I thought I would remind you that today is the last day for early-bird registration for the National Youth Ministry Conference.  I will be leading an college ministry affinity group (multiple small group discussions) as well as an 8 hr. Deeper Learning Track on preparing students for the college-age years - which I think applies [...]

Wow, well, not sure what you may think about the title, graphics, or whatever, but this is a very interesting thing you should definitely check out.  It’s called, “Porn-Again Christian” and it’s a free e-book.  It’s written by Mark Driscoll and walks “frankly” through the issues of masturbation and pornography by explaining certain passages in [...]

Apparently a man in the Netherlands built an exact replica of Noah’s Ark.  The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide.  It’s two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a 3 story house.  This guy is a contractor by trade and built it mostly by himself with [...]

Not surprisingly a new article (AP) just came out about how college tuition has risen and how it will probably continue to do so.  However, and this is something to pay CLOSE attention to, the 2 year community colleges are remaining low.  This particular article doesn’t cover this, but these campuses are also growing extremely [...]

Let me propose a question here…
 In 2003, 75 million people — more than one-fourth of the U.S. population age 3 and older — were in school throughout the country, according to School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2003. Nine million children, age 3 and older, were enrolled in nursery school and kindergarten, [...]

I’ve been getting requests for where I’ll be speaking this coming year. So, I figured I would just articulate the places I’m currently scheduled to speak in 2009 - but only the one’s that are directly related to college-age ministry training. I’m assuming the other camp/conference stuff won’t apply here. Anyway, here’s [...]

The Vocational
The vocational subculture has a very practical perspective on enrollment in school. They are seeking to gain skills and knowledge that directly assist them in what they want to do vocationally. They are searching for a degree that will help them get a better job and possibly make more money. These [...]

My wife and I had the opportunity to see some friends that were in town playing a show yesterday. They’re in the band Tenth Avenue North. I met them about 5 years ago at a conference in Myrtle Beach - I was speaking and they were leading worship. It was good to [...]

I just wrote a new article for YouthMinistry.com on the issue of para-church organizations and the local church.  It discusses my concerns with the role they’re playing in the lives of college students. If you want to check that out and join the conversation, click here to go to that site.

Here’s part three of this article series: The Rebel
Like the Academic the rebel is also engaged in the ideals of professors, but tends to approach this from an arrogant mindset. They naturally compare who they think they are to what they perceive others to be, but do so from a critical perspective rather than a curious [...]