I have always enjoyed working with and preaching to teens. They are exciting, unpredictable, curious, energetic, needy, moody, loving, unloving, kind, mean, etc. When I finished Bible college, my first ministry was being a youth pastor for a good church. It was so rewarding and it gave me so many early gray hairs. It seemed...
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Growing up PK | Eight Pearls Discovered from Ministry
You find so many mixed reviews when you start asking kids what it is like to grow up in a preacher’s home. For many, they will immediately whine about the pressure of growing up in the ministry “bubble”. “I can’t be myself”, they will often exclaim, “because everyone is watching me.” Some will complain about...
The Holiness of God is Sure
The holiness of God never changes. This allows us to understand that in a morally changing world, the church does not have to adjust to the wavering, spiritual temperature of the world around it to survive. It can always thrive as long as it builds upon “His Spirit and His Truth.” Compromise only need come when we...
Just To Say “Thank You” and “God is Good”
I am so grateful to the Lord today. God is good…… and all the time. He has been with Julie and me through a difficult year. I am so thankful for my precious wife that has been my earthly source of strength. Emily has lifted us up and made us smile just when we have...