Is Your Youth Ministry Struggling To Be Epic?

Is Your Youth Ministry Struggling To Be Epic?

      I was listening to a local sports show the other day and they were asking listeners what teams they were going to give up for lent this year. People called in an gave up in The Chargers, Kentucky basketball, and a host of other teams. One of the shows...
3 Insights About Youtube, Youth Culture, and Gaming

3 Insights About Youtube, Youth Culture, and Gaming

  I was scrolling through some Mashable articles and saw a headline with Justin Bieber and Minecraft in the same sentence. That immediately got my attention, not because I am a Belieber or because I’m a Minecraft crafter, but because the guys of TeamCrafted...
My Painful Realization Of How Powerless My Youth Ministry Is

My Painful Realization Of How Powerless My Youth Ministry Is

This morning I woke up with my usual Wednesday night youth program hangover. It was a long night, but last night felt longer than most because of the news I received. We are in week three of what I call the Disciple Project, three months of fine tuned Wednesdays, and...
The Lego Movie Connects Creativty and Life, Makes Wonder

The Lego Movie Connects Creativty and Life, Makes Wonder

Let me make an admission before I begin. I was a Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys kind of kid growing up. Lego wasn’t as cool back then so I have no vast history with Lego and I am not a Lego fan boy. On the other hand, my son grew up with a Lego Star Wars, or...