Last weekend I received this Facebook message from a girl I haven’t been in touch with for about a decade. For the sake of her privacy, I edited out some…

[ Catch up with previous posts about my trip to Haiti ]
Wow. I leave for Haiti in only one and a half weeks! And I’m starting to freak out a bit!
As the…

It’s true and I can hardly believe it! I hope I’m prepared to have my worldview shattered by God from what I see and experience in Haiti.

Bare with me as I unload a mind dump of stuff that’s been running through my head lately. If you have any thoughts on these items, please feel free to…

I deal with visual pressures of porn just like every other male in our society, so I’ve set up some roadblocks…

It’s true! Hard to believe, but my wife gave birth to our first child, Hannah Love Schmoyer, at 4:44 a.m. last Saturday morning, August 8, 2009! After…

A couple weeks ago my buddy, Tony Myles, asked me to write up a description of my daily routine — my “daily grind,” if you will — as an…

I usually publish something every day except Sundays here at Life In Student Ministry, but over the next couple weeks I need to slow that down considerably…

In some churches, when the Sunday morning worship service is over, the pastor stands at the back door and shakes everyone’s hand as they leave. Most…

Last week Adam McLane posted a short video where he challenges youth workers to step back and reconsider where we spend all our time, and if it really matters…