This year I’ve decided to be more intentional with tracking my reading … which means I’ve started logging everything on Goodreads. I read seven books and four trade paperbacks in August. Here’s the list in order of when I finished them and my quick thoughts on each one: Star Trek: Lower Decks by Ryan North … Continue reading August Reading Recap
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for September 6th, 2026! I was preaching in the main worship services so Melissa was in charge with the students. She led a game and opened the time. Our teaching time wrapped up our series in Philippians, taught by Matt Spanakos with the high school students, and Ryan … Continue reading Sunday Recap | September 6
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for August 30th, 2026! Jacob Anderson, one of our seniors, led the game this week with a fun wig snatching face-off game! Our teaching time continued our series in Philippians, taught by Jacob with the high school students, and Lyle Vonner, one of our sophomore, taught the middle … Continue reading Sunday Recap | August 30
HINGE is the second book to be released under the McNutt Ministry Resources banner! It's a collection of four different curriculum series I created that focus on hot button issues ... they're the topics that often times become hinge points for young people's faith. Faith and Science. Sexuality and Identity. Race. Money. These are the … Continue reading Introducing HINGE
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for August 23rd, 2026! We played Over Under Pop Quiz, a back to school edition of my Over Under series of games that just came out! Our teaching time continued our series in Philippians, taught by Andrew Persing. He was originally scheduled to teach just middle school, but … Continue reading Sunday Recap | August 23
We regularly let students teach in our student ministry. I believe it's far more beneficial for the one getting the experience of teaching than it is for the rest of the group to have a more experienced teacher every week. Why? The one teaching learns far more in those moments, they integrate the material far … Continue reading Letting Teens Teach
We had a tornado warning yesterday. The stormed rolled through. It was kind of wild for a little while. Which feels kind of like life at the moment. It's a real whirlwind. Caleb is in his last year at Salisbury. Noah is in his final year of culinary school. Zach is in his senior year … Continue reading Life is a Whirlwind
We all went out to a Phillies game the other week (August 6) and had a blast. At one point, the boys went to use the bathroom ... next thing we knew, they were on the jumbotron and Heather and my phones were blowing up from friends watching them on the broadcast! The three of … Continue reading Phillies Tarps Off!
What is Threshold Volume One, the first book I've released under the McNutt Ministry Resources banner? In short, it is seventeen weeks of curriculum working through the first five books of the Bible. But it feels like more than that to me. For the past couple decades I've been operating from a seven year teaching … Continue reading Introducing Threshold Volume One
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for August 16th, 2026! We played a game called Say It On Beat which absolutely crushed with the group. We'll definitely be playing this one again! Our teaching time kicked off our first of four weeks in Philippians, taught by Melissa Stein. Jayden, one of our summer interns, … Continue reading Sunday Recap | August 16