Why I Need a Blog

I used to be sooooo against blogging. I had a bunch of friends in college who were obsessed with blogging and always made me read their entries. Everyday it was the same thing: "Whoa is me! Life is awful! No one understands me! My life is meaningless!" And I'm not exaggerating. The sad thing was that these friends were absolutely giddy about their posts. It just didn't make sense to me, so I tried to avoid the blogging scene for a long time. 

About a year ago I started up a blog to keep the kids in my youth group updated on what was happening and to get them thinking about something other than Myspace when they went online. I posted interesting news articles, comic strips, and Youtube videos; some because they were just funny and some because it got the kids thinking. It is a really great ministry tool. But there are certain things I just cannot discuss on that blog. For instance, whenever the kids do something funny that they might find terribly embarrassing, the only person I can tell is my husband. Its just not right! The world needs to know just how goofy and great my kids are, without actually knowing their names, because that would be very irresponsible of me. 

So the long and short of this is that so many hilarious, ironic, and interesting things happen in youth ministry, and it just seemed selfish of me to keep it all to myself. I hope you will enjoy laughing, thinking, and praying with me as I now start my second year in full-time youth ministry.