It is right for us to want our students to be cared for, regardless of the inconvenient timing and severity of their pain. Still, our goal should be to remove ourselves from any sort of hero position and instead point our students to the true Hero—Jesus.
I’m pretty certain that if my 17-year-old self of 1994 were alive in 2020, I could be in serious trouble because of racial sin in my life. When I recall views I had or some comments I made…
As summer kicks off, many teenagers will experience heightened pressure surrounding body image, leading to disordered eating for some. Thankfully, the gospel provides good news for bodies: They are created by God for good, redeemed by the Incarnation…
Until the spread of COVID-19 across our land, I had never felt what it must have been like living in Egypt during the plagues. But as I sat in my house for weeks on end, quarantined with my…
Social media is ablaze with the latest documentary freak show on Netflix. Some describe it as a train wreck you can’t take your eyes off. Many are laughing, making the show an ideal new source for memes. America…
I have always been a skeptical person. Doubt, in any arena, is not foreign to me. I was that kid—the one always asking “why?” As a fellow youth worker, I’m sure you’re able to conjure up the image…
The jokes about going crazy with your kids at home during this pandemic are rampant. Some of them are funny (“women are at greater risk, spas have been designated as safe zones – send your women alone immediately!”),…
Veteran youth and family pastor Cameron Cole experienced his worst nightmare come true on Monday, November 11, 2013, when his three-year-old son Cam did not wake up. In the months and years that followed, Cole and his wife…
“All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” We’re quick to hear this verse quoted in times of trouble and uncertainty. But I’m not sure that it always…
