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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Baby Report

There really hasn’t been much more that is interesting enough to write about. Meredith and I are spending our days just looking at him and learning how to take care of him. He is a pretty mellow baby, and sort of just sit...

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Too Old for Pool Halls

The guys who make up our youth praise band have all graduated now and are taking classes at our local community college. Recently they have become a band outside of church. They play a mix of covers and their own hard rock stuf...

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I love his joy

The older Nathan gets the more I learn about worship and God’s relationship with us through it. Today Meredith promised Nathan a “treat”. He went crazy for it, saying “treat, treat, treat,” over an...

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Being a Tank

Do you play WoW? If you don’t even know what those letters mean then this post may not work for you. I sort of pride myself in being able to explain things to people who aren’t interested in them, but honestly this ...

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Lifeway Link

As you know I love to look at who is linking to Nailscars.com. Well this week it is LifeWay. In the "extra" for the adult Sunday school lessons for next week there is a link to the "Thanks for Choosing Me" r...

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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.

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Too Old for Pool Halls

I love his joy

Being a Tank

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