Daniel Globig How I Think Now? Differently. How do I think differently?

All of the places I have served while at SAU, such as

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Cascades Baptist, Westwinds, and the Fathers House, have all shaped my thinking. The SAU youth ministry platform has sharpened and refined the way I volunteer; I am a much different thinker. God has brought me into a place of ministering to little kids, homeless people, people straight-out-of-prison, struggling families, dying or sick individuals, and youth. But I cannot express shortly how differently I now think, in light of my education at Spring Arbor University for the past six years! Youth ministry classes have lifted me out of a raw, undisciplined, unwise, and inconsistent passion. Now, strategy and deep reasoning surround the way I approach service to others keeping the big picture in mind because it is Gods picture not mine. I no longer jump out to just do something before thinking about it, aimlessly. Now I think, constantly, aiming for His eyes in youth culture. I think about the discipline of discipleship constantly! I think about relationships constantly! I think about needing to know teens by name then act on it constantly. I think about the organization methods necessary to lead worship. I now constantly think about the new and fresh music, or the new and fresh movements, secular or Christian. I think about intentional preaching-encouraging through djing, or spoken word even when it comes out in conversation fueled by the Fathers gas station discovering the Spirits intention through intentional philosophy in action, constantly. I think about marketing for the Hub. I think about adolescent developmental struggles. I think about what it means for a church body to come together so no one person is over-exhausted. Even more, I used to be afraid to speak out or act out in ministry! I had a lot less confidence to reach out. But now, I am someone completely different! I am something

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Daniel Globig completely different, otherly and alien under an unstoppable Scriptural pillar, a constant

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reasoning thinker, a constant experiential theorist (learning from ministry mistakes), and a pillarleader who has soaked in Wesleyan, Calvinistic, Charismatic, Quaker even emerging and emergent traditions while considering overall evangelical foundations. I actually think in terms of the quadrilateral now, and its frustrating. I can no longer walk into a ministry arena without thinking critically about whether Gods goals are truly being met with thought-out lines of attack but humility must always be fused with such critical thinking. How does each ministry decision appear to outsiders, or affect those being served? What is the full vision; and how will any of these dreams come to fruition by validations of fought-for investments? The answers are so great. I feel as if I suffer under a load or weight as if somehow a ten ton Tonka truck has dumped wisdom from various arenas of psychology, communication, leadership, strategy, philosophy, theology, prophecy, and administration. I also think my double-major crosses the boundaries of business and ministry tactics in a very helpful way. Strategically planning for financial handling is something necessary for going into innercity youth ministry, developing youth centers, and working with orphanages. Previously, I have witnessed the need for business plans like for the Lingap Foundation for Orphans in the Philippines. Currently, the average week for me is a mixture of sweet-sorrow and passion as I finish my final semesters at SAU. I am constantly serving in the present, but it is very daunting to realize I will be in a career and married soon. And so the adoptions begin. It seems as if I have become somewhat frustrated with not being out into full-time ministry, but I also feel downloaded with an Isaiah 53 suffering-sorrow for people. I now dream and act on having an outreach ministry for people much like the leader of the Red Bank outreach ministry that

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minister who went straight to runaway teens in parks to hang out and love them while they simply smoked pot, drank, and chilled out. He hung out with them exactly where they were hanging out; he went to them, instead of encouraging them to come to him! And he ultimately formed a ministry in which every at-risk youth knew they were genuinely cared for by the leaders. He took his experience in the desert, like Moses, to lead them out of the desert. In the same way, I feel like I have been in a desert for the past six to ten years. I am asking God, Who am I to do these things? God has replied to me and I just have to remember His words; I will be with you. (Ex. 3.11-12) Aside from hoping to form a similar outreach approach, I hope to dream big. Then I should strategize with the big picture in mind. The strategy should be dissected into even smaller plans and baby steps to get there, because every big dream requires intentional planning, even hour by hour planning. I have learned to appreciate hourly and daily planning, since the class Strategies in Youth Ministry. Before, I used to attempt multiple responsibilities without a plan but now I plan out most of my days (but not too rigidly at His command). And this keeps intentionality around my priorities, as well as a balanced life as much as possible. I have also realized the importance of a youth ministry which relevantly meets needs holistically, such as meeting psychological, social, spiritual, and physical needs. Aside from this, there must be a philosophy for every single action; everything should have meaning and meet real needs, while considering felt needs. And if there is one other thing I have learned, it is the necessity to balance all of the wheels carefully. At the Hub, where I have learned-interned for the past 5 years, Ben has exampled the ability to manage a plethora of volunteers to spin the intentional wheels heading in a parallel direction, keeping the perspective of sustainable years. So, as I reflect on my new way of

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thinking, I owe so much to SAU for developing a direction, strategy, and balanced focus. I am so excited for everything the Holy Spirit will do from Jackson, Detroit, Chicago, to Los Angeles. And although the cities may appear hopeless (as I now reflect what I learned from Urban Ministry and Urban Sociology) with thousands of unloved, undeveloped, and undiscipled youth I am so driven for the future plans and prophetic callings of the next generation. I will not back down! And I will die if I must, to fight against the spiritual warfare holding back so many youth. I will lovingly and prophetically call them out from all of the muck, mud, and ruins, to an alternative future in Christ. While at SAU I have been anointed, called, and equipped with a long-term perspective, a sustainable goal, and authority in the Holy Spirit! (Luke 10.19) I am not afraid or timid anymore! Finally, I have a fuller purpose and dream-direction, as strategic baby steps reach the long-term sustainable goals! Finally, these strategic conceptions will bring about a new birth for the futures of our Fathers adopted children! (Romans 8.15) I will not live in fear again, and I am in tears right now as I pray for future divine intervention in this next salty-season as I learn-listen and apply-fasten to the snapshot of more than a big picture, but baby steps as I envision the brick steps falling in place. One step at a time; this is how I now think.

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