Three Students I’m Always Speaking To

I’ve found in my time in youth ministry that a youth worker must have a clear picture of his or her audience when giving a talk or teaching a Bible study. It’s of great benefit to personalize and…

Zacchaeus and Shame

Even from a distance you could hear a buzz in the air.  There was an excitement unlike any other day.  Crowds gathered, people pushing and shoving one another to get close enough to see and hear what He had to…

Failure: The Only Option

My whole life, all I have wanted to be was a basketball player.  My parents have a picture of me as a  two-year-old dribbling a basketball nearly the size of my chubby toddler frame while running down a…

The Stars of Rooted

I sat on a bar stool eating a burger in Manhattan in the hour following Rooted 2014. My friend, David, and I discussed the line up, focusing on the extraordinary gifts of many of those who lead the…

3 Books to Have on Your Shelf: Sexuality

1) Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity by Lauren Winner There are few better starting points for exploring a scriptural understanding of sex and chastity than Lauren Winner’s Real Sex.  Winner is able to write with accessibility…

It’s Time To Bench Virginity Pledges

You can find the first article in our current series on sexuality here. You’ll have a hard time finding a more passionate advocate for sexual abstinence than I. Beyond the biblical parameters that confine sex within marriage, the…