Deli Sandwiches & High Fives

Deli Sandwiches & High Fives

Deli Sandwiches Recently, I had a student text me and ask if we could meet up.  He had been struggling with negative thoughts and an overwhelming/crippling bout of anxiety.  I could tell he needed a touch from Jesus and someone to just listen.  We grabbed a deli...
The Other Side of the Fence

The Other Side of the Fence

I’ve been thinking all week about what to write—pulling the laptop out, staring at it, closing it, putting it away, and waiting.  All week only one thing kept coming to mind when I sat to write, but honestly I wasn’t too sure I wanted to write about it....
Reach: Valuing, Welcoming, and Reaching Children

Reach: Valuing, Welcoming, and Reaching Children

Reach: valuing, welcoming and reaching children, giving them an opportunity to come into relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus had an amazingly high value that he placed on children. Once he said, “Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom...

71 Pastors’ Teens Create a Miracle

On July 30 through August 3, at the Southeast Regional Pastors’ Conference in Asheville, NC at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, something incredible happened. Seventy-one teenagers, mostly pastors’ kids, banded together to pray,...

Making an Impact on Our Local Community

In December 2011, I began to grieve for my local community.  As I prayed about this, I believe the Lord gave me heavenly strategy to impact my community, Tucson, Arizona.  God began to reveal to me that students of all ages were being positioned all over Southern...