Expecting a Baby
You will…give birth. -Luke 1:31 It hit me a few weeks ago: after 28 weeks, the “home stretch” of our wait for baby girl is carrying us straight through Advent. The excitement welling up inside of me is not too…
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Top 3 On the Board
Remember that TV show, Family Feud? [I almost said “old TV show” but the syndicated version is still going strong]. Apparently, in the midst of all the feuding that we hear about in teenager’s homes, there is actually some good…
59 Hours
…until I am officially on vacation. This summer has been incredible, but it has also been long. Flying Squirrels game with the youth, mission trip, Camp Pastor for a week at Camp Piankatank, and lots of fun with the lower…
Left Behind.
Old friends were coming for dinner, and we had just returned from a New Year’s Eve trip. We needed a few things from the store to round out the menu, so I took the short drive to the Ukrop’s outside…
Virtual Parenting
from the YouthWorker eJournal Concerned that children of active-duty soldiers are missing their moms and dads a little too much, the Department of Defense is hoping to develop realistic, computerized stand-ins. These stand-ins, according to the Defense Centers of Excellence…
Keeping Your Job and Your Sanity: Part II
Missed Part I? The pastor had visions of a new building, with increased fellowship space, new offices and a new place for the youth ministry to call home. The existing youth space was the original sanctuary and had been renovated…