I just watched the new video/song from 90’s band Disturbed. They’re not a Christian band or even a religious one but they are spiritual. The lead singer David Draiman grew up an Orthodox Jew but pushed back against its strict methodology. The new song is called Hey You and is meant as a “wake up”…
When I was a younger youth pastor, I believed sports was the enemy of youth ministry. Sports took athletic students away from my youth meetings, outreaches, retreats, etc. Didn’t those coaches know I needed the numbers!? It’s easy to blame our youth ministry’s sagging momentum and low numbers on sports. Judgement usually followed, “If these…
I’ve seen The Batman twice, now. The first time I saw it, I had an idea of what to expect, but it was still a lot to take in so to be fair, another review was in order. This is a non-spoiler review. So, I give this movie a B+. Why not an A? Simple,…
Before you set your hair on fire, here me out. I was scrolling through some Facebook posts and saw “We used Dungeons and Dragons as a way to share the gospel”, or something like that and I was immediately intrigued. You see, I grew up in the 80’s during what was labeled The Satanic Panic.…
I grew up Catholic, and I didn’t know it at the time, but I was becoming a disciple of the Catholic church. Being a disciple of the Catholic church, or any church, is not the same as being a disciple of Jesus. Churches have philosophies, ideologies and strategies for growth but I would contend that…
In a few weeks the latest Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will be coming out I started to think about these RINGS and why followers of Jesus would benefit from such RINGS. Now, I’m not talking about physical rings you put on your fingers or, in the case of the…
NF is back and his new video to his new song Lost is, in my opinion, his best yet. I’ve watched dozens of Reaction Videos to NF’s music videos and many cannot figure out what NF is saying in these videos. Knowing that NF (Nathan John Feuerstein) believer and Christ Follower is helpful in interpreting…
Not too long ago, I put a video up of fellow youth worker Trevor Hamaker and I talking about apologetics and why students need to have a handle on belief basics early. It’s not a surprise that an atheist commented on the video but I refused to argue with him in the comments, but it’s…
The pursuit of celebrity, in youth ministry and church, is killing our Christian influence with teens and the rest of the world. Students don’t want another rock star, they want a servant who shows them how to be like Jesus. Let’s start undoing this by looking at how to integrate more humility into our lives…
You’re in for a great conversation on this episode of the Youth Ministry in Motion podcast. My guest Trevor Hamaker makes his case for pushing apologetics to the forefront of the youth ministry agenda. Be sure to pick up Trevor’s book Considering Christianity: How to Believe in a Secular Age. If you enjoyed the podcast,…
