Must... Keep... Blogging...

Thank you guys so much for continuing to check up on this blog. My desires to see this grow and to be filled with writings are still alive deep within me. Circumstances being as they are it may be some time before this blog gets back to give you guys substantial content so in the mean time here are some suggestions:

Y2Kids pt. 1 (mulligan)- What defines our generation

NOTE: You don't have to read the other part 1 in order to read this post. Sometimes in writing you accidentally click "publish" on something that just really isn't what you were going for. I figured I'd leave up the other part 1 for those who got something out of it but would basically give it the "Hulk" treatment and do a remake even though it's only been like a week. So here it is:

Y2Kids: What Defines our Generation

Katharine Theresa

It is my personal opinion that my fiance Katharine Theresa, is one of the greatest bloggers of all time. Don't believe? Check this:

http://wileye.blogspot.com/

read the most recent one, it's amazing.

a brief update

I don't like seeing my blog go stale so I figured I'd give a brief update before I head out for Homework House and then Family Night tonight.

Y2Kids pt 1- Living in Fear

Y2K was never scary to me. Instead it was kind of like a third parent.

My mom and dad both got jobs working to fight off the hypothetical breakdown of all humanity and so as the year 2000 approached I was living in the lap of luxury. Gameboys. Disneyland passes. Eating at restaurants. It was a boyhood dream, but for most of us from the Y2K generation there were very few boyhood dreams to remember.

2001: A Blog Odyssey

2001 views guys! Come back tomorrow for a blog about the generation who survived Y2K!

5 ways to make sure you DON'T stay in ministry

If you've worked as a youth pastor you've likely heard the ever-changing statistics. Youth pastors work an average of 1 year at any church. Youth Pastors stay pastors for an average of 3 years before looking for another profession. Youth Pastors are more likely to be overworked, under payed, and completely burnt out than any other professional ministry position... I've heard all of these things before. (Though I've never actually SEEN any statistics... I mean who would participate in these surveys anyway?)

So having survived in professional ministry for just about two years now, I present to you...

5 ways to make sure you don't stay in (professional) ministry: