Category: Youth Ministry

I really resonated with this article on the epidemic of loneliness amongst students today and the need for more intentional relational discipleship. When youth pastors tell me they are taking an “organic” approach to “relational” youth ministry, I know there’s a problem. These two terms signal to me that the youth pastor simply encourages volunteers…

Anyone who knows me is aware that I have a difficult time with people using youth ministry as a stepping stone into “real” ministry. Yes, I recognize that some youth pastors go on to lead churches and others go into different careers. However, I am convinced that God calls people uniquely to minister to teens.…

I was intending to post more frequently over the summer than I have. Not sure why the time is flying so fast. Last Sunday we were worshipping with our daughter, her husband, and their son …our grand … okay, let’s just say the amazing 2 year old called Aidan. We were at the church my…

my previous post covered the first part of the sermon, specifically the look at Acts 2:42-47. This part looks at the four statements we see in the Nicene creed about the church. Now the statement in the Nicene Creed is: We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. There are four truths to be…

For those who attended the breakout on Engaging Younger Generations at the ACNA Assembly last week in Dallas, the slides are attached below. If you did not attend but are curious, I am told that recordings of the breakouts will be posted within the ACNA Mobile App. Click on the link below for the pdf.…

I had the opportunity to preach last Sunday in a series on the Nicene Creed. My task was to cover the line “We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church”. The text I preached from was Acts 2:42-47. Here is the first part of the sermon. The second will follow. As Luke writes the…

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”― Mark Twain I never imagined that I would one day live in a world where any one person’s experience is assumed to be universal truth. What I believe is badly needed today is more observation before drawing conclusions. So when I read this articlethat a friend shared…

There is a great article online that is written from the Generation Z perspective that I commend to you.  It is found here. It starts… Anyone under 40 years old tends to be lumped under the Millennial label. But I am a part of Gen Z (also known as iGen, Gen K, Homeland Generation). We…

Challies posted a great article titled “If the Bible Is Wrong, I’m So, So Wrong” which makes all sorts of great points about the things scripture teaches that are contrary to our culture. This is the kind of article that reminds us how much we need to teach younger generations. It starts out like this:…