NA and Youth Ministry
What I Learned from an NA Meeting Last week, I attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting as a part of an Addictions class I am taking for my counseling degree. On my way there the skies had opened up with…
What I Learned from an NA Meeting Last week, I attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting as a part of an Addictions class I am taking for my counseling degree. On my way there the skies had opened up with…
The book of Esther resonates with our experiences. The spiritual vista of Esther feels very familiar to our own lives, yet it is into this context that God is powerfully demonstrated.
One of the privileges of ministering amongst young people is helping them understand what the local church is and how God intends it to function, for his glory, in his world. The apostle Paul compares the local church…
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. –Ecclesiastes 1:9 Relationship. Relationship is what we as humans are fundamentally designed for, and relationship is what…
Two battles are common for youth pastors in large churches: 1) The battle to be remembered in a sea of ministry initiatives, mission trips and campaigns and 2) the battle to have a relationship with your Sr. pastor….
In preparing for our conference in Atlanta this fall, Rooted has partnered with the Hampton Inn- North Druid Hills to accommodate our guests. Intown Community Church will be hosting the conference and workshops sessions. More information and the…
I just returned from having a small group with four really sharp senior girls, and a story one of them shared made me wonder: Are we listening for what questions our kids are really asking, or do we…
Grace can have the effect of being incredibly offensive. It’s either going to ‘make you fight or make you fall down in worship,’ said Colin Smith at TGC’s conference last month. “You mean, you’re telling me that you need somebody to…
First, a little about my ministry context. I am one of two full time pastors at a small Presbyterian church in Covington, GA – a small (semi-rural) town outside of Atlanta. The church has around 150 confessing members…