Prayer as transition

One of the things that I love to do is lead music at our church. I play guitar, work with a band and singers, and organize the songs that we sing on Sunday mornings. Recently, though, something hit me as I was preparing to lead music.
I was working through our set list and [...]

A new adventure

Today I finished my tenure at Decatur Middle School, where I taught general music for nine years. I love my job! I love the relationships that have been developed with the staff. Over this period of time I have also come to realize that I love middle school students too.
What [...]

Hide-n-Seek

Played hide-n-seek with my family tonight. It’s pretty fun trying to find hiding places in a small house with a 3-year old and two adults. I did get stuck in a small spot behind our rocking chair – not cool! Our daughter may stump us yet! She keeps getting quieter and [...]

Youth Prayer Walk, Scavenger Hunt (sort of)

Here is a prayer walk we did recently with our youth. Feel free to use it, modify it, or even suggest changes!

Go sit out in the parking lot – What does a parking lot represent? It can represent visitors or new people, regular attenders, a place to park your car (the closer the [...]

Things I’m committed to in ministry (Part I)

Several days ago I shared about the youth ministry at, Grace Evangelical Church, where I serve as the part-time youth director.
In that post I shared that we were committed to being:
B.iblical
A.uthentic
R.elational
B.alanced
The things we [...]

Youth Scavenger Hunt on Prayer

This is a scavenger hunt that we’ve done in that past on prayer. Please feel free to use this or tweak it to suit you. We usually use this with our youth while they are at church but with a few adjustments you could probably use this to recharge your own personal [...]

Learning to pray

So my wife and I are teaching our 3-year old daughter how to pray…
I don’t know how many of you have been through this with a child of your own but this has to be one of the most precious times in parenting. There are times that I think that it doesn’t get [...]