Lice, Puke, and the Power of God

Lice, Puke, and the Power of God

Summer camp is my favorite event of the year. I love planning for it, I love promoting for it, and I love the buzz that comes the week before when our team all comes together to finish off the last minute details. But at the end of the day, there is always something...
Where is God in All This Pain?

Where is God in All This Pain?

I listen to an online radio app called Spotify while I’m at work. Today (October 3rd) I noticed that sandwiched between Miley Cyrus’ new album and the “On Fleek” playlist was a new playlist dedicated to the victims of the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas – the...
Lives Changed at Reverb 2017!

Lives Changed at Reverb 2017!

Isn’t the power of a catalytic event amazing? Reverb winter conference is that catalytic event for the Midwest-South Region. Every February students from all over the area (KS, MO, NE, IA, IL, MN) converge not only to spend time with friends but for a deeper discovery...
How to be Welcomed in a Local School

How to be Welcomed in a Local School

There is always going to be a tension in life and ministry in which we balance the growing of deep roots in discipleship and extending our reach further out into the community with a missional way of life. I do not believe that these things are mutually exclusive, but...
Ministry or sin management?

Ministry or sin management?

Are we doing ministry or sin management? As a minister, that can be a jarring question and can quite frankly leave you in a quandary – “what’s the difference between the two?” At one point in our youth ministry we had several un-churched students attending. These...