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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Columbine

For my Goal Line Stand study I wanted to talk about the students who took a stand at Columbine. I couldn’t remember how to spell Cassie’s last name so I went looking online and was shocked to find many stories talki...

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Velvet Elvis

Some of my thoughts of late have been colored by the book Velvet Elvis. It is by Rob Bell the guy from Mars Hill Church. The post I made a while back about questions was a direct result of this book, and I can’t believe I...

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Actually Reading a Book

I started reading Donald Miller’s new book “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” this week and as soon as I started reading I found myself revitalized. It was then that I realized that I haven’t actually...

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Kindle Reader

I’m not really interested in owning a Kindle. I have lots of gadgets and packing up for an overnight trip already consists of carrying a whole bunch of cords and cases. But I did pick up the Kindle Reader for my iPod touc...

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The Kite Runner

Wow, lots of stuff to write about tonight. I finished an Audio Book today! There is always a whole lot of excitement and sadness when I finish a book. I love to get to the end of the story, but with an audio book you have spent...

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About Me

I don’t have all of the answers and some weeks it feels like I don’t have any of the answers. I forget students names sometimes and say stupid things that hurt their feelings. I often find a good word picture or object lesson and build the lesson off of that instead of the other way around. I have put the finishing touches on a Wednesday night Bible study on Wednesday more times than I can count. I don’t always pray as much as I should and I never study as much as I should. I try every new youth ministry model that comes from the “experts” and I have had at least 3 mission statements over the past 5 years.

But I love students ministry. I love watching teenagers as they serve God. I love to see them worship and forget about themselves for a while. I love seeing someone wake up to the love of God if only for a little while. I love to see them out serving their community and sharing the love of Christ with others. I love to be a part of their lives and I love seeing the world through their eyes. Like I said, I’m an average youth pastor.

About Nailscars.com

For over 10 years now I have been trying to add creative ideas for use in the local church. In the early days Nailscars.com was just a place to publish some scripts, but it has become a collection of creative ministry resources for youth ministry and worship.

I began writing a blog more to process my own thoughts more than anything else. As I started writing the comments that I got back from people amazed me. As I was honest with my struggles most of them would write and say “Thank you.” “It is just nice to know someone else struggles with these same things,” was a common response.

So this has become a place where I share the struggles and successes of being in youth ministry. I hope that you find something that God can use in your life and ministry.

Columbine

Velvet Elvis

Actually Reading a Book

Kindle Reader

The Kite Runner

About Me

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