Truth for Back to School: Ministering to Anxious Students in an Age of School Shootings
In an anxious age of school shootings, our students need a listening ear, the comfort of Jesus, and a hope for the future.
In an anxious age of school shootings, our students need a listening ear, the comfort of Jesus, and a hope for the future.
The strongest possible affirmation anyone could give of women is that they get to be like Jesus. That’s what Peter says to the women he addresses in this passage, and it’s the good word we get to proclaim to our students today.
The good news is that our wandering doesn’t sever us from Christ.
Jesus lived his entire life on earth with one goal: to do his Father’s business, regardless of what people thought or how long it took. Let us have the same singular focus as well.
If we want to encourage students in their prayer life, there is perhaps no better place for them than the Psalms.
Grace is the source for all life lived in the kingdom of the Son of God, and it is marked by righteousness, peace, and joy instead of me and my load of stuff.
All ministers would tell you that loneliness is a part of their story, yet I think youth ministry holds a unique place on the perpetual loneliness shelf.
What God provides for us in our ministries is what we need and what our youth need. He can be trusted with our faith.
Youth ministry is not just about pointing adolescents to the cross and helping them plan for eternity. Youth ministry is an opportunity to help them experience Jesus’ kingdom today.
