Over the past couple years I have given more attention to the social, religions and political realities of present day Israel. Both Israel and Palestine have experienced so much fear, brokenness and anger. I can’t imagine living and raising my children in such a hostile climate that so often seems to be on the brink …
Category Archives: Youth Ministry
Youth Specialities and Israel
The count down is on! Janny and I will be flying to Israel on June 9th and spending over a month studying at Jerusalem University College. We will be staying just off campus in married housing, which is about 1/2 block from the Wailing Wall. It has been incredible seeing this fall into place and …
Sorrow, Suffering and the Story of God
This past Sunday I had the opportunity to share among our former church family at Harbor Chapel Community Church. Janny and I hadn’t been there for a service since we completed our time on staff there almost a year and half ago. It was super fun to catch up with so many people that we …
It Has a Name!
The publishing crew and myself have finally finalized the name for my book: Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling: Creating Fictional Stories that Illuminate the Message of Jesus Thoughts? Because maybe by “finalized” it means I could still propose to get it changed…or maybe not, only one way to find out. The release date has …
Book Review: The Forgotten Ways
Alan Hirsch has been one of the most shaping authors in my exploration and challenge to embody the church. I can remember having my ecclesial (study of the church) bubble burst into pieces when I first read his and Michael Frosts work, The Shaping of Things to Come about 5 years ago. The Forgotten Ways …