Month: October 2014
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The Heart & The Soul
May 25, exactly 6 months to the day from my brother’s death, I found myself in the hospital for the first overnight stay since I was born. I was in Atrial Fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that began with some palpitations. I had heart palpitations before, but this time it left me with this weird beat. …
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The Tough Question
I recently had the opportunity to speak at Sunset Church in San Francisco. They asked me to come do a youth leaders training conference all day Saturday as well as speak to the youth group on Friday night and preach on Sunday morning. It was a very full weekend and a very rewarding weekend. The…
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Youth group made easy! (Well, a bit easier)
My friend Ken Moser posted this recently on his blog. Here is Ken’s list of “things you must do to make your year of youth group a bit easier:” Work with those kids onside; these are probably the “church kids.” They are your base. As I have said many times in the past, your greatest…
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When OT stories meet modern times
This weekend we had the most amazing teaching! It was Mondo, our annual middle school fall retreat and the speaker really nailed the subject. We wanted teens to gain a better understanding of what is going on in the world regarding the persecution of Christians and to see that God is sovereign and looks after…
