Last night Major League Baseball held its annual All-Star Game. The Midsummer Classic pits the best players from the National League against the best players from the American League. I myself am a fan of the National League so I was sad to see them lose. As I watched the All-Star Game it got meRead more
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I had a great time at summer camp last week but I felt a little disconnected. Hume Lake doesn’t have any cell service and pretty spotty wifi. While I enjoyed the opportunity to go off the grid for a bit, I did miss out on a lot of the news coming out of Comic-Con. I’mRead more
I’ve gone to a lot of youth group nights over the years. Not many of them stick out because they all sort of run together. One night in particular, though, stands out from the rest. One night in my early years doing youth ministry, one of our leaders, Marc, was teaching. As part of hisRead more
I’m not a big Pink Floyd fan. In fact, I find most 70s rock to be self-indulgent. I get that you want to jam for 13 minutes, but I’d prefer to hear a new song. So this post definitely isn’t about Pink Floyd or any other structure erected my humans. The title of this postRead more
Last week I wrote a post about the polarizing nature of social media. I wrote that instead of clinging to the extremes of any issue, we need to be willing to listen to other people. Humility enables us to listen to another person, even if we don’t agree with them and even if we’re notRead more
Another week of summer, another week at summer camp. This week I am at Hume Lake for junior high camp. I love Meadow Ranch, Hume’s junior high camp, and I love hanging out with junior high students. They’re so weird, so awkward and not yet too cool for school. Junior high students are game forRead more