We all know that college-age ministry is a sort of “red-headed step child” of the church.  This is rapidly changing in many contexts, but at the same time many (in fact most) churches have yet to embrace this age-stage ministry as vital in their church.  I have yet to hear ANY valid reasons given and [...]

Ok, I have an extremely hard time finding good Christian music.  I must admit that the Christian music scene is getting a lot better, but it’s rare that I hear something out of the Christian world and think, “I gotta buy that!”
I know a lot of this has to do with personal taste, but yesterday [...]

Ok, I just saw this article on CNN.com that was amazing and well, frightening.  It’s about a guy, “de Jesus” who claims to be both the antichrist and Jesus…huh!?  It’s an interesting look at deception and how easily people can be swayed from truth.  You can read the article here.  This could be a great discussion [...]

I used to teach a class at Eternity Bible College on Youth Culture.  I had the students do a number of projects, but one was having them watch a couple shows on tv that gave great insights into the life of youth.  They  wrote down observations they had and we talked through them in class.  One [...]

A month ago I really felt like I needed to jump on an opportunity.  I waited, was patient, and thought through it.  I came to a point last week where I had a real sense of urgency and moved forward, bringing some other people into the loop.  I asked them to process through it for [...]

I have been thinking about the different terms we use for our ministries for a very long time (about 9 years or so).  So, I wanted to throw out some of the different terms and thoughts behind them and see where you land in the mix.  Here are some different terms used to describe our [...]

I’ve been processing something the last few days: the line between compromising my faith and becoming “all things to all men.”  The line seems very clear sometimes, while fuzzy in others.  On one hand I know the gospel never changes and what it commands of my life never does either.  At the same time articulating [...]

I went to Lake Arrowhead today with my friend, Rich.  We got a mocha and were sitting by the lake, reading our Bible’s, and talking through a few passages (actually the one I’ll be teaching through this Sunday).  It was more me talking about it than anything, but that doesn’t matter.  What matters is we [...]

I just had a new book come out called, “99 Thoughts for College-Age People.? You may want to check it out to give to your students…