Most mornings I am fortunate enough to be able to hit the snooze button once before diving headfirst into a day packed full of studying, responsibilities, and tasks. I’ll subsequently drink a few cups of coffee (a Christian’s…
It was the end of a long day volunteering at an inner city summer camp. I sat down to watch a movie with about twenty students when six-year-old Kenny came up to me, tears rolling down his cheeks….
In the following series, we asked people ministering to youth with strong educational backgrounds to look at teaching methods Jesus used as a means of helping us better communicate God’s truth to teenagers. In John 13, we…
The book of Esther resonates with our experiences. The spiritual vista of Esther feels very familiar to our own lives, yet it is into this context that God is powerfully demonstrated.
Christmas: Where rubber meets the road. Where God enters time and space. Where the kingdom of God intersects earth. I watched the movie ‘The Nativity Story’ several nights ago, and I had a really interesting experience of having…
Jesus redefined leadership as servanthood in taking on a humble form to most genuinely reach and minister to people –in particular, the last, the little, the lost, and the least; why do youth ministries attempt something different? One…
Let all of us- student, ministers, and parents alike- be encouraged that the most powerful change agent in the world remains Jesus Christ working through His bride, the Church.
Part 1: (Re)Framing the Conversation Part 2: So, Where Does Evil Come From? Part 3: Humanity, God’s Solution to Evil Last week in Part 2 of this series, we saw that evil is best understood as the privation…
The second Monday of each month I gather with several pastors in the area to pray, confess my sin, and fellowship together. During our last meeting, my mentor brought us to 2 Corinthians 4:1-6. It was an incredible…
