Last Friday, my family and I headed for Branson, MO. If you have never been to Branson, it is like the entertainment capital of the world. There are shows, galleries, shops galore and great eating. Anyway, every summer right before the beginning of our hectic summer calendar, my wife insits we take a couple of [...]

The Secret

Have any of you heard of “The Secret?” I began watching the DVD the other night, and well the basic premise is this notion of the Law of Attraction, that if you believe something good, or have positive thoughts your life will reap positive things. The appeal, or at least the ploy of the book/DVD [...]

The Core Realites of Youth Ministry

This is a must read book by Mile Yaconelli about the Core Realites of Youth Ministry.
For those of you that don’t know the Core Foundation and the Core Realities are:
1. Core Foundation: The Bible

Biblical truth is God breathed (2 Tim. 3:16)
Biblical truth is a mystery (Eph. 6:19)
Biblical truth is a story
Biblical truth is alive (Heb. 4:12)
Biblical [...]

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church-goer or christian?

I saw this video over at Trey Morgan’s site and thought it to good not to share with you here:

defining your core

About a year ago in a grad class at LCU, actually it was a youth ministry class, we discussed a lot of theology. Interesting concept, that theology and youth ministry go hand in hand. One of the questions we considered was what our core beliefs were.
For instance, imagine a circle, what is in the center? [...]

2 Thessalonians 1:3, we read these words, “we ought to always thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love everyone of you has for each other is increasing.”
Can that be said of your church? Could it be said of you? I think this morning, [...]

Transactional Analysis and Leadership

In the previous post, I mentioned a TA workshop I had the privilege of sitting through with Dr. Ray Quiet. Dr. Quiet taught at Southeastern in Ada, OK for some 38 years and is now in private practice. I thought his two sessions with our congregation were great.
He began his TA workshop and leadership with [...]

Transactional Analysis

I sat through a parent and leadership seminar this past weekend with Dr. Ray Quiet. The premise of the seminar dealt with Transactional Analysis. TA is the idea that all of us have three ego states, the Parent, The Adult and the Inner Child
The parent ego: incorporated from our parents, coaches, etc.. This part of our [...]

It ain’t the Atkins diet

A little over a year ago, I weighed around 220 lbs. I was uncomfortable, had no energy and well, extremely inactive. Today, I have lost nearly 40 pounds and have a little more to go.
What is the key to losing weight? (Discipline)
D-Diet. Eat 5-6 times a day. Low fat meals, high protein. Carbs are not [...]