Full time youth ministry (or any ministry I’m sure…) is a unique category of work. Hours of labor are nearly impossible to log. The duties of your job description seem to become irreversibly intertwined with your “real” life. You go from having your life and your work… …to your life and your work being your work and […]
The One with the Deep Roots
I really had high hopes. plans. dreams. For some sort of deep and thought provoking (or at the very least interesting) post. But alas, my face is sleepy. My eyeballs are dried out. They’re itchy too. Darn ragweed and pollen and tree stuffs. And my arms need to be scratched. Thanks to the hour I […]
The One with Books and THE Book
Bible Quizzing is awesome.Our quizzers totally rocked my socks off tonight.It was a solid practice.With kids actually studying together.And many of them showing the fruits of their memorizing labor from this summer.I’m so *proud.* And it has to help that we’ve gone from 3 quizzers last season to 8-11 this year!(I leave that range because […]
The One with the Hammock Hazards
And now for the real life tales of real life hilarity. All of which took place on the wonderfully peaceful retreat of which I have just written. One afternoon while spending hours drinking tea, lounging in the heaven-sent lounge chairs (seriously, I have GOT to get me some of those!) reading good books, and dozing […]
The One with the Innkeepers
What a blessed stay we had at Innkeeper Ministries. It was exactly the rest and retreat we needed in order to transition from full time camp ministry combined with youth ministry, to “jumping in to the new school year head first” youth ministry. We were tired. In need of a definitive shift from one to […]
The One with a Brief Hiatus
I know I’ve been a bit lacking in the blog posting department lately. Sorry. It’s not you. It’s me. I can’t wait to get back to regularly scheduled programming. But for now, you’re going to have to put me on pause again. Or I’m putting me on pause. I don’t know. I’ve used so many cliche […]
The One with the Life Saving Overnighter
I may or may not have gone to bed at 9pm Thursday night. And even 9 felt much too late. I had been exhausted since 3pm or so. I think. (Scratch that–I know I have been on the verge of passing out since then.) But it was all for a great cause. Our most recent youth […]
The One with the End of Camp
My mother just informed me that it had been three days since I last posted. I know when my mom–the woman who would rather not be ushered into the technological realm–points out that my blog needs to be updated, well, then, gosh darn it, it needs to be updated. (No, mom, I was not actually […]
The One with the Preferences
Confession: I am territorial. I don’t get mean and catty about it, but I am definitely particular about my areas. Examples include the following: my desk at work. (though I got over that one. Just needed time to get comfortable at all of the desks.) my pew at church. (though that’s more out of habit than anything. but please […]
The One with What She’s Learned This Summer
::It’s okay to say “no.” In fact, it’s even healthy. I don’t have to do everything in order to know I’m loved, appreciated, or valued. ::It’s okay to admit when I’m tired and weary and need a break. Who knew I just couldn’t do it all? ::Carving quality husband-wife time into my day is so important […]