The Gospel of Flossing
“Your teeth look good.” Whew… I mentally relaxed. I hadn’t been to the dentist in about 4 years. I was afraid of what the dental hygienist would say about my teeth. The fact that she commented pretty quickly that my…
Encountering the Biblical Narrative
I was asked to contribute a chapter to this book project back in 2014. It’s chapter 21 in Pulse: Pumping Life into Your Kids Ministry. I chose to write on something that I am pretty passionate about: Engaging children in…
Empathy and Tim Young
Anyone that knows me well can say that I don’t score very high on the empathy scale. It’s not that I don’t care… I really do. It’s just not natural for me to externally exude caring and empathy. When a…
Spirit-Empowered Ministry
How God Changed My Heart and Transformed Our Youth Group It was just a simple eBook. I had downloaded hundreds of articles and eBooks over the years as a pastor. I loved finding simple, yet profound articles that helped me…
A New Beginning
I haven’t written in a while. I stepped away from full-time, vocational, pastoral ministry back in June 2019. For 16 years I led, taught, wrote, strategized, researched, thought, and curated ministry related things. While life has changed for me related…