passing the baton.
Something I’ve noticed in my 16 months of church work is a general disinterest amongst the Boomers & Beyond of passing on the baton to the younger generations within the church. There are solid people coming through our doors who…
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me, myself and bob.
Phil Vischer was one of the best speakers at the NYWC this year. Certainly not because of his speaking skills–even now as I listen to his talk, it’s obvious he’s frequently leaning on his notes. But Phil had a lot…
sick.
i kinda feel like Wait — no posting for a while cause of being sick. My single favorite holiday of the year — good food, family time — didn’t happen this year. Some sort of stomach flu thing went around…
stories.
A friend of mine told two stories at lunch today. First… Last year at a big 4-day youth worship experience in our community, he noticed one of his youth texting during worship. He asked her what she was doing figuring…
politics.
I hate politics. In grade school it was a popularity contest. In the “big boy” world it’s about making the other guy (or other woman) look like a sissy, a screw-up, a scum bag, and the spawn of Satan. and…
columbia
One of the guys I met in VA Beach was Jim Baucom, the pastor of Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church, VA, a suburb of DC. It’s a pretty big, urban church. Their youth ministry represents 50 different high schools.…