My wonderful students. I’m in Hollywood with our high school students on another service trip. Our students have spring break this week and they have given up a few days of that break to serve an inner-city church. I love youth ministry and the opportunity to see students growing and serving others. Some people mayRead more
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I feel like I’m pretty knowledgeable about Christian culture. I don’t listen to Christian radio but I have a good idea about who and what is popular in the world of Christianity. I play Settlers of Catan. I know a few Jesus Culture songs. I know that Katy Perry is a pastor’s kid. I knowRead more
Earlier this week I wrote about my non-nerdy friends and how we manage to be best friends because of our common foundation: Jesus. Jesus is the best foundation for any relationship but nerdiness can help strengthen that foundation. I’m amazed at the community and friendships that have developed here at TheChristianNerd. There are so manyRead more
My junior high. Junior high was the worst. Since last June I have been more involved with the junior high ministry at our church. For my first five years as a youth pastor I was directly involved with high school and oversaw junior high. For the past 10 months I have been directly involved withRead more
If you want to be cool with young kids these days then you need to brush up on your Skylanders knowledge. Skylanders is a video game from Activision. In the game the player controls different monsters that are associated with one of eight elements. The monsters can only be unlocked, though, if the player buysRead more
I’m in Las Vegas again. I think I’ve written seven or eight posts while in Vegas, which seems like a lot for a Christian blogger who doesn’t live in Vegas. I wasn’t planning on coming to Vegas until a few days ago. My family from Hawaii is in Vegas for a few days but IRead more