Category: Youth Ministry

When I posted the link to Greg Stier’s review of the film “Divided” my motivation was the characterization of Jesus as a youth minister.  His basis?  Evidence in scripture that most of the disciples were under 20 years old.  For 25 years (the ones I have been in full time youth ministry) I have been…

Greg Stier weighs in on the film that I posted reviews of previously.  Like anyone, he jumps on the whole D6 thing with both feet but then disagrees with the premises of the film with a very different perspective than others whose reviews I have read.  I’d love to think he is right in his…

For years I had a subscription to a magazine of sorts called “The Briefing”.  It came out of Sydney, published by Matthias Media and gave me lots of interesting things to think about and I learned much from it.  The Briefing is now fully online and totally free!  Bookmark it and take a little time…

Ted Kluck, co-author of “Why We’re Not Emergent” (an excellent book in which Ted writes the amusing observations while his co-author writes the biblical analysis), shares his amusing and thoughtful observations in a blog post that I thoroughly enjoyed.  Here is a snippet: I have been told, in all earnestness, by a 19-year-old security guard…

A comment by a friend recently got me thinking about an attitude that I held for a great many years.  The comment reflected a dislike for the word ‘religion’.  When I heard that, I had a mixed reaction.  I can relate to the dislike for a word that in a sense does not convey the…

Jon Neilson has been blogging with some very good stuff and getting it published on Gospel Coalition these days.  It’s worth reading and considering this guys thoughts…  Like the following which can be found in detail HERE: YOUTH MINISTRY “DONE WELL”First, I need to clarify what I mean by youth ministry done well.  I mean…

I ran across this very provocative blog post questioning the message of the movie.  I’m really not as fussy about this sort of thing as some can be… but the guy does make a good point overall regardless of what you thought of the film. Bethany Hamilton’s story is inspiring and encouraging, and I’m sure…

Not to be sentimental of course, but 25 years ago today Jane and I tied the knot.  We were young… very young of course.  I wondered what else started in the year we got married.  So Wikipedia helped me to recall that in 1986:The first PC virus, Brain, started to spread.  Of course I did…