Spiritual Health > Safety
A few months back, my team and I talked about this statement, “We provide programming that is physical, emotional, and spiritually safe without making it experientially safe.” What chords does […]
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How to Move Students Into a Deeper Relationship With Jesus
Sometimes I think we think it’s only about the physical stuff we need to do with our students or for our students in order to move them into a deeper […]
Add Grit to Your Ministry
One of my favorite passages is from 2 Kings 3. At this time the Kings of Israel, Judah and Edom have tried to do everything on their own to lead […]
Minister Within the Mess
Every week following our youth programming, I clean up a mess. Papers, candy wrappers, pens, and pen pieces are scattered on the floor all over our worship area. Chairs that […]
Chasing Truth – Surrendering Sexuality
Read Part 1: The Creator Conflict Read Part 2: Backing Up The Bible Read Part 3: Why Jesus Read Part 4: The Reality of the Resurrection Read Part 5: Explaining Evil […]
Chasing Truth – Explaining Evil
Read Part 1: The Creator Conflict Read Part 2: Backing Up The Bible Read Part 3: Why Jesus Read Part 4: The Reality of the Resurrection I have two children, a […]
The Creator Conflict
My friend Walt* is an agnostic. He thinks he is being very sophisticated using this label; I think he is just being lazy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying […]
Rising From the Ashes – A Response to Burglary and Arson
Destruction happens so fast; building takes a long time. In our work with students across America, I’m reminded of this truth. In just a few minutes, our office building for […]
When Subtracting Prayer from School means Multiplication
It has been quite a month. As I walked down the hall as the FCA(Fellowship of Christian Athletes) huddle leader of a local middle school in Grand Rapids, MI, I […]
5 Things to do About Spring Attendance Drop-Off
“We count people because people count.” One of the churches I was formerly employed at had this in their weekly church handout. The cynic would say this is a cop-out, […]