Speaking as a widow who has raised three sons during the ten years since their father died, I have read a number of Christian resources on grief. One of the best is a relatively new blog from Clarissa Moll.
While our world mixes a cocktail of loud voices, self-help and Prozac, Daniel offers the sobering news that God is creating for us a home and Kingdom that will never end and will not be shaken.
The idol of safetyism was embedded in American society long before the pandemic struck.
Momentum cannot be assessed simply. Ministry rising and falling numerically or (seemingly) spiritually lends itself to trusting the tide rather than the sovereign hand of God.
No matter the reason you feel burnt out in this season, may this letter act as a reminder to the faithfulness and steadfast love of the Lord.
These words in Malachi bore the weight of hope for the people of God as they prepared for the advent of their savior. To say they are important is probably an understatement.
Each month we compile a Top Ten list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families.
A rich theology of embodiment is particularly important for student ministers, whose focus on caring for others often lends itself to patterns of body-dismissal that are perhaps less God-honoring than we might imagine.
In one way or another, our students will be faced with reconciling suffering and the “good life.” As youth pastors, we need the resources of the gospel to point teenagers to a biblical perspective on suffering.
