Jerry Varner
Jerry Varner has been in student ministry for 16 years. He's the Student Ministry Pastor for Discipleship & Ministry Development in the Richmond, VA area.
He likes to think about running but not actually do it.
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Its Friday morning and its my day off. Before my wife went off to work this morning I asked her, "Is there anything you'd like me to do today?" Her response:"Oh, I could give you a huge list of things...
Having the flu is a terrible thing. As I type, I'm sitting up in bed on day 3; the day I've done the most sitting up yet. This afternoon I realized that I haven't been out of my house since Thursday m...
There's a show on television that I find intriguing called "Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed." Basically, its a guy who explains how a "magic trick" or illusion is done. Like how you make an...
Yesterday my family and I headed to Mickey D's after church to grab a quick lunch. While standing in line waiting our turn to order, I watched 2 couples heading toward the door. Well-dressed 60-s...
When I look in the mirror, I see a man who has enough life behind him to have learned some things, and yet enough life ahead of him to still feel young. It's a great place to be, in my opinion. And it...
This past weekend, I took 100+ teens to our annual VA district winter retreat in Harrisonburg, VA. On Friday night, one of our high school guys came to me and asked for a ride to Walmart, because he...
Next month, I'm going to be delivering a 4-week series of messages entitled "Digging Deep Without Getting Buried". This series will center around the issue of the spiritual act of Bible reading, Bible...
In the city of Richmond this past week, an ordinance was defeated. That ordinance would have made it illegal for "panhandlers" to solicit money or help from passersby, either in cars or on foot. Es...
Years ago, our former Vice President and Presidential wannabe, Al Gore wrote a book about the perils of the "climate crisis" (aka "global warming"). The book was entitled "An Inconvenient Truth". And ...
I'm writing this on Monday morning. I've taken this Monday off. I don't usually do that, but this weekend was our fall student discipleship retreat. To be honest, I feel fine--better,...
