It’s been two weeks since I’ve been 100% bivocational (two jobs: youth pastor and jr. high/hs teacher). Already, I’m starting to feel the strain from it all. I am someone who dedicates myself fully into my responsibilities, so when I’m pulled two different directions there will be a dropped ball… eventually. For instance: Instead of [...]
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Bivocationalism Revisited
August 31st, 2010 
joshherndon 
Posted in Spiritual Thought 
Tags: bivocational, bivocational youth ministry, grace, Productivity, two jobs 
1 Comment »My Landlords are Better than Your Landlords
August 27th, 2010 joshherndon We’ve lived in our cottage since we got married 2-years ago. We love love love it. Evie loves the kitchen and porch. I love the hardwood floors and $25 PG&E bills. It’s been the perfect place to start our first years in marriage. But for the past few months Evie and I have been looking [...]
Response to “Forget the Pizza Parties”
August 25th, 2010 joshherndon A friend commented on a recent post and I think his questions are worth looking into: OK. This article has been posted on so many different blogs/websites. I totally, 100% agree with this article and am dumbfounded it’s only being posted now. I’ve been dealing with this, especially for my high school ministry, for a [...]
Love the Perpetrator
August 25th, 2010 joshherndon I had lunch with Steve Edwards today and she shared something very, very interesting. He recently lead a team to the Dominican Republic on a missions trip. They went to the red light district– women selling themselves, and men waiting to buy. He told me when he saw these women, he was full of compassion. [...]
Posted in Spiritual Thought Tags: abolitionist, human trafficing, Missions, not for sale, sex slave trade, steve edwards No Comments »Forget the Pizza Parties
August 22nd, 2010 joshherndon “A decade ago teens were coming to church youth group to play, coming for the entertainment, coming for the pizza. They’re not even coming for the pizza anymore. They say, ‘We don’t see the church as relevant, as meeting our needs or where we need to be today.‘ ” -Thom Rainer, ‘Forget the pizza parties,’ [...]
Married Camp
August 16th, 2010 joshherndon I’ll be on vacationing this week up in the California mountains! My wife has dubbed it, “Married Camp”. See you next week upon my arrival! Related Posts:No Related Posts
My Interview with Pathway
August 13th, 2010 joshherndon I did an interview for some friends today from the Pathway Program. They’re youth pastors that are being, or have already been plugged into churches to start youth ministries. As one who started a youth ministry, I really enjoyed being able to share some of my struggles, victories, and lessons learned. We talked about: My [...]
My Church Likes Me
August 12th, 2010 joshherndon And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. [Luke 2:52] My church likes me. My pastor, parents, board members- they all seem to like me. In my first months I assumed it was because I was in the pastoral honeymoon phase. But two years later I still have favor [...]
I’m Axiomed
August 12th, 2010 joshherndon A friend of mine gave me Bill Hybels’, Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs. He graduated recently with a MA in Organizational Leadership from BIOLA, so when he told me it was the best leadership book he’s read, I paid attention. I’ve been reading one chapter a day (about 500 words) after my Bible reading. And I [...]
Data Breakdown of CSM Students
August 10th, 2010 joshherndon I was doing some breakdowns of students who have been a part of Central Student Ministries over the summer and found some interesting data. Generic breakdown: 91% are high school students, 9% are junior high students 58% are female, 42% are male 28% of students attend El Sobrante Christian School 12% attend Pinole Valley High [...]