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Responding to Evil & School Shootings
Today at Deer Creek middle school here in Littleton, CO another school shooting took place. We have several students in our ministry who attend that school including the daughter of our Junior High director. What should we do now? How do we deal with this? The truth is, I don’t really know. There is a [...]
Helping Students Find Happiness
What is happiness? Before you read any further take a moment and try to define happiness. Tomorrow I am going skiing at one of my favorite resorts in Colorado. I love to ski, I love the feeling of powder running over my skis, hitting my ski pants, and even occasionally smacking me in the face. When I am going down the side of a mountain on a powder day, I am happy.
Deconstructing Relativism In the Mind of Students
Youth Ministry has changed drastically in the last 17 years since I first began working with students. Some of the changes have been in me, some of them have been in the context in which I am ministering, and some of them have been in the students themselves. When I started all those years ago [...]
Heroes Never Die!
My Grandpa and spiritual mentor passed away a couple of hours ago(as I write this). My eyes are dried up, but occasionally they well up and spill a little more. I have been going through one of his old Bibles that I am privileged to have. I know it is weird, but I am actually [...]
7 Reasons I Still do Lock Inns
Most guys who have done youth ministry for more than five years seem to have a dislike for all nighters. Maybe I am just weird, but I actually think there are some good reasons to do lock inns. I do one a year because they do take a significant amount of effort, but here [...]
Calling – Employment
“The will of the Lord concerning pastors is made known through the prayerful judgment of His church.” Lectures to my Students by C. H. Spurgeon
In High School I was a janitor (Environmental Services Associate if you want to be politically correct) on two different occasions. I am convinced that if I used either of those [...]
Youth Ministry Models
John Byrne talks about youth ministry models, what they are, and how we use them.
How Would You Describe a Disciple at Age 18?
I am putting together a tool that I hope will be beneficial for many parents including my wife and I. Part of that tool will be a list of characteristics, skills, and truths. This list is what we hope will be an accurate description of our own kids when they reach age 18 (or are [...]
Why I Told My Kids About Santa
My son is four, so we haven’t really talked about Santa much. This year our church had Santa come into his classroom on Sunday. Santa is nowhere to be seen at our house normally, so his only exposure is tv, the mall, and last Sunday morning. On the way home we had a conversation about [...]
Called: Conversion
“In order further to prove a man’s call, after a little exercise of his gifts, such as I have already spoken of, he must see a measure of conversion-work going on under his efforts, or he may conclude that he has made a mistake…” Charles Spurgeon in Lectures To My Students
Perhaps you read the quote [...]
