I love John Piper. As a seminarian, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals was incredibly formative in developing what Scripture says about the pastorate. (It’s on the list of books that I recommend to aspiring pastors; so this is…
Fruit in Youth Ministry is sometimes a rare thing to see; but when we do eventually see it, it is a reminder that all of our labor and toil is not in vain.
Here are the top ten articles from the past month that can be of benefit to youth workers and parents in their ministry to teenagers. Some of these give explicit instruction on gospel-centered ministry, while others are included…
One of my students asked me for an example of a song that I used to sing when I was in high school. For whatever reason, the “I like bananas” song popped into my head and that’s what…
Several years ago during my first year as a student pastor, I met a man for coffee who would later become a mentor. As I anxiously awaited our first meeting, I played out several different scenarios of how…
Joyful, joyful, we adore You, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before You, Opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the dark of doubt away; Giver of immortal…
Several months ago, I had one of the most encouraging yet challenging conversations I’ve had in a long time. I wish you could have been with me that afternoon! Before leaving my car to enter their house, I…
Barb is a nice enough girl, but she feels like she doesn’t have any “real” friends – friends who she can share her deepest and darkest with. Friends who give to her as much as she puts in…
To be clear, I’m not talking about crushing the dreams of every 8-year old. Or my current dreams…don’t do that. But after my freshman year of college, one of the graduating seniors whom I looked up to most…
