Leadership Application Packet Equipping your leaders to do ministry is essential. For me, [tweet_dis]I don’t want to just gather information about my leaders, but I also want to help them discover their fullest potential and how God wants to use them in our student ministry.[/tweet_dis]…
Below is excerpt of an email one mom sent to another. Both mom’s are walking the journey of raising a gay child. I thought what my friend shared with this particular mom was info more moms and dads need to read.…
When I talk about identity, sexuality, and the gloriousness of God’s grace, I continually go back to two passages of scripture: Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 6:11, and John’s words in 1 John 3:1-3. To me, these passages highlight a lot about the ground we stand upon, God’s love, our new identity, and the freedom offered through Christ.…
A few weeks ago, I shared some of my experiences as a gay teen in high school. I followed up that post with a plea to see gay teens beyond their sexual orientation. Both posts have sparked some great discussions online and offline, and that’s what I was aiming for.…
Last week I shared some perspectives from my story as a gay teen. This week, I would like to continue offering some perspectives that I hope help youth workers understand how most gay teens feel inside church settings. As an “out” gay teen, I was never invited to youth group or church.…
The past two weeks, Leneita Fix and I have been trying to expose some of the big elephants within the youth room – all of our youth rooms. One of the last ones I would like to highlight is the issue involving our students and our supposed ownership of them.…
The gospel and suicide are connected to each other. As I stated last week, youth workers need to be proactive in regards to the issue of suicide, and one great way of doing this is to plant the gospel firmly within our students.…
