How I Kicked My Phone Habit. . .
The six words at the top of this page caught my eye earlier this week when I saw them in the subject line of an email from First Things magazine. The email directed me to a short yet compelling first-person…
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If You Were The Devil: Strategies For Destroying Kids
I recently asked ChatGPT to play the devil. If you’re unfamiliar with ChatGPT, it’s an artificial intelligence chatbot that can understand and respond to text in a human-like way, helping with tasks like answering questions, writing, etc. It operates rather…
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A Gen Z Woman. . . On Marriage And So Much More. . .
Her latest post on her Substack caught my attention. . . as so many other posts of hers have done: “Why We Doubt Everything: We didn’t love faith, we never learnt it.” U.K. writer Freya India is a bright and…
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Holy Week. . . Something to Ponder #4 . . .
See What A MorningGetty and Townend See, what a morning, gloriously bright,With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem;Folded the grave-clothes, tomb filled with light,As the angels announce, “Christ is risen!”See God’s salvation plan,Wrought in love, borne in pain, paid in…
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Holy Week. . . Something To Ponder #3 . . .
If I had to be stranded on an island and could only have one hymn. . . this might be it. . . The Power of the CrossTownend & Getty Oh, to see the dawnOf the darkest day:Christ on the…
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Holy Week. . . Something To Ponder #2. . .
How Deep The Father’s Love For UsStuart Townend How deep the Father’s love for us,How vast beyond all measureThat He should give His only SonTo make a wretch His treasure How great the pain of searing loss,The Father turns His…
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Holy Week. . .Something To Ponder #1
For the next few days I will be sharing some music that is especially meaningful, helpful, and deep for me in light of the life-changing events that we commemorate this weekend. Take a few minutes each day to stop, enter…
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“Adolescence” on Netflix: Into The Unseen Underworld of Our Kids
From 1978 until last week, there were only two media artifacts that held the #1 spot in things I’ve watched that have rattled me to the core. The films Midnight Express and Fight Club offered peeks into the human condition…
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What Are You Doing With Single-Parent Families?
One of my biggest youth ministry mistakes was rooted in ignorance. Early on, I would look around the room as our students would gather and assume that they were all more alike than they were different. In many ways, I…
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Who’s Teaching The Kids? Are They Following Culture or Christ?
Walking question marks. That’s what our kids are. It doesn’t matter if they’re toddlers, pre-schoolers, elementary-aged, pre-teens, or teens. They are constantly seeking, searching, and finding their way through life. They can either follow the ever-present cultural narrative, or they…
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Meeting New Challenges In Youth Ministry. . .
While there’s really nothing new under the sun, things have changed. . . a lot. Those of us who have been involved in youth ministry for the long haul have been the given the “long view”, which is a perspective…
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Six Marks Of This Great Youth Ministry Training Event. . .
It was so good the first two times around that we’re doing it again! The Northeast Youth Ministry Summit will be happening March 17 to 20 in the beautiful Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. So far, we have youth workers registered from multiple…
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