Although we call them spiritual disciplines or habits, we can’t let the “check list mentality” creep into our walk with God by becoming legalistic about it. I think we can agree that the goal of starting spiritual disciplines in the first place is to create a deeper intimacy with God, not keeping a list like…
If summer is bearing down on you and you don’t have your devotions prepared for camp, allow me to help. These devotions were written with your leaders in mind to use after service or as a morning/midday devotion. Night Light Devotions Night Light devotions are 15-30 minute devotions designed to help students process the nightly…
NF is back with a brand new song and video and I have written a bible study you can do with your students. These is the raw notes, but if you want the slides and graphics, sign up for my newsletter here. Prepare To prepare for this study on hope, consider putting some mirrors up…
This is part three of a four part series called The Process, based on my new discipleship message series for youth, but, before the message can impact them, it must impact you. You can check out the beginning of the series here. If you want the first lesson of my new series, free, sign up…
This is part two of a series called The Process. The Process is my new discipleship series for students but it should first be applied to the life of the youth worker, you. You can read the first part, The Fire of Youth Work, here. The Bible is the Youth Pastor’s main tool or should…
So many people fall away from faith when their expectations of God are not met or when life get’s too hard. They feel like God has left them or that his commands are too restrictive. Trials and trouble are not going anywhere, so it’s best for you to know that they are going to continue…
My dad was a bartender, among other things, and when I was kid my father tended bar at the American Legion about a mile from our house. Next to the American Legion was a bakery and right around the time my father was getting off work, around 4 a.m., the baker was finishing their first…
Youth Ministry chaos is a lot of fun when it’s game time or even hangout time, but chaos is not fun when applied to organizing your youth ministry. There are two extremes in youth ministry calendars. One looks like this, This is calendar is too busy and busy is not better. Busy means you may…
I am going to guess that you have not reached point where you do not care about expectation. You do not have the clout or the cash to say, “I don’t care what you think”. Which means you’re middle management. You care about what the people above you think, what the people below you think…
Adventus is my newest resource geared around Advent. Advent is, if you do not know, means ‘Coming’ in Latin. This is why I used the Latin word Adventus as the title. Advent is the coming of Jesus into the world. Many Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real…
