Have you ever had a weekend that is good and tough all rolled into one? We sure did! Our trek to Arkansas to see Greg’s family got off to a tough start. In our excitement to make the sixteen hour trip go as fast as possible, we woke up bright and early Wednesday morning at…
I found an article tonight on the internet about the teen smash-hit movie “Twilight”. I encourage you read it at youthministry.com. I was introduced to “Twilight” last year when my 16 year old son devoured all four 500+ page books in a matter of a couple of weeks. What could possibly be that interesting? Since…
This is an article my brother Rob wrote for a site called “Hot Tips for Small Churches” found at Small Church Pastor.Ideas that work in a smaller church Rob & Jen Martin pastor the Vineyard Church inLawrence. Recently some volunteers from alocal bar helped their church in an outreach tothe community.We stumbled onto a Servant…
“Mom, you are jiggling! Why are you so happy?” Madi was concerned because I was really enjoying the worship song on the radio and she was afraid that the boy at the bus stop might see me! Today, I just feel thankful. No particular reason; just very, very thankful. God is so good! As we…
“…God takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.” Romans 2:4 My passion is the next generation. I love teens and enjoy investing in their lives. It is with this heart that I am partnering with Proverbs 31 Ministries to begin a new outreach in the Radical Revolution division…
We are on chapter 9 of He Speaks to Me. Priscilla has some really great thoughts in this chapter. “Isn’t our God amazing? He knows that we are weak in ourselves, so He supplies us with all the power we need. He gives the power supplied by the Spirit, the energy to get up and…