I get the occasional email about book reviews, but don't usually take the bait, so to speak. I love reading, but just don't have a lot of time to invest in the kind of reading I feel is important for a solid review. This doesn't mean I'm not tempted and when I was asked to review a book about teens and sex by Josh McDowell ... I just couldn't resist. The official title is The Bare Facts: 39 Questions Your Parents Hope You Never Ask About … [Read more...]
July 23, 2011 by at 6:21 pm 2 Comments 39 Questions Your Parents Hope You Never Ask About Sex #MyExperienceAs #Dad #sex via @Nick_theGeek
March 5, 2010 by at 5:00 am Leave a Comment Something that sticks. #MyExperienceAs #grace #Husband #relationship #sex via @Nick_theGeek
Something that sticks.
Youth this week was very full. I don't mean student-wise. I totally didn't count the students. I'm really bad about that. The subject was really deep and we covered a lot. I saw some comments on MySpace that make me feel like I should share about a specific part of the service. I've started showing more videos because they help to illustrate my points in some pretty spectacular ways. This past week we watched this video: A couple of the … [Read more...]
February 25, 2010 by at 3:00 am 16 Comments Boys have peanuts and girls have versace #MyExperienceAs #sex #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Boys have peanuts and girls have versace
I think that's how it goes? Tonight we talked about the differences between guys and gals. Then we did a big dance number. Wait, no, that was the weird dream I had. We did talk about the differences though. I showed a great clip from the Skit Guys that illustrated that God made us and wants to remake us into what He intended. Then I talked a bit about how we were all created in His image. Actually it was kind cool because I slipped out the side … [Read more...]
February 18, 2010 by at 9:44 am 10 Comments Talking bout S.E.X. #MyExperienceAs #sex #wednesdaynightfollowup #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Talking bout S.E.X.
Well we finally got to start the series on Sex. We were supposed to start 2 weeks ago but weather issues made me delay. I've talked to a lot of Youth Pastors about this and we are pretty much all on the same page. Someone needs to bring this up with students. Most of them aren't getting this information from their parents or other trusted and safe adult. They are getting all kinds of information about sex from each other and the media. This … [Read more...]
February 8, 2010 by at 11:29 am 3 Comments Buying Sex #MyExperienceAs #JesusFreak #sex #sexsells #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Buying Sex
They say "sex sells" and it seems that was the theme of the Super Bowl ads last night. There were two different Go Daddy commercials where women were showing off their bodies to sell web services. There was a cell phone commercial featuring Megan Fox taking a bath. There were several other commercials involving people in various stages of undress. Of course none of this is really new. Sex has been part of of the sales for as long as I can … [Read more...]
December 29, 2009 by at 1:21 am 20 Comments Love v Lust Remix #MyExperienceAs #BlogCarnival #Husband #love #lust #sex #Writer via @Nick_theGeek
Love v Lust Remix
Today’s title bout features two super heavy weights in the emotions that drive us. I wrote the following for our local paper on behalf of another organization that submits a weekly column to the paper. ***For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof; the work for which all other work is but preparation. ~Rainer Maria RilkeLove is eternal where lust is temporary. … [Read more...]
December 15, 2009 by at 3:00 am 50 Comments Sex is Amazing #MyExperienceAs #BetheChurch #BlogCarnival #Church #JesusFreak via @Nick_theGeek
Sex is Amazing
So I was going to write about this shirt that I love for the blog carnival on "Church" today but I was making a comment at Stuff Christians Like and I realized something about Sex and the Church. We tend to think that inviting people to church is the solution, and what's worse we end up spending most of our time inviting people from other churches to our church so our church will grow. Think about it. It is much easier to invite a Christian … [Read more...]
June 10, 2009 by at 4:00 am 1 Comment Hey look another red warning post #MyExperienceAs #sex #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Hey look another red warning post
OK, so today I have a guest post over at Katdish.net. I'm guessing most people knew that and are coming from there, the problem is that I have a couple of shocking and potentially offensive posts in a row. This is not exactly typical but I have to admit I seem to walk into this a lot. Every time I talk sex with my Youth we seem to have a bunch of visitors even though I don't announce it ahead. Things just happen that way. If you would like … [Read more...]
June 9, 2009 by at 12:48 pm Leave a Comment If I believed in karma… #MyExperienceAs #sex #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
If I believed in karma…
Today I posted a snarky comment asking "how do you define 'is?" This, of course, was a reference to Bill Clinton's slippery dodge of his claims to not having sexual relations with that woman. So far as I know this is the most well known instance of trying to define what sex is. Of course you know that my attempt at humor would backfire today when a teen asked me a very specific question about sex.*Warning*The following contains specific and … [Read more...]
February 24, 2009 by at 9:38 am Leave a Comment Speaking of sex … #MyExperienceAs #sex #YouthPastor via @Nick_theGeek
Speaking of sex …
I wrapped up a discussion on sex with my youth last week and I hope it went well. I think this is something that we tend to avoid because it makes us uncomfortable. I believe we have done a disservice to entire generations based on the way we have approached sex. In the past sex was a total taboo, at least coming in from the Victorian era. Personally I think there was a lot of sex talk going on in Victorian England but just not around the … [Read more...]
