Youth Pastor Diet. For the finances, let’s dig into it a little […]
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Creative Christmas Gifts
What is the most creative Christmas gift you have received? Here is a picture of mine. I know, a coffee cup is not terribly creative, but the thought and planning was what made this gift special. My wifes grandmother ordered this for me a couple years ago. She had her […]
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The Forgotten Victims in Suicide.
Saturday, December 1st, I was doing an IT Contract at a State University. I had the radio on sports while I was working. The station broke into college football to share the story about Jovan Belcher. My thoughts and prayers went immediately to the families involved. My next thought was wondering if […]
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When People Just Don’t Get It
Most times, it is fun selling items on Craigslist. However, other times, you try and sell an item to have the only response be repeated offers to ship the item to a foreign country. They even offer to pay more than the cost of the item. It is a scam. […]
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Shin Guards
This David and Golaith book is one of the favorites in my house. It especially intrigues my middle son (Who is named David). We were looking at this picture the other day, and out of the blue, David (who is almost 6) asks – “Hey, those are shin guards like I wear […]
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When Students Live Evangelism
Summer does not have to be a slow time in Student Ministry. In fact, Summer has been pretty crazy at our church this year. That has been good. We have had a team of students help lead a VBS for a small church(20 people small) in Southern Illinois. We had […]
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Things in the background…
It only looks quiet right now at MinistryPlace.Net. There are several things going on in life, ministry, and with the blog that are exciting. A lot of it are things that I see as “background issues”…. for now. Some are waiting for the right timing to be pushed to the […]