Here’s my communion thought for this past weekend: Where is your focus? About a month ago I completed a really long fast. That was the longest fast I had ever done in my entire life. It was not fun every day and it was honestly one of the toughest things I have ever done in [...]
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Where is your focus?
Posted: 15th June 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, MinistryTags: communion thought, preaching, sermon
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My church just put on a freaking monstrous garage sale. And for the record, I have the hardest time saying garage sale because I always call them yard sales. People from church donated all the items to be sold at the yard garage sale. People donated for two days straight and brought in a ton [...]
Things I wish they taught in seminary
Posted: 18th April 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Leadership, MinistryTags: school, seminary
After being in seminary for almost a full semester, I have a list of a few things that I am experiencing in ministry that I wish were taught in seminary: How to help out a kid whose dad just killed himself How to preach on finances How to help someone who has a porn addiction [...]
The Cross of Christ
Posted: 16th April 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Leadership, MinistryTags: communion thought, preaching, sermon
Here’s my communion thought I gave several weeks ago: How many of you have a cross necklace? Let me give you a little history on how the cross was invented. In Roman days, they would have competitions to see who could invent the greatest torture device. Guess which one won? This was a device created [...]
Today, we have access to whatever information that we want. We can get our physical or electronic hands on books, articles, how-to’s, internet resources, blogs, and I could go on forever. The same is true for the church. Well, for those churches not stuck in the 50′s. Take me for instance, I have read ton’s [...]
Do you know Him?
Posted: 2nd March 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Leadership, MinistryTags: communion thought, preaching, sermon
I got to speak at all three youth services (communion thought, I didn’t preach the actual message) this past weekend. Here’s what I spoke on. I will try to put up some audio of it in a few days. Do you know Him? Some of us in this room may not even know Jesus at [...]
So I just returned from the High School CORE leadership retreat. I was a leader on the trip and I had a great time. I am wiped out, but it was well worth it. I am praying for these kids because they are pretty special. Heck, I learned a ton about leadership while I was [...]
The New Years eve lock-in was awesome and I am exhausted. I need sleep so bad it’s not even funny. I’m not sure of the final numbers, but I think we had around 600 kids there last night. I worked my tale off, but I also had a blast with the kids. Our talent show [...]
Some “preaching” notes
Posted: 26th December 2009 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, MinistryTags: communion thought, preaching, sermon
Here’s my “notes” for my communion thought I will be giving at one of our Student Ministry services – One day Jesus was preaching to a huge crowd. The crowd was pressing in on Him to listen to Him. Here’s where the story picks up: 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging [...]
This past Wednesday was the last Sunday that youth will meet on Wednesdays for 2009. I began volunteering this September and am committed to being a youth leader until May of 2010. I have to say that I have had a great experience so far. I have been leading a small group of 10-15 high [...]