Too Easy. . . .
I’ve got it easy. Most likely you do too. Sadly, it’s so easy that we’ve come to expect easy and we don’t even know that we’ve got it easy. Jesus said that those who have it easy also have great…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today. . . .
Unless you were alive and paying attention at the time, you can’t really understand the significance of what was taking place when The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show fifty years ago tonight, on February 4, 1964. At the…
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Youth Ministry Moral Compromise. . . Some Great Insights From a Friend. . . .
My buddy Sid Koop at Truth Matters in Canada penned this blog entry this morning. He titled it “It Feels Like a Youth Ministry Epidemic.” Powerful. It speaks for itself and is worthy of your time and attention. Take some…
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The Super Bowl. . . Much, Much More Than A Game. . . .
On Sunday night, we’ll all get to watch crazy people on television. Crazy people in the streets. Crazy people in the stands. Crazy people in the room that you’re in. Crazy people going crazy over a game. Many of them…
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The Tragic Story of Ryan Loskarn. . . And Discussions We Must Have With Our Kids. . .
Later this morning I have the honor of speaking to a room full of several hundred teenagers about things that matter. . . living life to the glory of God on the digital frontier to be specific. Opportunities like these…
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The Grammys. . . We Are Over The Line. . .
There was something about last night’s Grammy Awards show that was both quite cool and quite telling. As one who grew up on the younger side of the 60’s “generation gap” and one who is now on the older side…
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How To Watch The Grammys. . .
We’re just a little less than an hour away from what is annually billed as “music’s biggest night.” It’s the Grammys. Once again, our efforts to exegete and understand a rapidly changing culture have us watching The Grammys. Like Paul’s…
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Richard Sherman. . . .
I’m late. . . really late. . . I know. After all, it happened almost five days ago. In today’s world of speed, obsolescence, and everything from yesterday being “so yesterday,” I’m late in the game. I have to confess…
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The Difficult Yet Necessary Work of Forgiveness. . . .
There’s a theological reality that is inescapable. We know it because the Bible tells us so. It’s the reason Jesus came in the first place. The reality is this: We are horribly broken people. But we could come to the…
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A Little Advice. . . To Young, Old, and Me. . .
A car ride with someone I don’t really know is one of my favorite things. I realize that may sound a little bit creepy and it goes against one of the most basic of childhood warnings issued by my mother.…
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Youth Workers. . . Help Students to Use Their Heads. . . And $1000 For College!
Fifty years ago, Harry Blamires – a student of C.S. Lewis – wrote these seven words at the beginning of his book The Christian Mind: “There is no longer a Christian mind.” Blamires was lamenting our growing willingness and inability…
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God Grant Me A Heart For This Girl. . . And The Heart Of This Girl. . .
Last night I watched the Nightly News on NBC. Once again, from the heated, padded, and peaceful confines of our family room, the screen took us on a two-minute journey into a place where comforts like heat, padding, and peace are…
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