“One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.” Psalm 145:4 (ESV)
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Octagons, Adoption & Marriage
My head is spinning both literally and figuratively. The former I won’t fully explain here but the latter is as one might expect due to these rather unusual days. If I turn the clock back almost two weeks it is astonishing to see the chain of events and honestly both humorous and frightening. I got…
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Why Anglicanism?
Sitting in a session with the Young Anglicans Project, my friend Matt asked the question “Why Anglicanism?” What he was getting at was whether or not we could easily articulate what we found attractive about the Anglican tradition in an age where denominations are said to be dying. I began to reflect on my first experience…
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What Would Jesus Say To Greta Thunberg?
I recently had an article published at Rooted about the Swedish 16 year old climate change activist. In the process of changing my email address I could not share it here but finally got logged in and can share it now. Ever since Greta Thunberg made U.S. headlines in September speaking to the U.N. Climate…
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Does Youth Ministry Need a Redesign for Generation Z?
Greg Stier wrote a thought provoking article on Christianpost.com which raises some good questions. I particularly liked his part about Gospel activism. What if you began to help teenagers see themselves as Gospel activists and their circle of friends and school campuses as opportunities for social impact? What does the Gospel have to do with…
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Will Gen Z Hold On to the Faith?
Jaquelle (Crowe) Ferris writes on the TGC blog… According to a study from LifeWay Research, 66 percent of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22. These statistics are…
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Relational Ministry Isn’t Enough
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…
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Stepping Stones
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.…
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Things I did not know
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…
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On The Church (part two)
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…
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Engaging Younger Generations
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.…
