The Good News in Cleveland

The destiny of every human is a face-to-face meeting with Jesus. Some will greet Him as friend, others as enemy. For whatever reason though, we believers suffer from a sort of “spiritual constipation” as my pastor friend Craig has dubbed it. After speaking out at Pastor Craig’s church in a Wisconsin, a woman from the church asked me about the park ministry at CityView. Her question went something like this: “So how do you do it, have a Jesus conversation with someone you’ve never met before?” It took a long and round about answer for me realize that I didn’t have a procedure for it. Yeah, I go to parks with intention, but the witnessing isn't choreographed. To speak of Jesus should be a natural outpouring of my real relationship with Jesus. Furthermore, what I am saying should address and answer the longings of the human heart! That answer kind of sounded like a spiritual sidestep to a good, practical question. The truth is that after a while, you just drop the junk, and t

Recent weeks have felt like a time of great blessing. Several new kids have come around the west side ministry including 18 in one Saturday. Furthermore, I challenged the handful of teen guys being discipled/mentored to memorize Scripture, and I am pumped that several have come through on this commitment. However, it's in times like these that the enemy packs a sucker punch like a teen meltdown to keep us distracted from God and what He is doing. That's why people (especially those "in ministry") should seek God for revival rather than seeking revival for God. This week I gave a ride to a guy named Eric, his wife, and his brother. Ended up sitting with them in the car and talking for a while. Eric called me tonight, and we met up. (I'm trying against my nature to act and speak love, pointing Him back to the love of Jesus.) Tonight he admitted to struggling with heroin and that all the things he's tried in life have left him unsatisfied. Like many of the teen