Not My Own

Recently I have been getting a huge kick out of a website called failblog.org. The website consists of a variety of pictures, videos, and other websites that consist of epic fail moments. FOR EXAMPLE:  I have decided to write about my own youth ministry epic fail moments so everyone can learn from them or at least have a good laugh.... YOUTH MINISTRY FAIL 1. TURKEY BOWLING FAIL: Around Thanksgiving time last year I thought it would be awesome to play a game called “Turkey Bowling” at youth group. So I went to the store and bought a turkey. I took it home and carved a hole through the center of it so I could put my arm through the Turkey making my hand look like it’s head and began to make it speak using my hand to mimic it’s beak with ping pong balls for the eyeballs attached to my hand. I basically made a turkey puppet with a real butterball turkey. I then encouraged everyone to throw it down a tarp covered in olive oil towards pins… hence the name “Turkey Bowling.” Un

I had a conversation with someone the other day about his understanding of the function of church. He told me that he heard a preacher once talk about how the church is about saving souls. This preacher believes that if there are any activities in the church that are not about saving souls and doing what matters for eternity, than those events should be shut down. This person agreed with the preacher and emphasized the importance of our church having the same goal. I didn't say much, mainly sat back and listened to his opinion. In the moment, he made sense and I admired this man's passion for people knowing Christ. After thinking about the conversation, I glanced at the youth calendar and thought about how our first youth event of the year was going to matter for eternity. I looked down and read in big bold letters, "PAINT WAR."  I lead myself to believe that perhaps some teenager would come who didn't know Jesus, and they would have sooooo much fun th