When Life Hands You Lemons, God Can Give You Water & Sugar

A few weeks ago, I found out that Young Life was pulling the plug on Amsterdam. At first I was extremely frustrated. All that work over the past year seemed like it was wasted. The rest of the day was spent praying about what now. Throughout the day though, God reminded me that He called …

Connecting With Families And Youth

My last post focused on why family ministry is important. Rather than just tell you why family ministry is important, I thought it'd be helpful to share a few ways I found building relationships with families easy. If you have any ways you've found to be handy at building relationships with families, please share them in …

Why Family Ministry

Youth and children's ministry is great. Don't get me wrong. I love working with youth and my undergrad was in youth ministry. However, I did youth ministry with a concentration in family ministry. Early in life I learned that it was important not to just minister to the kids in a family but to reach out …

Culture Shock!

You Ordered What!? I remember it like it was yesterday, despite being over three years ago. It was the first time it hit me that I was doing ministry in a completely different culture than what I was used to. I had just landed a few days before and was somewhat still jet lagged. The …