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I have been teaching through the book of Exodus with the youth group. I have just been taking it chapter by chapter and really without an outline. I wanted the scriptures to just speak for themselves. When students would ask questions, we would stop and examine the scripture more closely. When we ran across theContinue reading “You Made Us Stink!”

With so much talk about student loans recently, I thought I would give you my thoughts on the whole debacle. Recently, the President said that the US Government would forgive up to $300 billion worth of federal student loans. Each person who qualifies will receive at max ten thousand forgiveness. While it seems like aContinue reading “Let’s talk about student loans and your teens.”

For the past few months, I have tried to grasp an idea that has been floating around in my mind. When I was growing up, we had Polaroid cameras. You know the type where you took a photo, and it came out on the white framed paper, and against the manufacturer’s suggestions, we shook it.Continue reading “The thing about selfies….”

Kids say the darndest things. They especially say those things when there is a sense of anonymity to them. A friend of mine asked recently if she should go through her teenage daughters phone, and my resounding answer was, YES!!!!!!! Now it is not only for snooping for anything your child has sent that mayContinue reading “Feet pics, messaging, and your teen.”

I was at a high school the other day talking to students about Abstinence and Social Media is always a topic. I told them the story of a time in High School when a girl named Heather wanted me to call her one night. Of course, I did. Her dad answered the phone and IContinue reading “A Window To Your World”

If You want to Change the World You have to Learn to Carry Your Cheese • 1 Samuel 17:18 “And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare and bring back news of them.” I. God Wants you to be faithful in the SMALL things. David startedContinue reading “Change the World by Starting Small”

We all have obstacles, mountains, problems, handicaps, and giants to overcome in our lives. Whether those are in our personal or professional lives, we still have to have a plan to overcome them. For a couple of years now I have been teaching a lesson on “Overcoming Giants” based on the story of David andContinue reading “Carry The Cheese”

“Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.” -Job 41:11 One of the things I find out while working for a church and talking to people struggling financially is how people view money and money management. Not every person in the church or those who claim to be aContinue reading “Biblical Foundations of Finance”

For some people, ringing in the new year includes more than singing “Auld Lang Syne”, having a toast, and kissing someone they love. Plenty of people across America will make New Year’s resolutions. There are plenty of New Year’s superstitions that Americans will participate in too. All across the southern states, Americans will eat blackContinue reading “Money, New Years Resolutions, and God”