That’s the title of this chapter of my life. They asked us in the closing session of the Youth Specialties conference to give a title to this chapter of our lives. I felt like this is what I was learning at the conference. I have wanted a lot of things lately - opportunities, possessions, Angels [...]

Sunday was more of a day of relaxation for us than intense seminar attendance. It felt good because Sunday is usually such an intense day of work for us in the church. Plus, Mike Yaconelli, Marko, and Tic have always encouraged us to ditch sessions and make sure we leave refreshed. So we skipped the [...]

I was thinking about what I said at the end of my last post. I said that in the past half the speakers were boring, but this year they have been really good. I was trying to say a positive thing, but I think it was actually negative. I have a problem with doing this [...]

I forgot to say how amazing this band called Family Force 5 was. Both awesome, hilarious, and mind-blowing at the same time.Also, Phil Wickham was unbelievable. I loved his short set. He has the most haunting, beautiful voice and I love his lyrical complexity. I have always known and listened to some Wickham, but this [...]

I cried today. I cried hard. God was working through Francis Chan today. Here are some highlights from the General Session with Francis Chan. I have no control over any kids and their hearts and it sucks because I’m a control freak. Do I really say everything Jesus tells me to say? If all I had was the [...]

Here is the report from Friday. This has been my first wi-fi accessibility. We got here at 10am and the first session I went to was Jim Burns on Teaching Kids Lasting Values and Morals. I have known Jim forever and had all three of his girls go through my JH group, but I thought it [...]

It’s before 6am and I’m already showered because I have to finish packing, make breakfast for Grace, tidy the house a bit, drop Ella off at a friends, and take Grace to school before meeting up with our team at 7:30am. Please be praying for my wife, Bea, this weekend. She has two kids who [...]

We don’t leave until early Friday morning since we aren’t doing any Critical Concerns and we only live about an hour or so away from the convention center. We are taking 10 people total to the convention. I printed out the list of sessions ahead of time so people can start thinking about what they [...]

Today is Tuesday night and the YS conference is in a few days. I’m looking forward to going and spending a few days getting motivated, spiritually refreshed, educated, and to bond with our team. It’s always a great time. I’m looking forward to worshiping with Desperation Band. I’ve heard a lot of good things about [...]

We finally registered our team for the Youth Specialties National Youthworkers Convention yesterday. We are taking ten people from our team. It’s always fun to have a bit of a crew at YS - talking about sessions during meals, playing video games in the hotel room until 3am, doing mischievous things, and just bonding. The first [...]