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TWO YEARS
Two years ago I was preparing my last message for a student ministry that I loved. We were living in Lexington, KY walking through a difficult experience of broken leadership. I remember speaking to that group of students sharing with them about how pain is a part of our world and how God invites us…
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The VG Adventure Continues
One of the things that we have loved about our life, is that we have gotten the opportunity to meet hundreds of different people from all over the country and for the most part it has felt like an unbelievable adventure. We have loved getting to know people and have built lifelong memories with dozens…
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It’s Not Too Late
Recently I was travelling and our flight arrived later than was scheduled and our already tight layover was heart racing, pit in the stomach late. With agony we waited in the plane as the people in front of us slowly collected their bags, their water bottles, and their overhead carry on bags. We finally…
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The Problem with Good Intentions
One of my strengths in my life is to have good intentions. It is easy for me to want to do good things in and through my life. I have good intentions to exercise more, to read more, to do yard work, and to volunteer more in the community. When I think of a good…
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Why Student Ministry is not Behavior Modification
Starting out as a youth pastor I was surprised by the number of parents, who I had never met, who would call me or worse yet drag their teenager to me on a Sunday morning in between services and tell me, my kid is making poor choices, if they come to youth group tonight can…
