There is one in every bunch. This is such a funny video, from a Young Life leader in Saranac.

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Apparently the world has changed drastically in the last couple of years. For the most part churches could avoid or hide from the drastic leaps in technology that the pagans revelled in, but this is no longer the case.
Now churches have podcasts, and blogs, and all sorts of other words the unenlightened must wikipedia. [...]

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I know, I know…this is supposed to be about church. Well in this particular case it is about church, just not in the actual building.
Instead this story takes place at the home of our good friends, Zach & Holly Bayer. The reason this is about church is that a community of people gathered around this [...]

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This Sunday my nephew, who is three years old, visited our church for Easter. Right as a song was ending at the pinnacle of silence, he frantically blurts out “I have to pee!”
The timing was perfect. Everyone within a square mile heard him, and grins and chuckles abounded.
Since I was sitting on the end, my [...]

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Churches can be a place of hope, and light, and warmth. Church can also be a terrifying place, especially at night. Occasionally, as the last staff person to leave, it would fall on me to go around and lock up. This required making sure that all of our heating, computers, and lights were turned off.
Once [...]

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I was in high school when our youth group got together with other groups from our denomination. I was bunking with a college chaperon, I idolized named Dave Melendez.
One day after a morning session, I was on my way back to the room when all of a sudden Dave, and another leader named Kevin, [...]

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Growing up, I typically enjoyed going to church. However, if you had to pick a service to miss, confirmation Sunday was definitely the one. Each student was given a Bible verse to memorize, and would be asked two questions about the Apostle’s Creed.
This would require approximately 5 minutes per student. An average year would yield [...]

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