Beerbongs & Bentleys and the Gospel

“Might’ve [had sex with her], it was only lust.” “I wake up every day with this anxiety.” “Struggling just to find my peace.” “I just want to fly, make it last before we die.” Earlier this year, Austin…

Sports and the Liturgical Life

I don’t know about you, but where I live, sports are a big deal to students and their families. It isn’t uncommon for sports, not the church, to hold a higher priority in the life of a student….

The Unimportance of Being “Cool”

In a recent meeting for our upcoming Summer mission trip, I found myself hesitant to announce that girls were required to wear a one-piece bathing suit, a rule which in the eyes of a teenage girl is essentially…

Student Ministry as a Subversive Activity

What can two authors from the 1960s, writing about the problems of public education, teach student ministers today about practical ministry? In the case of Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner’s Teaching as a Subversive Activity, the answer is,…

An Argument Against Living Biblically

A couple of weeks ago, CBS aired the first episode of Living Biblically, a sitcom about a man who decides that he is going to live completely by the Bible. Chip Curry (played by Jay R. Ferguson) has…