This weekend my son Riley had the privilege of singing in the regional honor choir for the American Choral Directors Association. As a dad I was so proud of the hard work and pursuit of excellence that I saw in my son.
Last week I had the rare privilege to sit and talk with Phil Stacey during breakfast at a meeting we were at together. Phil was a top five finisher in season Six of American Idol and was a fan favorite because of his likeability factor. We had a ...
I was having lunch with a new group of friends recently when two of us got into the conversation about our kids. I mentioned that we were in the middle of the middle school emotions and struggling with helping our boys take responsibility for ...
I'd like to introduce you to the most incredible family I've ever met. This family is the perfect example of what a family should be. Every time I see this family it is so obvious that I should quit teaching about families, because it is obvious ...
As most of you know I teach youth development classes at North Central University to a group of students who just beginning to emerge from the world of youth themselves. The irony is never lost on me as I begin to help them realize that ...
I remember back to my sophomore year in high school (yes that was a long time ago & yes we had wheels & yes we even had a few pieces of this new thing called paper) during a social studies class where I first encountered the word ...
Recently I was in a discussion with Dr. Kara Powell about some of the findings they are uncovering with their transitions project. There are so many great insights that will emerge from this study that will help many youth leaders shape the way ...
The following are my notes from the workshop I did at the Orange Conference.
One of the most difficult issues facing youth ministry is trying to evaluate success. We need to rethink the way we do student ministry and revolutionize the ...
In a little over a month Kristi and I will be traveling to Istanbul to pour into some of the greatest kids on the planet. These kids have committed their lives to join their families to proclaim the message of Jesus to people groups around the ...
So for the last four days my e-mail inbox has been hit with close to 200 personal messages at my last count (these are non-spam related messages - those other thousand I delete immediately), plus another40 Facebook direct messages. This doesn't ...
