I served in a church so consumed with their numbers, we had a permanent apparatus in the back of the…
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I served in a church so consumed with their numbers, we had a permanent apparatus in the back of the…
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“We count people because people count.” That mantra was our church’s lifeline. Nothing happened without counting, and without a count,…
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Much of the momentum in our youth ministry is the result of our student leadership team (SLT). We invest a…
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Medical malpractice is decided by a jury of peers, and in this series of posts I’ve acted as a jury…
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INSTRUCTIONS: Spark conversations about biblical truth by discussing the “News Nugget” below. Bring it up in conversation, as a discussion-starter…
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Recently I had lunch with a young man from my church who’d just ended a long relationship with his fiancé…
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About a year ago, I finally talked my husband, John, into asking our local high school’s athletic director if he…
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Some who have the role of leader don’t actually have the soul of a leader—that’s a problem, because “everything rises and…
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People love clarity. When youth workers are confident in their direction, clarity truly helps them and their entire leadership team…
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If a summer mission trip is in your future, you’re probably in the middle of planning, fundraising, team-building, and parent…
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There was a time when Bible-reading seemed, well, normal… No more. As a first-year college student, I quickly learned that…
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The question from one of my teenagers was both jolting and inviting: “I’m just not into the Bible—is that okay to…
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Our primary authority for living a Jesus-Centered life is the Bible, a long book written in two languages thousands of…
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In Sunday school, I remember singing at the top of my lungs, “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a…
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First, a brutal confession: In high school, I didn’t care about the Bible. I cared about Jesus, but I saw…
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I am not sporty. I don’t track athletes, teams, or even where the ball is on the field. ESPN has…
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Season 2, Episode 010: When The Bible Doesn’t Meet Your Expectations With so many teenagers reporting dissatisfaction with the Bible, we…
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Every mission trip is built on a deep truth wrapped in a sticky lie. Although we don’t intend for it to…
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In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday feature, I invite a group of young people to experience the Bible in the epic…
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In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday experiment, we show how to unlock the truth about Jesus, and the truth about the…
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