Homosexuality

If you are a regular reader of this blog you may know that I have struggled with how to address homosexuality as a youth pastor for a while now. It is something that I believe the Bible calls a sin, and as such is something tha...

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Boycotting Starbucks

Read a good article the other day about whether or not we should boycott Starbucks for offering same sex benefits (or some other reason that Christians like to boycott about). Here is my favorite quote: We won’t win this argu...

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We’re All Born This Way

In case you can’t tell since my return I have been struggling with the issue of how the church handles homosexuality, and how our attitudes and actions do more to drive people away from the church than to help people find...

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Is it the Word Marriage?

I have been following the whole “gay marriage” thing for a while now and like I have said before I can’t figure out why Christians are so vocal against it. I mean I guess they feel like they need to be against...

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Gay Marriage Take 2

I was just going to write this as a comment at on the other post, but it got long so I brought it up to a full post. What I think many Christians forget is that there are real people with real emotions who want to be married. T...

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About Continuum

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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.

Homosexuality

Boycotting Starbucks

We’re All Born This Way

Is it the Word Marriage?

Gay Marriage Take 2

About Continuum

About Me

About Nailscars.com

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