Desiring God’s 2010 Conference messages are all online (probably have been for a good while actually) and there are some great speakers in the mix with interesting topics. You can listen or watch online or download.

Worth discussing with your youth group… On the evening of Sunday 13 February, an estimated 45 Christians were temporarily detained overnight by the Iranian authorities in various towns and cities, including at least five people who were held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. At least one woman was detained in Mashad, while two men were…

I shared a few thoughts at diocesan convention this year… (audio) I would like to share briefly with you on the progress we have seen over the past ten years in youth ministry in this diocese. By progress I am not going into details like the 700+ students we are reaching through our events, the…

I posted this link before but since he was at Fusion and so many of you spoke so highly of our time that day, I thought I would post it again. This page has the audio files of the Rooted Conference in which Ashley gave three talks.

Not to start a trend here, but in a not unrelated bit of news, RedBook posted an article that says a lot about the generation that are not yet teens, specifically the girls. Someone needs to address this in your church (with parents) Push-up bras, pedicures, hip-hop dance classes: These are now the social currency…

Walt Mueller posted a good piece on the latest song by the Lady. I strongly suggest anyone in youth ministry read this and do something with it!!! I think that the release of this song marks a watershed moment in our understanding of who we are and where we’re going as a culture. That’s why…

A few years ago I was speaking to a group of students on a parish weekend and brought along Drew Miller to lead some worship music. On the sunday, after dropping Drew back at his dormitory, I noticed a poster on the wall as I headed out of the building. It caught my eye because…

During my sabbatical two years ago, I started a “project” that I hoped I would have continued on for a long while. Reality though is that I do better at sticking to bad habits than forming good ones. What I started was rewriting ancient prayers in a way to make them mine and thereby enrich…

Justin Taylor’s blog at The Gospel Coalition posted this last month and I thought it worth a look.ohn Piper suggests five questions you can ask of anything to determine its importance: What would happen if it did not exist?What would you give to have it or keep it?What does it make possible?How does it weather…