Remembering What’s Important: Part 4 – The Holy Spirit
Youth Ministry – NOT a DIY Project! Remembering the Role of the Holy Spirit I love DIY (Do It Yourself) projects! As a result, I love So if it’s not done alone, who is it done with? I’m…
Youth Ministry – NOT a DIY Project! Remembering the Role of the Holy Spirit I love DIY (Do It Yourself) projects! As a result, I love So if it’s not done alone, who is it done with? I’m…
1. Please describe the context in which you minister (geographically, ethnically, socio-economically, etc.) In a culture so dominated by both secularism and Roman Catholicism, the Gospel of Grace is not easily understood and is often under attack from…
Admittedly, I’m not a very patient person. As a young adult, I thought I had my irritability, anxiety, and restlessness under control…and then I got married and saw the real me. But where my recognition of sin increased,…
Jesus redefined leadership as servanthood in taking on a humble form to most genuinely reach and minister to people –in particular, the last, the little, the lost, and the least; why do youth ministries attempt something different? One…
Some youth ministers labor for years on end without ever seeing a conversion or they see very little spiritual growth. Others, however, seem to have it all together—big crowds, mass baptisms, teens singing Ke$ha to the tune of…
The election has come and gone. Now what? It seems that all sorts of pastors, parents, and professionals are claiming that the sky is falling with blog titles like, “The End of America,” “The Tragedy of the 2012…
Be encouraged: You have credibility. What you do is important; it is serious business. You have authority in your space. But from where does this authority and credibility come?
Let all of us- student, ministers, and parents alike- be encouraged that the most powerful change agent in the world remains Jesus Christ working through His bride, the Church.
In a recent high school youth group meeting I was teaching on Psalm 51. To illustrate a point about the nature of sin, I shared a passage from St. Augustine’s Confessions, in which he remembers stealing pears one…