My mentor in my early days of youth ministry was a straight-talking, loud-walking, 6 foot, 9 inches, 280-pound man who had done student ministry for over twenty years. He had about eight maxims that he would repeat, reminding…
Maybe it’s because right now in our Bible study we’re looking at the book of Acts, but when I stopped this morning (on my day off: hypocrite) to put down some thoughts for this blog, my mind went…
Josh Cousineau is a church planter at Redemption Hill in Auburn, Maine, coordinator of the Lead Conference, and a former youth minister. This piece is reposted with permission from www.joshcousineau.com. Busyness; It has become almost a badge of…
Joel Brooks of the Gospel Coalition offers some honest insight about how ‘itchy ears want works’. Check it out here. “I confessed earlier that there were times in my past that I preached works while just assuming grace….
“Follow me,” Jesus told him. Mark 1:17 Training. There has always been a part of me that was very attracted to the ascetic life. I’ve been fascinated by the desert fathers and their counter-cultural practices and I admire…
Kenda Creasy Dean, author of Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church and professor of Youth, Church and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, shares her thoughts on the Top 10 Characteristics of…
As I come up for air from the chaos of the holidays, I look ahead to the expanse of spring and see mission trips to plan, forms to collect, hotel rooms to reserve, Sunday School to teach, Bible…
To guard, or not to guard… that is the question. Or is it? How has the idea of ‘guarding our hearts’ evolved? We see the phrase used in Proverbs (4:23), but everyone has their own idea of…
A must-read from Relevant Magazine, this article examines the high rate of Christian singles having sex and digs deep into why our abstinence campaigns aren’t working. Also check out CNN’s take on the issue here. Considering the staggering…
