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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Introducing the new Nailscars.com (sort of)

Nailscars.com is back up and running better than ever. Nearly every permanent page* has permanent text on it, and I think I finally have the layout, categories, and navigation all worked out. There are a few things from the old...

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Getting Down the Bones

I think that the basic structure of the new site is set. There are a few more tweaks that I want to make, but the bones are in place. Now I am trying to get all of the static content added. This is a process that would go much ...

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Pardon our Progress

Nailscars.com is currently undergoing some major changes. While those changes are taking place (over the course of the next several days) the site will be live, but not very user friendly. There are some major changes coming as...

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The Wave is Over

There is always a big wave of hits around Christmas time here on Nailscars.com. But as normally happens those hits sort of taper off as we approach the actual holiday. Most people have either found a creative idea to use for th...

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Bulletin Redesign

I am working on a redesign of our church bulletin. We are moving from a weekly to a monthly so instead of just moving the stuff around I thought I would look at coming up with a new design. I have been “working” on ...

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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.

Introducing the new Nailscars.com (sort of)

Getting Down the Bones

Pardon our Progress

The Wave is Over

Bulletin Redesign

About Me

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