Day 1…

At youth specialties…what should I buy? Also got a chance to help set up a prayer room…it’s very cool and should be a great escape to be with the Lord…to pray…and to rest.

My friend…

If you are in youth ministry or ministry in general you will appreciate my pain. I remember being in a small group of youth pastors that met once a month in my early days of youth ministry. This group was the place I dumped. A place where I poured my heart out. A place [...]

I am now ROBO COP!

I had to find out. Thanks Marko and thanks cyborg name generator…

A preaching funny…

I know I’m a bit behind on this. Have no doubt it’s floating around the net. Read about it here and here. You can view this preaching moment here. I’m still laughing. Waiting for my day to descend upon me. The day I spew…and make the word come alive… with laughter…literally.

Success…numbers…youth ministry…

My friend Andrew is right on!
How do you measure your success?
I don’t. Seriously. Or, I try not to. The reality is that no matter how hard you try there WILL ALWAYS be people in your church who need NUMBERS. Oh, how I hate numbers. If you refer to my PH of YM (philosophy of [...]

Mission minded…

If you’d like to hear a portion of Elder Rick Ufford-Chase’s message to a group of students this afternoon listen here and listen to some of the worship here. I really enjoyed what he had to say to the youth regarding mission. After hearing him at our presbytery meeting yesterday and listening to him speak [...]

where like minds think alike…

5 days until the National Youth Workers Convention. Haven’t been for almost ten years. I’m actually jazzed. All I remember from the last one was that it was a time to chill. Relax. Worship. Pray. Listen. Watch. Laugh. Cry. Think. Study. Read. Eat. Pray some more and be FED! And the cool thing is…it’s [...]

Can’t imagine…

(I will never complain about traffic again) Hurricane Rita needs to chill out! I’m reminded though by my friend Steve that God does not have anything to answer for when it comes to his creation. Steve is absolutely right…but my heart still breaks knowing that there are thousands who hurt because of the destruction [...]

A note from Toby…

Some of you might remember a couple of posts here and here regarding Pastor Nelson and his work with FEMA as a chaplain in New Orleans after Katrina. Here’s a note I received in an email about a report that should be on CNN this evening;
CNN did an interview with me that will be [...]

Girl Power!!!

Sacramento has a WNBA basketball championship! Meet the real KINGS! Go MONARCHS!