Jon Neilson has been blogging with some very good stuff and getting it published on Gospel Coalition these days.  It’s worth reading and considering this guys thoughts…  Like the following which can be found in detail HERE: YOUTH MINISTRY “DONE WELL”First, I need to clarify what I mean by youth ministry done well.  I mean…

I ran across this very provocative blog post questioning the message of the movie.  I’m really not as fussy about this sort of thing as some can be… but the guy does make a good point overall regardless of what you thought of the film. Bethany Hamilton’s story is inspiring and encouraging, and I’m sure…

Not to be sentimental of course, but 25 years ago today Jane and I tied the knot.  We were young… very young of course.  I wondered what else started in the year we got married.  So Wikipedia helped me to recall that in 1986:The first PC virus, Brain, started to spread.  Of course I did…

Found this interesting look at 37 ways that Christians can love one another as prescribed by scripture.  It includes… Be devoted to one another (Rom. 12:10).Give preference to one another (Rom. 12:10).Be of the same mind toward one another (Rom. 12:16).Accept one another by withholding judgment (Rom. 14:1).Accept one another by showing deference (Rom. 14:1–5;…

A friend in Australia, Graham Stanton, has posted a three part response to the movie “Divided” which is worth considering.  Graham is a guy who is willing to slay sacred cows and take on ideas that have wide acceptance but might not be exactly biblical.  I watched him do this fairly effectively at an international…

The recent riots and looting that started in London and spread across England was very disturbing to watch.  I found the news very depressing… enough to put me in a bit of a funk and begin pondering how things got that way.  The thought of a generation that would erupt in chaos should be incredibly…

The Gospel Coalition posted a piece that I am sure a bunch of you have read, but for those who have not…  It is here. The daunting statistics about chucchgoing youth keep rolling in. Panic ensues. What are we doing wrong in our churches? In our youth ministries? It’s hard to sort through the various…

Ed Stetzer weighs in on the media portraying the Norway shooter as a Christian Fundamentalist.  It’s worth reading.  A quote from it… 


A narrative is being fashioned about conservative Christians (and to the media, just about all evangelicals would be very conservative). 
That narrative is that they are simple, angry, persecute gays, cling to God…

Yesterday I had a chat with a pastor who asked what I do for a living.  I told him and then he commented something about people growing out of youth ministry and how I had found a way to stay in it.  That really kinda bugged me and reminded me of the mentality of so…

Yes, I am big on looking at current events and considering how we as Christian youth ministry folk address these with our youth groups.  Most of the time I think we fail to do so.  It might be helpful if we considered adding a current events segment to youth group time once a month or…