Several things:

God cannot be put in a box. I said a while back, “dude, I don’t wanna do youth ministry. Those guys have the hardest job in the building other than the pastor, and get paid PEANUTS for it. You don’t need to go to Africa to live in relative poverty, just be a youth [...]

Take me past the outer courts
Into the Holy Place
Past the brazen altar
Lord I want to see your face
Pass me by the crowds of people
And the Priests who sing your praise
I hunger and thirst for your righteousness
But it’s only found in one place
[Chorus:]
Take me into the holy of holies
Take me in by the blood of the [...]

Tonight we practiced again for a couple of hours, basically just ran through the songs one last time and had a goofy time. Josh is basically like every other drummer I’ve worked with, meaning he plays too loud and rushes things when he’s excited. I had a good time teasing him about it, and he [...]

So Chris (our youth minister) grabbed me as I was getting set up for sunday school this morning and asked me to be at the church for the youth and college praise band kickoff this afternoon. I’ve been wanting to get involved for a while, so of course I said yes. Josh, the college praise [...]