because I should be here right now.I really should be at home with my family, but there is something in me that is missing being up at Hume Lake Christian Camp with all the Jr High staff and students. I pray that God is blessing their time and transforming their lives in incredible ways for [...]
Last week I spent Monday through Thursday up at Hume Lake with a bunch of our team. This was for the best youth ministry conference ever. They have great speakers, great worship, it costs about $140 for everything (conference, room, food), the food is good, and there are only about 150 people coming that get [...]
Africa, Calvary, Camps, Church, Family, Food, Missions, Speaking, Youth Ministry
So I left on Friday afternoon for our church’s Men’s Retreat. It was a Wild at Heart theme with a couple people from John Eldredge’s team coming to do the speaking - one of which is Bart Hansen who is a member/former elder of our church. It was pretty cool actually. I usually think the [...]
Did you see this crazy article of a Joshua Institute kid suing Hume after being assaulted by his roommate who sounds a bit obsessed with demons, spiritual warfare, and swords?? This is sad. Hume is an awesome place and it’s a bummer if some crazy kid is hurting their reputation. It will be interesting to [...]
Anti-Christ, Bono, Calvary, Camps, Favorites, Funny, Issues, Life, Living Simply, Questions, U2, Youth Ministry
- Who will my church pick for a consultant?- Am I really supposed to accept my sin and that will help?- How many people in Los Angeles will die from the nuclear bomb that exploded on 24 and will Jack Bauer and the rest of CTU get radiation diseases?- What will I post about on [...]
(please make sure you read disclaimer at bottom before leaving page) Positives of Camping Ministry:Away from distractions and some temptationsFocus on God in natureTime for relational ministryAwesome camp staff who love students and care for the youth pastorsQuality time for worshipFun Negatives of Camping Ministry:So much focus on “hooking up” by kidsAnnoying 19-year-old camp lead counselors that [...]
Well I just got back from the weekend speaking at Alpine for their Jr High Winter Camp Week 1. Overall, it was a good time. The speaking seemed to go well. It was fun playing in the snow with Grace and hanging out with Bea. The band were some cool guys from all over Orange [...]
I’m headed up to Alpine this afternoon and I hope to do some observing for my thoughts on “camp as manipulation” post. Maybe this could be a dissertation topic. I’m sure it would ruffle some feathers. I don’t suggest this stuff to be mean or hurtful to people in camping ministry. I’m as guilty of [...]
We just watched the movie Invincible and I loved it. I love football movies and true stories are always cool. This was a nice bit of entertainment for the evening. Then we played a little MarioKart on the GameCube I “bought Bea” for Christmas. You like that? I spent the morning working on talks for [...]
