Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 4:15PM What are you doing in your student ministry to help mend hurting teenagers? Watch this video from Creed and read the stats as they come across the screen. I have the stats sources available and will send send them to you as a .pdf...just shoot me an email.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:20AM Support for abortion has continued to decrease in America. I believe that this in part is due to the advancement of technology we have made. When my wife was pregnant with our first child, I was amazed at the 3-D, 4-D Ultrasound that we were able to have done. We saw little Sofie smile, move her hands, and listened to her heart beat - and when she finally emerged from the womb - it was identical to the imagery we saw. Breathtaking.
Now that the Lord has provided this technology for us to use, the church must use it! I regret, that a baby lost its life in the process - but I am grateful that it was captured on video. This little babies loss of life will even bring glory to God and will rescue many babies in the womb. Thank you Jesus for the precious gift of life. When we lost our first child in miscarriage, God was glorified in that hearts were drawn to the Lord through our testimony of God's faithfulness to us. If God can use a miscarriage, He can use this video. The full article can be read here.
Below is our video of our first born in the womb: No music - just preciousness!
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 11:09AM When it comes to frustrating, exhausting days in student ministry I have been there. I have been underpaid, not paid, overworked, dealt with high expectations, low expectations, small budgets, ungodly volunteers, sinful staff members, no leadership, micro-managers, and struggled with sin myself. I have gone through bouts of depression, spiritual droughts, tension in marriage, doubt, emptiness, and loneliness in ministry. I have been gossiped about, lied about, discouraged, laughed at, and stabbed in the back. I have lost friends, gained friends, hurt friends, and loved friends. I have struggled with the balance between ministry time and family time. Everybody in ministry can identify with Paul's hardships to some extent:
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:19PM Nothing is cooler than letting your students lead your outreach night. I am blessed with a very talented collection of psychotic and amazing students, who lead within our student minsitry. Sure - its a little rough - but it smooths out and they do an amazing job glorifying the Lord. They operated the cameras, MediaShout, and ran the night except when I interupted them: