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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Understanding Atheists

I think I finally understand what atheists feel like when they are talking to Christians. There is a new craze at my church you may have seen it they are called Power Balance Bands. If you haven’t seen them they are rubbe...

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Obey the Sign that I’m Not Obeying

Bear with me because this story is going some where I promise. I live near our local elementary school. They have tried many times to get the drop off/pick up line managed, but there are just lots of cars that need to be moved ...

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Question from Camp

7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.9This is how God showed his love among us:...

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Dive

I was playing ultimate Frisbee tonight at our church picnic. There were lots of people there who had never played before, but it was a fun, competitive game. The game was tied 5 to 5 and I was running as much as a big guy like ...

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Metamorphosis

My son and I took a trip to Callaway Gardens today with our senior adult group. One of the highlights of the trip (cause really how often can you get excited about yet another azalea bush) was watching butterflies actually emer...

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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.

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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.

Understanding Atheists

Obey the Sign that I’m Not Obeying

Question from Camp

Dive

Metamorphosis

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