Secular Wisdom from the Movies: Foxcatcher

In this series, “Secular Wisdom from the Movies,” we hope to offer student leaders a resource – whether for summer programming or just regular teaching. So often we overlook biblical insight from the secular world. The movies in…

The Top 10: June 2016

We’ve scoured youth ministry blogs and news sites to find the most helpful articles from June that will strengthen and encourage your ministry to students. We believe there are nuggets of wisdom to glean from each of these…

Secular Wisdom from the Movie: The Hunger Games

In this series, “Secular Wisdom at the Movies,” we hope to offer student leaders a resource – whether for summer programming or just regular teaching. So often we overlook biblical insight from the secular world. The movies in…

Secular Wisdom at the Movies: Moneyball

In this series, “Secular Wisdom at the Movies,” we hope to offer student leaders a resource – whether for summer programming or just regular teaching. So often we overlook biblical insight from the secular world. The movies in…

Secular Wisdom from the Movies: The Revenant

In this series, “Secular Wisdom at the Movies,” we hope to offer student leaders a resource – whether for summer programming or just regular teaching. So often we overlook biblical insight from the secular world. The movies in…

A Youth Ministry Like the Pulse Nightclub

Like everyone else, I sat dumbfounded when I heard the Sunday morning news on June 12th: 50 people killed in an Orlando nightclub. As the days past, numbness set in. And then I heard an interview on NPR…

Social Media is Not the Real Problem

It’s nearly 11:30 at night. I’m normally asleep at this time but, until I hear the reassuring beep of the back door alerting me that my teenage daughter is home safe, I won’t be able to fully rest….

Christians and Culture: How do We Respond?

“Twitter is a waste of time and is sure to fade away quickly.” This bold (and clearly foolish) declaration made seven years ago is perhaps one of the worst mistaken assumptions I have ever made regarding cultural trends….