Check this out — something good about church kids from the newspaper! In the past several years more than a few professors . . . have noticed an occasional bright light shining out from the dull, party-going, anti-intellectual masses who stare back at them from class to class. … Young religious people have been made […]
Making a difference
The Pentagon ordered new trucks. Base price: $437,000. Comfortably equipped (weapons, stealth paint, etc.): $1 million. Not long ago, the government shipped 5,000 of these to make a difference in another country. Simple math puts that at $5 billion. Let’s say you had $5 billion to spend on making a difference in another country. How would […]
Reaching every student
Who should be shepherding the students in your church? Mom and Dad? You? The village? Yes. (Psalm 22:30-31; 78:4; 145:4; Hebrews 13:17; and so on) But it won’t just happen. The guys who founded The Navigators worked relentlessly to figure out the best training for each new believer (Colossians 1:28-29), and they taught them how […]
Rites of passage
Teachers dread helicopter parents — those who habitually swoop in to rescue their children. Imagine losing your coaching job because someone’s kid, who occasionally makes practice but never breaks a sweat, doesn’t see much game time. Helicoptering has been cited as a factor contributing to extended adolescence, especially for men. Consider what Richard Rohr says […]
It’s good when leaders lead differently
A while back two group leaders approached our youth pastor with questions. The first asked, “Is it permissible to take our group to a musical that one of our students is in? If so, how should we handle transportation?” The second said, “Our group is talking about a trip to Guatemala to work at an […]
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