Tools are Important
Imagine trying to clean a public bathroom using only your tongue. You won’t want to imagine it for too long (take my word for it).
I think sometimes we forget how important it is to have the right tool. If you don’t know anything about carpentry, auto mechanics, or metalwork, don’t tune out. I’m talking about any kind of tool; anything that allows you to do something you wouldn’t normally be able to.
What kind of world would it be if we all started spreading our peanut butter with our …

I was always told when in school getting trained for youth ministry that fundraising was the “necessary evil” that we all had to endure.  After all, it’s no fun constantly begging people to support something that you’re doing, especially if they are people that don’t understand youth ministry or teenagers at all in the first place.
Well, somehow my wife and I stumbled across ideas for a couple of good annual youth ministry fundraiser/events that are actually fun and raise substantial amounts of coinage for our students.  Yup, people actually look …