When I was 14 years old, my church had the most amazing youth pastor!  Large numbers of young people came to youth groups and spent time with Gary whenever they could.  His home bustled with teenagers coming and going.  They wanted to be around Gary as much as possible.  When I was 15, everything had…

Links here to the main speakers talks at Rooted.  Worth taking the time to listen to! Click on the title of the talk to listen (once you go to the pages below) 2012 Rooted Conference Recordings: Mary Willson 2012 Rooted Conference Recordings: Ray Ortlund 2012 Rooted Conference Recordings: Timothy George

Its been far too long since I updated the blog here, I thought I would do a series of articles on a subject. This time it will be on the matter of volunteer leaders. Some of what I will post over the next few weeks will be from a series of articles that were originally…

Back from the Rooted Conference, which was an amazing couple of days in Birmingham!  Since I am watching the closing 2012 Olympic ceremonies… I cannot help but use a British expression to state that I am “absolutely shattered!”  The Conference was great and the teaching could not have been better.  Ray Ortland did the main…

Given the number of internships and apprenticeships we have seen in our diocese over the years, this article caught my eye.  Too often I have seen churches (or camps) use internships to get free or cheap labor and miss the opportunity to invest in people.  Take a look. One of the BIG Aha agreements reflects…

Tim Challies posted a review on a new book which caught my attention for the comment in bold. That’s where Jerry Bridges’ new book comes in. After several decades of a teaching and writing ministry that has transformed countless lives around the world, his most recent book distills to fewer than 100 pages the essential…

I have not been posting to this blog of late due to being in Ireland with a team of students as part of our partnership with the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin, & Ardagh. You can follow us on: http://irelandpartnership.blogspot.ie/

The Briefing, a publication from Mathias Media that I used to read regularly (cause it’s really good) has done a series on memorizing Scripture.  This is an area of huge challenge to me and yet we encourage our youth ministers to engage students in… not in a competitive sense like some sort of Bible drill…

Great article in the local paper about one of our youth ministers, Stan Winder, whom I first met when he was in a wheel chair with no expectation of ever walking again. Stan Winder continues to defy the odds after his instantaneous recovery from a crippling disease that happened when he said God spoke to…