Time doesn’t always make things easier… as time passes, as camp is one day closer to the end, I’m just as heart-wrenched as yesterday. As much as I don’t like it, I’m counting this joy. As I said yesterday, this camp is better off without me at it and I thank God for that fact.…
When Ministry Causes Misery pt. 1
Tonight I sit here at my house with a heavy heart. My heart is heavy because I’m here and just 180 miles away something great is happening. Near Capitan, NM the first Joni & Friends Family Retreat in New Mexico is happening and I won’t be there. I want to be there so badly for so many…
How to run a successful service project
I can write this blog because of all the mistakes I’ve made running service projects. I have managed quite a few service projects in my 13 years of ministry. Not all of them have been stellar. In fact, a number of them were hugely unsuccessful. Some have been okay. And few of them have been…