An edited repost from the archives, because I am thinking on her today. Hey saints? Will you pray for this sister too? What does it mean to mentor someone? I’ve been thinking on that the last couple of days. Some people think it is the weekly check in. The continual support. The ones who ask [...]
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Who makes you better?
Posted in FAITH, Youth Ministry on February 2, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Country Chronicles: Becoming Switchback Ranch
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES, Youth Ministry on September 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The ministry season is heating up over here. Our dreams for this land are growing feet and we are so excited about it. This place is not our own, we just get to live here. This place belongs to Royal Bank. I kid….well sort of…it actually does of course BUT more than that it belongs [...]
Beauties
Posted in Photography, Youth Ministry on May 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s hard to imagine isn’t it? Hard to imagine that anyone could miss it… When we look at these girls, we cannot help but see their beauty, their potential, notice the way the room lights up when they enter. Somehow though, living in a world that tells them otherwise, sometimes they forget. It’s hard to [...]
Country Chronicles: Incongruencies
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES, Youth Ministry on April 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
There is something weird about me. Birds, when they get too close make me nervous. Birds, at a distance, are also some of the most beautiful things in the world. When a bird suddenly flies up while I am walking I jump and get really nervous. When I see a bird of prey through my [...]
Story Tellers
Posted in Youth Ministry on March 10, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Jesus didn’t say very often “thou shalt not” but he said an awful lot of “there was a man” and he told story and people listened well. And last night we listened well too… Bea is 87. She throws her head back when she laughs and she talks about peace making and raising babies while [...]






