The journey of this last year has been an interesting journey. I continue to find myself in the midst of conversations about the future of youth ministry and what the key needs are our kids. Since it has been so long since I've written ...
The following is from my friend Tim Eldred's newsletter for Christian Endeavor. It is a powerful story of getting out of the way and letting students :And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. ...
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.
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 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 ...
When I woke up on January 1, 2010, I looked out the window and besides a lot of snow saw NOTHING! This isn't what I envisioned 2010 looking like when I was a kid. Granted, it has been a loooong time since I was a kid, but still I ...