Isaiah’s Blog

“When we say, ‘I love Jesus, but I hate the Church,’ we end up losing not only the Church but Jesus too. The challenge is to forgive the Church. This challenge is especially great because the Church seldom asks us for forgiveness.”
-Henri Nouwen

“God always takes the simplest way.” - Albert Einstein

“But the ground pulls at my feet.”
I heard this quote when listening to a David Crowder Band interview.  He was talking about how we should be soaring, but that the ground pulls at our feet…
Just something to think about today… We could be flying, but the ground pulls at our feet.
In Christ,
Isaiah

Authenticity trumps everything else. Everyone working with youth needs to genuinely love God and love kids.
- Jonathan McKee - The Source for Youth Ministry

Its been a rather odd week thus far. First on Sunday morning, the Church recieved a threat in the form of a message on the answering machine. I won’t go into detail about it, but it was rather odd, to say the least. I have the view that if we’re getting threats, [...]

III. Thou shalt not run home and tell thy parents of all the “naughties” they brother or sister hath committed at youth group functions. Thou shalt leave that up to thy youth leader.
From the “Ten Commandments for Siblings in Youth Group” - Youth Ministry in Small Churches by Rick Chromey

The company also defended the sacking-by-text message as a way to keep modern.“We are a youth business and our staff are all part of the youth culture that uses [text] messaging as a major means of communication,” Bisbie said in a statement e-mailed to the South Wales Echo newspaper. “Therefore, as we wished to spare [...]

Quote of the Day:
“They (his co-workers) have been bugging me because a customer came in and paid me with goat cheese…”
- Val Reinke
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Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?
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“Get to the end of yourself where you can do nothing, but He does everything.”
Oswald Chambers - My Utmost For His Highest