Tag Archives: movement

Ants In the Pants

“You look like you’ve got ants in your pants!” was the cry of the school teacher. She, luckily, wasn’t talking to me, but one of my classmates. No matter what this young man tried to do, he could just not sit still. He was constantly talking, fidgeting, making noise, getting up and walking around theContinue reading “Ants In the Pants”

Glass Half Empty

In my high school years, I had many experiences of terror – asking girls to banquets, trying out for varsity sports, taking the ACT exam, and many other such lovely rights-of-passage. I also had the pleasure of competing with my class in an annual football bowl game. The Freshman boys would play the Sophomore boysContinue reading “Glass Half Empty”

The Path

I’ve heard it said that our Christian life is “a journey.” Often times, it is said in the context of walking on the path that God is leading us down. However, I think we sometimes trivialize this concept too much. Yes, we should walk on God’s path. But, how do we know what the pathContinue reading “The Path”

Stop the Pain

Working primarily with teens and young adults for the past five years, something has haunted me. No, I’m not talking about Casper the Ghost, it’s a notion, a thought, a question, that has been at the forefront of my mind. It is something that I’ve wrestled with understanding, and I’ve prayed about countless times. TheContinue reading “Stop the Pain”

Why Pastors Should Say No to You

It’s been a long journey for me.  It’s been nearly five years since God called me in to ministry. I have to say, heading into this new calling in my life, I had a pretty strong concept of what being a pastor required. The conceptual ideas of what a pastor was supposed to do wereContinue reading “Why Pastors Should Say No to You”