My desk is a disaster. It’s covered mostly with sticky notes and papers that need filing or trashed. Which made me wonder, what would it take to create a better work space for myself?
The last thing you need is a personal relationship with Jesus.
If by personal, you mean private, or personalized… then the last thing you need is a personal relationship with Jesus. But what we all need is the opportunity to try on things a size too big, stomp around in them, and get a feel for what they’re like.
Why great service isn’t good enough.
Just like serving bad food with a smile isn’t the mission of [most] restaurants, simply providing great service isn’t our mission either. Sure, it supports our mission. It helps us accomplish our mission. But it’s not our mission.
Review: Youth Ministry in a Post-Christian World
This is, without a doubt the best book on youth ministry I’ve read in over a decade.
A really, really compelling reason to say YES.
We ask them for ideas, inspire them to dream, tell them Jesus wants to do something amazing through them… and then tell them no way. It costs too much. It’s too hard. It’s not fun for me. I’m busy. I’m tired. Maybe next year.