Reading
There is a Hunger
I have been in my church for going on four years now and since the day I got here one of my goals has been how to grow attendance and involvement. Now there have been programs and gimmicks and silly ideas and serious ideas. And we have had some great successes and some failures. Wednesday night Youth [...]
Book Review: Urgent by Joe Donahue
My friend Joe Donahue has written his first book and in order to build awareness he has allowed me to get an advanced reading of the book in order to do a review. Now I have to say that at first I was worried about doing a review for a friend but after reading the [...]
Unleash Mind Dump (Part 1)
So I went to UNLEASH at NewSpring today and let me say……AMAZING. I am very inspire and ready to charge hell with a water pistol. So this is my mind dump and recap of the highlights. Don’t be a parent who let’s your fears hold your children back–this does apply to church and how we [...]
What if Part 3
WHAT IF the early church had decided to yell and scream at the Romans for acting like Romans? As a youth pastor this is a never ending issue. There is always some person in the church banging their drum condemning the youth or children for acting badly in the church. I hear daily about the [...]
Do Not Disregard
Leviticus 10 sets up a sobering scene. Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu were offering incense to God, problem was that they were doing it incorrectly. God was extremely displeased and responded by immediately striking them dead without warning. Furtehrmore he forbid Aaron and his other sons to participate in mourning for their fallen loved ones. [...]
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So today is my B-day. It is always interesting when my B-day falls on a Friday because I am always asked about being named Jason and being born on Friday the 13th. I had a toy chainsaw I would whip out years ago but I wound up losing it in a move. Anywho… I wound [...]
Long Weekend
I wound up having a long weekend this week. I was slated to preach both services Sunday so Saturday I went over the church around 9pm for prayer and prep. I spent a good long while walking around the sanctuary praying for the service and praying for the people of the church, some by name. [...]
To-Read List
Thought I would post a list of books I want to read this year. So in no particular order here it goes. It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It by Craig Groeschel Sticky Church (Leadership Network Innovation Series) by Larry Osborne Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts by Thom S. [...]
Changes
If you are a casual reader of my blog ( I pretty sure I have no avid readers) you may notice the changes going on around here. I have long wanted to invest some time and get this thing looking the way I wanted and this is one step in the right direction. Tell me [...]
Preaching
I am getting a little burned out this week. Tomorrow will be my twin’s, Isaac and Kelsey, 6 birthday. I will be taking the rest of the week off and be getting ready for their party this weekend. So with this shortened week also comes the realization that I have three sermons to prepare for. [...]
