If I brought anything to the table over the past 30 years, it’s my God given gift of gab. I love sharing interesting and relevant messages with students. Many of my messages focus on growing in Christ, but I always include the gospel and what it means to follow Jesus. This is part seven in…
This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good. – Pope Francis I don’t always like the tone of what Steven Crowder does or even the…
I’m cheating on Halloween with All Saints Day (or All Souls Day) this year. I’ve never made a big deal of All Saints Day but Halloween has lost some of it’s pizzazz for me. Besides, All Saints Day focuses on the commitment the saints made, even unto death, that our kids need to hear. For…
Suicides by entrepreneur Kate Spade and chef/tv star Anthony Bordaine, remind me that if money, power, influence, tons friends and excitement can’t hold back depression and suicidal thoughts, what’s keeping a kid in my youth group from ending his or her life? With the passing of author and pastor Jarrid Wilson, the subject of suicide,…
How do I know this? Because we keep making art about our need for the transcendent. Iggy Azalea is looking for a savior. The problem is, the Savior we want and the Savior we have (Jesus) are two different things. Watch the video and I’ll discuss more below. Now, if you decide to use this…
And Broward County Mayor Beam Furr told CNN that Cruz had been getting treatment at a mental health clinic for a while, but that he had not been back to the clinic for more than a year. “It wasn’t like there wasn’t concern for him,” Furr told CNN. “We try to keep our eyes out…
I hear about kids being on their cell phones during youth meetings and ignoring what is going on. I have not had that experience. It could be because we have smaller group (15-20) and they are far more noticeable in a small group, so they don’t risk it. I also think there are a few…
This list is not in any particular order and includes bands you’ve probably never heard of. I love extra-ordinary artists that do not get the hype of average artists industries push as the next… I scoured the release list provided by Jesus Freak Hideout and listened to many artists I had missed and I’m so…
Are you a time traveler. Do you live in the future and visit the past every time you go to church? Many people do. I love the church, it’s first century church principles, but I don’t want to go back to sitting on the floor and eating falafel. There are many time traveling Christians. They…
Christians under daily punishment flourish all the more. This is the high rank to which God appointed them; and it is not permitted to seek exemption. – Ignatius Ignatius seemed kind of obsessed with martyrdom, at least according to his writings, and being torn apart by wolves and such. Let’s us just stay I’m not…
