Category: ELCA

Thanksgiving 2012

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“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). These words from Hebrews should bring us great comfort.  Often we forget this and begin asking, “how will God respond to me, how will God respond to my sin, how will God respond to my turning away?”  This short verse is a direct reminder of how God responds to us.  When we read the stories of Jesus in the Gospels, we know how God Read More …

R.I.P. Youth Director as a Position in the Church

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I am of the firm belief that we should take the position of Youth Director in the ELCA hit it with a shovel in the back of the head and bury it.  It no longer does the Church any good to look for a “youth director” in order to provide the inadequate forms youth ministry we have come to love. Instead, I think we should be looking for Youth Ministers (that are missionally focused). What’s Read More …