MY EXHAUSTED EMBRACE

Ramblings by, Matthew Jones

My journey through the beautiful & unpredictable world of "youth ministry." The good, bad, and ugly of it all

My hope is to share my story, to connect with others, for all of us who have seen the wonderful & traumatic sides of ministry...

to know we are not alone.

Crash & Burn

It was a cold December morning. It was the day I was traveling to my monthly youth ministry cohort gathering. A five-hour drive. I was...

I wish I could pinpoint when things actually started to go bad. I think when anyone looks back on something bad in their life, they wish...

I still look back on that first year at the Midwest church with great fondness. So many cool things happened in that time,...

Matthew Jones