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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

I say Merry Holidays

I have been hearing about this war that is on Christmas. I am not much of a Fox News watcher so it has taken me a while to get involved in this war. Lately I have been around Christians who are all up in arms about how “t...

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A Gift of Giving

Yesterday I wrote about a new kind of gift, a gift that lets the person who receives the gifts give it away to help someone else. I got a little inspired and put together a .pdf of a card that you can use if you want to give th...

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A Gift in Your Honor

As Christmas approaches rapidly you can’t help but think about all of the consumerism that we see. Often I think that it would be better just to give something to charity instead of giving someone another piece of crap th...

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The Glory of God

If we have to sell heaven as anything other than being in the presence of God we have no concept of how great God really is.

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Wii Bowling and following God

Nathan (my 3 year old) has suddenly gotten addicted to Wii Sports Resort, more specifically to the bowling game. He has learned that he has to aim his shot before he throws, but he isn’t quite sure where to aim most of th...

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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.

I say Merry Holidays

A Gift of Giving

A Gift in Your Honor

The Glory of God

Wii Bowling and following God

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