Understanding Sex: Cultural or Covenantal?
If he’s still around he would be in his late 40’s. I wonder if his attitudes about sex and sexuality have changed. I met him when he was in high school and sitting front and center as I was the…
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Youth Ministry: Our Primary Task
There are many ways in which I envy my youth ministry friend Jake. . . healthy rather than sinful envy I hope. He’s young. . . just getting started. He’s doing ministry on a youth culture landscape of deep self-awareness…
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More Thoughts On Paul’s Words To Youthworkers. . .
The older I get the more I see the relevance of how the old stuff speaks to the new. . . which means that “the new” must not really be that new at all. There really is nothing new under…
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Youth Ministry: There’s A World To Know. . .
So. . . what is most important in youth ministry? That’s the question I asked yesterday and will be answering this week here in this space. This question and the answer(s) I will share were occasioned by my youth pastor…
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Youth Ministry: What’s Most Important?
Yesterday I had the privilege of preaching at the ordination service of one of my young youth ministry friends who’s also been a part of our CPYU Faith and Culture Cohorts. When Jake invited me to preach – which was…
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Pronouns, Sex, Gender, Policies, Practices, & Our Kids. . .
Even before reaching the table of contents, I saw these words of dedication at the front of the book: For our sons and daughters. May they know their true worth. These two sentences capture the heart of what Abigail Favale…
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The Sunday Idol of Sport. . .
Why is it that we let so many good things in life become the ultimate things in our lives? Tim Keller always warned that God’s good gifts to us become idols when they are prioritized wrongly. When these good things…
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A Theologian’s Advice To Youthworkers. . . “Be Brave!”
And so it begins. . . or it will in just a few weeks. Another season of youth ministry. New kids joining the ranks of our middle school groups. Some of last year’s middle schoolers are now in our high…
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Youthworkers, Parents, and Contending For The Faith. . .
What does it mean to faithfully lead our children and teens into a life of discipleship? And what does that mean in a world (and church?) filled with competing cultural voices which call them to “come and follow” on roads…
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Proverbs and Prime Day. . .
Thanks to some very effective marketing, Amazon’s Prime Days are days when we really ramp up our thoughts and desires regarding stuff. I can’t point to any hard and fast data, but I can tell you about the seemingly endless…
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A Youthworker’s Passionate Plea To Parents. . .
The chant was standard fare back when I was in high school, and it would reverberate through the gym several times a game as we cheered on our teammates running up and down the court. “WE DON’T MESS AROUND, HEY!…
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A Prayer To Pray During Pride Month. . .
For those of us navigating life with our kids during this Pride Month, here’s a prayer I wrote that I trust we will pray with all humility as we seek to follow the way and will of God as contained…
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