Category: discipleship

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I like cake. I eat it all the time. I create opportunities to eat it. I eat so much I feel unhealthy. My clothes don’t fit. I tell myself I shouldn’t eat so much cake. Then I wake up hungry. I try to resist. When I think of it. Sometimes. I’m overweight and unhealthy. I […]

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We talked with a young pastor yesterday. He’s planting a church and populating it with people he leads to Christ. So where are all these new believers coming from? Normal conversations. What kind of conversations? Out comes the napkin and a marker, and then he talks us through the following sketch: It goes like this. […]

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The difference between a TV and a computer is that you can make things on a computer. Content consumption vs. content creation. Consumption vs. creation is a good weather gauge for youthwork. Bonding through shared experience vs. building through intentional mentoring. Either without the other falls short. Earlier this week a letter appeared in the […]

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We’ve made four assumptions so far, and here I’ve added a fifth. 1. Wherever believers gather, some are accountable for the well-being and protection of the group. Specifically, of their souls. 2. The metaphor most often used to describe this accountability is shepherding — an activity rich in analogy and example. 3. Shepherding is a […]

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You have two hours with your students. Which question will you ask yourself? 1. What will I do with them? 2. How can I prepare them? When you enter pilot training, you eventually land in the cockpit by yourself. Your life is in your hands. When you enter high school, you eventually land in adulthood […]