I started this thought a little while back. Our values with Impact… Real People being number 2. This goes beyond who we have as leaders. Yes, we want our leaders to be down to earth and not fake. Students need to understand that the adult leaders don’t have everything all figured out in life either. [...]
Archive for June, 2007
24 Jun
What’s Your Passion?
I’m still amazed when I see people who don’t look the part step into something such as youth ministry and shine. I have learned over the past 10 years that students don’t want the “hip, cool” guy. They want someone who cares about them. They desire to be cared for. They [...]
23 Jun
Refreshing
I brought the family to the first of our Saturday evening worship services. Wow! What a refreshing service.
Kim and I sat together with the kids, worshiped as a family and prayed together. It was nice to not be driven by an agenda. Pastor Peter spoke about being refreshed and strengthened by [...]
21 Jun
Realignment
My car broke down yesterday. The belt that runs from the cooling system broke because the bearing in the pulley froze up and cause the pulley to be out of alignment. My mechanic told this all to me this morning while all I could think of was “how much is this going to cost me?”
This [...]
20 Jun
My day was better than this…
looks like this driver may want to check the new ten commandments of driving. He’s gonna need to put them into practice…
20 Jun
Oh Please!
Today, the vatican issued an unusual document – the “ten commandements of driving”
from CNN.com
An unusual document from the Vatican’s office for migrants and itinerant people also warned that automobiles can be “an occasion of sin” — particularly when they are used for dangerous passing or for prostitution.
It warned about the effects of road rage, saying [...]
19 Jun
Why we do what we do…
There are nights driving home after a long evening with the youth that I wonder, “why am I doing this?” The thought to me is startling as I know that God has called me to pastor youth. There is nothing else I would want to do with my life. And that is [...]
19 Jun
how priorities change
we brought the kids to Storyland today – just a few short miles away from the Presidential Range in Northern New Hampshire. 9 years ago I would have killed someone to get over onto those mountains to hike and climb all that granite goodness. Now, 9 years later with 2 kids in tow, [...]
