Post originally written for Lifetree Family. Read it on their site here. “Look over there, kids. You see that cocoon? That caterpillar is rebranding.” – 21st Century Parenting I was at a wedding not that long ago, enjoying some conversation with the random people I happened to be sitting with.…
Our church’s amazing children’s director recently resigned. It’s understandable financially. We couldn’t pay her what her household needed for her to keep doing the job. It wasn’t the first time our financial team approached her over the years to explain that the money coming in simply wasn’t able to sustain her position full-time.…
How did the world come to be? You either have a quick response to this question, or find yourself a bit more pensive and contemplative about that questions these days. Students also seem to be stuck between what they’re hearing at church and what they’re finding at school or online.…
Our student ministry had Kurt Johnston teach for us this past month. “Jealous?” (I tried to write that in my best Jon Lovitz impersonation) TBH – that’s how “the kids” say “To be honest…” – we had Kurt “in house” via video.…
In what it becoming a popular trend these days, another “live-coming-out” video has been posted on Youtube. These stories will temporarily trend in social media feeds, including one in particular that Facebook highlighted this week: It features a teenager who hid a camera with just the right line of sight to capture his mom’s reaction to his announcement that he is gay.…
I’d love your perspective… How young do you think a child can be to legitimately become a Christian? We can certainly have some fun with this, and definitely get off on some tangents… but I’m genuinely asking. Please share your thoughts.…
Ladies… gentlemen… this Twitter account exists. Because that student exists. Not just online… but likely right under our noses. It’s not always anonymous depression. There is probably someone in your contact list who when they call you know it’s going to be a long conversation.…
Some days, I could care less. Other days, I couldn’t care more. It doesn’t matter what the topic is… there are days when my feelings get bullied by my logic, and other days when my emotions want to rule my life.…
Let’s be honest… evangelism weirds most Christians out. We fear doing “bad evangelism” to the point that we do the worst kind of evangelism… we say nothing. We’re afraid of becoming a stereotype. Perhaps that’s why I was so inspired by a street preacher I recently encountered while driving by his spot on a local corner.…
Do you identify more with Lorne Michaels… or Rick Warren? The former is the long-tenured producer and mind behind Saturday Night Live. For almost forty years, Lorne Michaels has not just kept his up-and-down-in-the-ratings variety show on the air, but has more recently found much of the creative talent for late night TV.…
