There is an interesting article at CNN.com today about people who are choosing to give up their Facebook and Myspace addictions for Lent — sort of a 21st century way of observing the practice.
I think it is a great way to participate in the practice. I think it could really help those of us [...]
A few weeks ago I posted about Doug Jones’ (one of my good friends and colleagues) blog at www.perigrinatio.com. Lately Doug’s posts have been great. He encourages, inspires and challenges with his writing. I want to — again — encourage you to check out his blog if you haven’t already.
I met Doug [...]
Today I had the privilege of joining two of my friends for a vespers service and a meal at Conception Abbey which is about an hour or so north of Kansas City. You can learn more about the Conception Abbey here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception_Seminary_College
The Vespers service lasted about 30 minutes or so and it was incredibly [...]
One of the former students — Eric Siewert — from Berean Church in Minneapolis (where I was serving before coming to Sonlife) is a student at Wheaton College. He recently published the following article in the Wheaton Record and I thought it was very interesting. Here it is…
I remember lying in my [...]
A few days ago we put a newly revised devotional (short — 8 days) called, Inspired up for free on our website. A friend of Sonlife named Jeff Frazier wrote it. Jeff is a teaching pastor (youth pastor for a bunch of years) here in the area at First Baptist Church — [...]
My good friend Doug Jones has a new blog. He has blogged on and off for the last few years but now I think he has really found his groove. So — I think we can expect this blog to be around a while…
I wanted you to know about this blog as I [...]
I’ve spent the last three days with some really wonderful people in Richmond, VA. I have been speaking at a convention to a couple hundred youth workers and students from all across the state. The gathering is called the Virginia State Youth Convention (Church of God).
A youth pastor by the name of Adam Shepherd [...]
So I am on the phone with a friend and fellow youth worker yesterday that I haven’t spoken to in nearly 3 years. It was really cool to catch up with him. At one point in our conversation I asked, “So what can you tell me about your student community”? He said, “Things are going [...]
This past week I spent a day and a half with Mike King and his associate, Topher Philgreen. Mike is the president of a well respected and high impact ministry out of Kansas City called, YouthFront. He is also the author of the book, Presence-Centered Youth Ministry.
Mike and I met a few years [...]
Recently I have been having some great conversations with youth workers (some of my friends and colleagues around North America) about the priority, purpose and practice of apologetics in youth ministry today. To be blunt, we are all over the map as to our opinions/beliefs regarding the topic. We wonder around questions such [...]