A Brand New Youth Ministry Training Opportunity! . . .
The challenges facing youth workers who lead and love kids in today’s world are immense. Perhaps you’ve found yourself trying to understand how to help kids navigate the pressures, stresses, and anxieties of life. Your kids are seeking to settle…
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Some Words To Spark Spiritual Self-Examination. . .
Over the last few months I’ve been reading through The Imitation Of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. If you haven’t read it, I would encourage you to dig into it, perhaps a chapter a day as you begin the New Year…
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Do You Know The Lie Of Christmas?
I believed it would change my life. Even though I began my impatient wait for its arrival sometime in September, it usually arrived in our mailbox at 1162 Beverly Road a few weeks before Thanksgiving. Its shiny full-color pages consumed…
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The Teen Mental Health Crisis – A Youth Ministry Resource. . .
Viral. Epidemic. Contagion. Crisis. These are all words we hear whenever (which is just about every day) a news story pops up about either teen mental health trends or another heartbreaking story about a kid who has buckled or is…
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A Prayer For When The Holidays Are Hard. . .
This week, many of us will lift our voices as we do each Christmas to sing these words from Joy To The World: “No more let sins and sorrows grow nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings…
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Today’s World Cup, Football, And The Demon of Sport. . .
What was on your mind as you went to bed last night? Truth be told, my mind was visited and revisited by the anticipation that on this Lord’s Day, my (yes, I claim them as my own) Philadelphia Eagles kick…
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Teens, Gambling, and the Bible. . .
I can’t even begin to count how many there are. I’m sitting there watching a football game. . . or a baseball game. . . or a basketball game. . . you name it. . . and I’m invited over-and-over…
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We Always Marry The Wrong Person. . .
Several years ago I ran across a little interview with Glenn Stanton on “The Science of Shacking Up.” Stanton’s the author of The Ring Makes All The Difference: The Hidden Consequences of Cohabitation and the Strong Benefits of Marriage, a…
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A New Youth Ministry Training Conference! . . .
It’s like Christmas morning around here! We’re excited! We just launched the website and opened registration for a brand-new youth ministry training conference. . . The Northeast Youth Ministry Summit. . . that will be bring together a strong team…
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The Balenciaga Ad Scandal and Our Children’s Safety. . .
This morning I’ve been spending time getting caught up on the controversy unfolding around the winter ad campaign for the Balenciaga fashion brand. If you’re not familiar with what’s happening, you can read a short summary here. In a nutshell,…
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Thanksgiving. . . Put The Devices Away. . .
While watching a scene from the iconic teen film The Breakfast Club a few years ago, I suddenly realized just how much our world had changed. It dawned on me that not one of the movie’s five main teenage characters ever…
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NOVEMBER 22ND. . . KENNEDY, HUXLEY, & LEWIS IN 1963. . . AND A GOOD WORD FROM CRYSTAL KIRGESS NOW. . .
When I woke up this morning I looked at the date and immediately my mind rewound and settled on this day in 1963. November 22 is always a significant day for me. . . . sparking thoughts of the past…
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