Increase / Decrease

Last week I watched the “Ax Men” TV show for the first time. Its a reality show that tags along with loggers and tree climbers. I was a professional tree climber for several years, so watching the show brought back a lot of memories. What stood out to me was the risk I put myself […]

Mud Run

Our obstacles started even before we arrived at the course yesterday. At 6:30 am, I started the bus and performed a safety walk around, and discovered that none of the running lights were working. Zach and I checked fuses and a few other potential quick fixes, but no luck. So we went to plan B […]

Housekeeping

We used last night’s meeting to review goals, assign tasks, and discuss the weekly format of Youth. Summary of topics are listed below. 2019 Goals. Anna read the guiding text for this year “Train yourself in godliness, for while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both […]

Empty Bus

Last night at Youth you helped me prepare the sermon for September 8. I won’t reveal the content of our discussions on this post — that way the sermon won’t feel like a rerun to those who follow along with us through this blog. Instead, I’ll tell you that I really missed you on Saturday. […]

Offering

Our church service during the spiritual retreat included taking an offering. However, unlike a typical offering, money was not allowed as an acceptable offering. The Youth were challenged to offer God something more costly than money. You can always make more money, but the life you’ll lead this week is unique and you’ll never have […]

Retreat

Pictures from the retreat! Many of the Youth went on a spiritual retreat this past weekend at my parents home in southern Indiana. What the pictures don’t show is what we did the majority of the time – study and discuss how God made each of us unique and how we can utilize our uniqueness […]

School Goals

Its not enough to just “go to school”, as Christians we have a much higher calling. We are to do everything for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31), and with the attitude of working for the Lord (Colossians 3:23). With this in mind, you set some goals for yourselves for this school year. Academic […]

3/4

Because the Bible is separated into the Old and New Testaments, our minds often assume the two parts are equal in length. That’s not the case – open your Bible to Matthew 1 and you’ll quickly realize that about 3/4 of the Bible is the Old Testament. 3/4 of everything God wants to say to […]

Bible Basics

Last night at Youth we explored how the Bible was put together – here’s an outline of the topics covered. The Bible was written over the course of about 1,500 years, many scholars give the timeframe of 1400 BC to 90 AD. Some extend the time period to nearly 2,000 years. The Bible is in […]

Truth

I have a long commute to work, this allows long periods of thinking, praying, reflecting, or just time to listen to the radio. My taste in music is varied, so none of my presets repeat the same music genre – and music genres I can’t find on the radio are stored on my phone – […]

Drive In

No lesson, no Bible reading, no prayer, no study, no sharing of deep thoughts / concerns. Just enjoying life and time together – which deepens relationships, which leads to better lessons, Bible reading, prayer, study and sharing of deep thoughts / concerns as a group. Thanks for being a group that invests in each other […]