This week at camp we have been singing Chris Tomlin’s song “Our God”. I really like the song but its bridge has made me think quite a bit. Here is the bridge: If our God is for us, then who could ever stop us? And if our God is with us, then what could standRead more
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Camp can be a little rough. Camp has been good so far. Our students made me proud by dressing up for Star Wars Night and they got even nerdier last night for Pokemon Night. Camp is good but it’s still rough. The roughness really comes from the lack of sleep at camp. We’re up early,Read more
I may have had one of my favorite youth ministry moments ever yesterday. Star Wars Night at summer camp. We pick a different theme for each night and then our students dress up for that theme. We’ve done different themes throughout the years but last night’s theme was special. I love Star Wars. I loveRead more
I’ve gone to summer camp almost every year since 1994. I missed one year in 2002 but, for many of those years, I doubled up on both high school and junior high camp. And now, 18 years after that first camp experience, I’m back at it again. This week our church’s high school group isRead more
I don’t believe in the Loch Ness monster, Nessie. The most famous photograph of Nessie, which you can see above, is a fake. Unfortunately a publisher of Christian textbooks doesn’t feel the same way. Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) produces curriculum for Christian education. One of their textbooks, Biology 1099, Accelerated Christian Education Inc. has thisRead more
A little while back my friend, Kevin, told me about an app that allows you to ordain yourself. In the app, which is named OrdainThyself, you take a picture of yourself and apply different ordinations to that picture. Below is what I would look like as an Orthodox Christian Priest.Read more