Of course, we want to do a good job and be the best we can be in our youth ministry role. However, the pressure of pastoral performance is lessened as we hold the title and role loosely in light of our identity in Christ.
Teaching the concept of grace to students is easy. The stories of forgiveness in the face of wrongdoing are the kind of stories that have kids riveted and hanging on your every word. Practicing grace is too often…
I sat outside my son’s room weeping. He just wouldn’t go to sleep. Tantrum followed wail followed discipline like cackles follow hyenas following prey. He wouldn’t listen. 10, 11, 12 times he wouldn’t listen. 13, 14, 15, times…
Resting in the good news that God in his mercy saves us from our sin and uses us in our weakness frees us to soak in the gospel of grace throughout each day in ministry.
What I want most for my kids is for them to rest secure in the love of Christ, and his Word tells me trials are what grow us. May it be well with my soul.
A Year in Review: Top Ten of 2018 Here are the top ten articles from this past year. We trust these articles will continue to encourage, equip, and bless you as well as the parents and students in…
Dear Student, I need you to understand that you are an idol. Imagine a place where there are temples everywhere. Shrines dot the high places and idols welcome you into storefronts and homes. Priests conduct incantations, repeat mantras…
With three small children under the age of six we are in a particular parenting season. Everyone tells us it is “just a season,” but I gather it will be a long one. Multiple times during any particular…
Growing up, I have always been the youth ministry kid. If you were to do an SNL character of “that kid that loves youth group,” it would have been me. Dress up in your best Christmas outfit, you…
