By Len on Feb 6, 2010 in General | 2 Comments
Ed Young Jr. of Fellowship Church is in the news for all the wrong reasons.
I was in seminary when there were rumbles of cool and “God things” happening in Grapevine at a new church plant by Ed Young’s son. Ed Young Jr. and Fellowship Church have almost always been in the news; whether it was [...]
By Len on Jan 24, 2010 in General, NNYM | 1 Comment
Along with everyone else in youth ministry world, I’m thrilled that Tic is back with Youth Specialties.
Tic shared his own thoughts and many others (Tony Jones, Mike King, Marko, Wayne Rice, Walt Mueller, & Karla Yaconelli) have too, so I just wanted to share my experience with Tic and why I’m so thrilled that he’s [...]
By Len on Jan 22, 2010 in General | 0 Comments
There are things about my job with the National Network of Youth Ministries that blow me away.
One of them, and you’d think it wouldn’t but it does, is when people tell me they pray for me every day.
I have a prayer team and I send them prayer updates so they can pray for specific things [...]
By Len on Jan 5, 2010 in General, NNYM, Prayer Updates | 2 Comments
My big goal for 2010 is to find and discern who God is preparing for each of these 9 areas.
My job is overwhelming.
Can one person really care for youth workers across Texas and New Mexico? No, but one person can work with many other people and lead them to ensure systems and strategies are in [...]
By Len on Jan 4, 2010 in General, Youth Ministry | 0 Comments
I live in Lubbock, TX and over the three years we’ve lived here, we drank the kool-aid and become fans of Texas Tech athletics and Mike Leach. Over this last week, Texas Tech and Leach have been national news for all the wrong reasons. A squabble that probably could have been settled, if everyone had [...]
By Len on Dec 29, 2009 in General | 1 Comment
I joke with friends about how much I loved my dam job before I took my last church job. In case you don’t get the reference; I worked for an industrial construction crew that repaired a dam in Three Rivers, TX, therefore it was and will forever be referred to as my dam job.
It wasn’t [...]
By Len on Dec 24, 2009 in General | 0 Comments
This picture was taken from my office when YS ran a Crazy Youth Worker Office Contest, or something like that. What is obvious is that I still have plastic army men and their kin, what isn’t obvious is that when I have the time, like Christmas break, I custom make them.
The ones I’ve [...]
By Len on Dec 18, 2009 in General | 0 Comments
I met with a youth pastor this week and it was a great time of getting to know each other, hearing how God has worked in his life to this point and looking forward to our friendship growing deeper. As we were wrapping up our time together he mentioned wanting to be published and asked [...]
By Len on Dec 13, 2009 in General, NNYM | 0 Comments
I’ve shared in a variety of places that our overall budget needs for my work with the National Network of Youth Ministries is $6K a month. Last month I shared my $10 = 25% idea. So far, 10 people have said they want to give $10 a month, only 140 more to go, woo hoo!
A [...]
By Len on Dec 12, 2009 in General | 0 Comments
Thursday was the last lunch for the Lubbock Youth Pastors Network in 2009.
In some ways, for me, it was a very typical meeting. We gather, introduce ourselves, have lunch, talk and pray. Yet while a normal meeting, for me, it triggered something new that’s hard for me to label, but I’m going to try.
We [...]
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