Beauty and Danger

December 22, 2008
Being someone who loves analogies, this weekend provided the perfect analogy for the lessons we are trying to teach our guys.  We had a major ice storm last Thursday evening.  We awoke Friday morning to over half an inch of ice covering cars, tractors, buildings, and trees.  This was followed by a deep [...]

December 22, 2008
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Wisdom

December 11, 2008
Something we can all benefit from is more wisdom.  We as staff need this as much as the boys with whom we work.  The questions we need to answer are how much do we see our need for it, and were do we get it from.
Proverbs 11.14 tells us, ‘Where there is no [...]

December 11, 2008
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Boy’s Club Blues

December 3, 2008
Tonight is boy’s club night.  Each Wednesday night our boys get a chance to reach outside themselves and minister to others; in this case 15-30 high energy elementary school-age boys.  They come to Salem from the community through our church’s bus ministry.  Each Wednesday night, our gym and cafeteria are turned from normally [...]

December 3, 2008
Categories: at-risk youth, christianity, ministry, troubled teens, youth . . Author: bketring . Comments: 1 Comment