A version of this article appeared at The Gospel Coalition Blog on September 17 and garnered a lot of attention (measured by the 4000+ shares on Facebook).  Below is the original as submitted to the editors.  They did a great job in editing my work but left off one important reality.  The first church I…

Growing up I always thought it odd that when two dogs first encounter each other they do a sort of circle dance trying to sniff each others ends.  Once accomplished, they seem fine with each other. The best I can figure out as to the meaning behind (no pun intended) such behavior is that they…

At one of our events in 2012 we hosted Nathan Tasker to lead worship music and do a concert. It was an incredible time. I ran across this interview with him recently that really says much about who he is and what he is about. an excerpt… Do hymns have a special significance for you?Yeah…

I am sitting in church, listening to a sermon from a guest preacher.  It’s pretty good except that I am slightly distracted by whom the preacher reminds me of. That’s irrelevant to where I am going though. Suddenly for the sixth or seventh time I hear something conveyed that I had heard before.  That sounds…

In working with the Young Anglicans Project (learn more at younganglicansproject.com) I have become aware of a very cool website for both teens and youth leaders that is produced by Anglicans in Australia.  I found this thing very cool.  It has articles (blog posts) for students as well as lots of resources for youth leaders.…

I’ve run across a great example of thinking theologically in youth ministry on a blog post written by a guy who grew up in one of the youth groups in our diocese.  He is now serving as a youth minister in another part of our state.  Not only does he engage theology, but he looks…

Much has been written suggesting that students go off to college and lose their faith.  I am sure there is much to this but there is also another perspective which has been written about at TGC Professor Smith observes three primary and very interesting reasons why the university is not the faith-shredder we imagine it…

One of the issues I run across in youth ministry is how we do worship music with students.  I am keenly aware that what we do with them today will impact the way they perceive worship music in the future.  I ran across a Gospel Coalition Blog piece that linked to this article which made…

The following post comes from Adventures of Lauren. She is currently doing an internship in youth ministry at a church in Ashburn Virginia and had a eye opening experience on a mission trip to Philadelphia, which is what this post is about. Lauren is entering her senior year at Grove City College in PA. “For…