You may have already heard of the controversy stirred by the promotion of Rob Bell’s new book “Love Wins”. Several bloggers have weighed in fairly quickly given the promotional video and book description that places it clearly in the realm of universalism. This raises a question for those of us who have used Nooma videos.…

Last year, some friends of mine decided to move from England to the USA because they felt the conviction that God wanted them to adopt a child. After going through the adoption process in the UK, they found that they were not eligible to adopt because they could not affirm homosexuality. Their stated position was…

A blog post worth reading. written by a lady who is a real thinker… Now you may think that this is just a Hollywood movie, but the ideas about female sexuality it promotes are dangerous, and becoming more and more pervasive. Today, young women are inundated with the idea that they need to explore and…

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…