Youth
Dance Music
When I am driving in the car, I usually have on a sirius radio station that plays Christian music. Today while I was out and about, they played a song that brought back some wonderful memories. When I worked as a youth minister in a church, I would organize a trip to Workcamp every summer. […]
An Early Phone Call
I woke at 4:00 this morning to a ringing phone. I could see it was my college age nephew who lives in the next city over. He has been taking complete responsibility of himself since his mother is in rehab with a broken leg. Of course my first thoughts were, “What happened . . . […]
Who’s To Blame?
I Found God today in reading this post that reminded me of the joy of working with youth.
Living Stations of the Cross
Tonight I went to the church to pray and watch the high school youth portray the Stations of the Cross. The evening started with the music group singing one of my favorite songs, “Above All”, by Michael W. Smith. The lead singer had a wonderful voice and played the guitar. There was also a keyboard player, a bass […]
To Be A Saint
Tonight I went to the church to hear a guest speaker –Fr. Leo Patalinghug– who is leading a mission for the parish. He was very dynamic and kept everyone laughing and learning. Tonight’s focus was about how to become a saint – after all, all saints go to Heaven! He brought several teenagers to the […]
Worship With Music
Today my dad found an old cassette tape that my brother was looking for. It was a recording of my brother many years ago when he performed with a music group called the “Revelation Generation”. The group was made up mostly of Christian young adults and the focus was to stand up for Christianity and […]