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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Knowlege Sharing

People often talk about the internet as the great democratizing of information. But not only is a great place to go and grab information it is a great place to go and teach. I spend lots of time messing around with tutorials. I...

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History

I have been watching “America: The Story of Us” tonight. I was fascinated when they started talking about Sears and how he basically came up with the idea of a mail order business. The world we live in now, the wo...

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Social Justice

If you have been following my life for a while through this blog you will know that this idea of being more involved in elevating suffering in the world is something that I have been wrestling with for the past few years. The m...

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GPS State

Has anyone else seen this commercial? There is a mother in a mall with her tween age daughter. They are saying goodbye and the daughter is walking off down the escalator to another part of the mall. The voice over says somethin...

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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.

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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.

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