In my few short years in ministry, I’ve been blessed to work with churches in different phases of growth, life, and community. I’ve served as a small part of a staff at a church of 1,800, and been the only paid staff member at a brand new church plant, and seen the in-between as well. Across the board, I’ve seen that the greatest challenge for churches, no matter what their individual situation, is figuring out how to...

At the moment, I’m sitting in Panera enjoying some coffee and typing on my blog, because I’m told that’s what 8 out of 10 “hip young youth pastors” do in their free time. Got a new Sony HD video camera today, and I’m pretty excited about it. I went ahead and bought one today because there are a bunch of things happening at FCC that I’m pretty excited about, and I want to not only be able to remember...

At RSM, we’re in the middle of a teaching series in our Wednesday night program (it’s called Oasis, and if you’re a Jr/Sr High student looking for a place to hang out on a Wednesday night at, say, 7pm, you should come check it out!) about the church. I never realized how much I really am passionate about this until we started into this a couple weeks ago. I get that it’s important to be “at church” but...