This is part two in the series 9 Dynamic Ways To Revive Your Youth Ministry, you can start here to catch up In the aftermath of the Parkland, Fl. shooting, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are making their voices heard. They’re planning on marching on Washington and are making powerful speeches to powerful people. Regardless…
There is a fascinating interview with music legend Quincy Jones on the website Vulture. Quincy is turning 85 soon and, as I’ve witnessed older people do, he just lets loose on a variety of subjects. Apart from him fluently using the phrase MF, Quincy shares some interesting insights on today’s music that, I think, are…
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” John 6:60 Growing up is hard. When we are babies we hear the word no many times, No! Don’t touch that No! Get that out of your mouth No! Get off there. These no’s we here are often…
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. John 6: 5,6 Can you imagine Philip. I can see…
Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” John 4:31-33 When you go to a fast-food place, you stand and look up at the menu to order,…
“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip. John 1:46 Nathaniel was the first critic of Christ. He judged him because of where he was from. He didn’t think anything good could come from a bad place. Disciples have to learn this principle early or they’re going to be a…
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. John 1:40-42 What was the first thing…
“So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.” John 1:39 John said it, “There goes the Lamb of God.” John was Jesus’ cousin and he knew Jesus was the Messiah. John wasn’t trying to amass a follower-ship, he was trying…
Yesterday I shared the joy of missing part of a youth event and allowing my leaders, students and adults, to lead. In effect I am decentralizing leadership and working myself out of jobs I no longer want to do to focus on my new job description of creating and dreaming for the future. Does the…
I’m passionate about following up after kids make spiritual commitments. If a kid is inwardly compelled to go to an altar and commit his or her life to Christ, then I must be inwardly compelled to follow up after them to help them in their journey. I understand that parents play the key role with…
