By Len on Oct 23, 2011 in General | 0 Comments
It’s strange to write a short bio about yourself, if you haven’t had to do one, try. Here’s the latest one that I wrote for an upcoming youth ministry book, that I have a chapter in: Len is a youth ministry activist who oversees Texas and New Mexico for the National Network of Youth Ministries, [...]
By Len on Oct 17, 2011 in General | 0 Comments
Dear Lord, Give us the teenagers that we may lead them to Thee. Our hearts ache for the millions of young people who remain untouched by the Gospel and for the tragically large proportion of those who have dropped by the wayside and find themselves without spiritual guidance. Help us to give them a chance, [...]
By Len on Aug 15, 2011 in General, Youth Ministry | 3 Comments
You never can tell when you might be meeting a future boss. So it’s important to always be yourself and to guard your character. You might lose a job because of some snide comment about a mutual friend or someone they don’t even know. I met Doug Clark, my boss with the National Network of Youth [...]
By Len on Aug 15, 2011 in General | 0 Comments
Quick update to all of our praying friends: Family Stuff: Tonja is now working for Lubbock ISD as a library assistant, splitting her time between two junior highs. As a bibliophile, she’s ecstatic! Taylor will be a Junior at Lubbock High and will be driving soon. (Lots of prayers for that one) Sarabeth is going [...]
By Len on May 12, 2011 in General | 0 Comments
I started being a hospice chaplain a couple of months ago. I tell people all the time; it’s not easy but it’s very rewarding and it’s an honor to walk with people and their families as they face death. I think every Christian needs to be a hospice chaplain. Okay, they don’t need to be [...]
By Len on Apr 4, 2011 in General | 0 Comments
Please pray for the We Love Our Youth Worker USA group that is meeting in Washington, DC today and tomorrow. We Love Our Youth Worker started in the UK. Marv Penner is coordinating the Canadian version and the US version was introduced at the National Youth Workers Convention last year but will officially launch this [...]
By Len on Mar 28, 2011 in General | 0 Comments
Aug. 4, 1983 – Robin Venture challenges a 6’2″ cattle rancher to a fight in the middle of a baseball game and learns the meaning of “Don’t Mess with Big Tex”. Video of Nolan Ryan vs. Robin Ventura I was in seminary during this season and we attended the game after this one. I have [...]
By Len on Mar 23, 2011 in General | 0 Comments
Below is an occasional hobby of mine. I customize plastic toy soldiers/figures into Marvel super heroes, and normally they are from the long line of potential Avengers. The ones in the front are all customized either by simple paint or by cutting and adding accessories to make them complete. My favorites that I made are [...]
By Len on Dec 27, 2010 in General | 11 Comments
Adam posted Megachurches canceling services today? and he’s gotten a lot of comments. I was going to reply on his site, but I realized it’d be too long. Apparently the church I attend wasn’t the only church to not have Sunday (or Saturday) services in light of having A Christmas Eve service on Fridays. Our [...]
By Len on Nov 8, 2010 in General | 0 Comments
YM Shorts, the new interactive digital magazine from Wild Frontier and X3 Publications debuted last month. In the first 30 days more than 5,200 youth workers from 16 different countries clicked, read, watched, shared and printed the inaugural issue. If you’ve not seen YM Shorts yet we invite you to surf over to www.WildFrontier.org and have a [...]
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