I’m hoping my summer involves going to Slovakia to teach English… How about yours? Josiah Venture is all over Europe to bring the Gospel to places where it is scarce…
Review of: Becoming Adult by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I recently read Becoming Adult: How Teenagers Prepare for the World of Work by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. I was interested in this book because I was curious about what it had to say about how teens prepare for adulthood. Being in the business of helping teens make the transition into adulthood, this was an interesting study.…
The Interpretation of Luke 2:49 and the Significance of the Temple in the Gospel of Luke
I’ve been doing a series on the life of Jesus for the youth. I was looking through some old seminary papers and came across this one. I wrote it for Dr. Bock at DTS in a class on the Gospel of Luke. I got an A on it! It reminded me of the important part…
What is a Tweet or “Like” Worth?
I will be the first to admit I’m NO internet marketing genius. Shocker, huh? I have a friend who is though, and I’ve recently stayed at a Holiday Inn Express… jk on that last one. I have no real idea how to market well or establish an online presence. Social media, to me, is being…
My New Counseling Technique
Ministry has been trying lately. Lots of people with lots of need plus other work to be done equals a very tired me. I love what I do but at times it can be hard. It can be, at times, very frustrating too. I get frustrated the most when people deal poorly with decisions in…
Creativity and Domain
I am currently reading “Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Creativity talks about creativity in an interesting way by making an effort to understand the mysterious process by which people come up with new ideas. He has gathered information from over 90 successfully creative people from diverse subject areas…
Thankful for a Thankless Job
I was talking about jobs with a man the other day. He said he had to work for 22 years in the same industry to finally get the position he had always wanted in that industry. We talked quite a about the privilege of doing what you love as a job/career. My good buddy Josh…
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
How do we as youth workers train others how to do discipleship? Do we talk about it? Do we teach it in a large group setting? Are we making disciples in a way that teaches them how to make disciples? I have thought a lot about this the last two days. I recently attended “Live…
Ordinary Life?
…you cannot live out God’s plan B for your life…