Archive for March, 2009

little storms and BIG STORMS

Posted: March 30, 2009 by youthinthecorner in Leadership

I am not claiming to have prophetic dreams.  However, the other night I had a dream that woke me up a bit shaken.  I was outside in my back yard with my girls and a large storm came in.  In the distance I saw 4 small tornadoes dropping down.  In an effort to protect my [...]

Many Hats – Associate Pastor

Posted: March 13, 2009 by youthinthecorner in Leadership

I am not an easy follower.  I have a hard time with authority.  It is not natural for me to follow.  I have heard the sermons and read the books on spiritual authority and I get it in my head but like so many things, it has a tough time dropping 12 inches into my [...]

Many Hats

Posted: March 8, 2009 by youthinthecorner in Leadership

I am beginning a new series of blogs describing the many hats I wear as a youth pastor.  I am doing this for a few reasons…some cathartic others to encourage ministers that have to do so much with a finite amount of time.  As we unpack this hopefully it will help us honor God with [...]

Collide

Posted: March 6, 2009 by youthinthecorner in Alive Worship Experiences

Collide is a once a month combined service that focuses on creative prayer and worship.  If you have never seen 275 students worshiping God with intensity then you really are missing out.  The theme of the night was Forgiveness.  We had a forgiveness wall where students wrote the “stuff” that is on their heart.  We [...]

4 years ago…

Posted: March 2, 2009 by youthinthecorner in Alive Worship Experiences, Pointe North Life

Pastor Cal called me into his office and offered me the job of youth pastor for Pointe North Church.  I thought I was out of youth ministry and I thought I was on to other things, yet here I was in an office and Cal making a compelling sales pitch (as only he can).  He [...]