Peter & Jesus: Thoughts from a Soon-To-Be Graduate
I’m beginning the final lap of seminary, and there’s a common question that typically arises that goes something like this: What’s your plan post-graduation? Ah, yes. To be honest, the question...
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Students Are Connected and More Alone Than Ever
Even when we’re alone, we’re not really alone. Our technologies now allow us to be a part of the crowd—even when we’re sitting in the solitude of our quiet dorm room or apartment. Cell phones and smart...
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Encountering the One True God in Solitude
There is nothing more powerful than an encounter with the One True God. The practice of the discipline of solitude is what creates the atmosphere for this kind of encounter. Remember, he wants us to...
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Top 20 Youth Group Games
I learned something recently: in youth ministry, youth group games are important. I mean really important. My church had vacation bible school two weeks ago and I was teaching the middle school class....
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God’s Solution for Our World Full of Noise, Hurry, Crowds, and Confusion
If we want to experience God in new and profound ways, if we want him to do a work within us that is supernatural and beyond what we can personally manufacture, if we want God to use us in ways that...
View ArticleHelping College Students Make Faith Central
Can you remember the first time you encountered one of those Christians who truly lived as if they believed Jesus was real, and meant what He said as revealed in the Bible? And it wasn’t a way of...
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Free Children’s Lesson for the First Sunday of Lent
Here is a free lesson to use for children’s ministry for the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter. It begins with Ash Wednesday, and leads up to Holy Week. On Ash...
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Free Youth Lesson for the Week of Ash Wednesday
Here is a free lesson to use for youth ministry for the first Sunday of Lent. Technically speaking, Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter. It begins with Ash Wednesday, and leads up to Holy...
View ArticleWhat High-Commitment Youth Ministry Looks Like
Many engage in youth ministry as if young people are satisfied with distractions and can only swallow shallow faith. The church often responds as if there were no way around this assumption. In...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Chaos: Your Chance for Change
I’m a sucker for training montages in movies. The clip from Rocky hits me in the heart every time. How are you not inspired by watching it? He runs the streets of Philly, spars with slabs of meat, does...
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