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
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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
I just got back from vacation and thinking about this upcoming season makes me already want another one. We have VBS this week and next week I’m heading to high school summer camp. Between teaching 300 kids and getting ready for camp I already miss the sandy beaches in our 50th state. More than theRead more
I love my phone. At our wedding, Alycia’s sisters made fun of my affinity for my phone in their matrons of honor speech. Before going to Hawaii my friends asked me whether or not I would abstain from using my phone. In Hawaii I didn’t completely abstain from using my phone but I didn’t useRead more