Rantings of a Jesus-loving, raving lunatic
You may have heard of EE (Evangelism Explosion) but I would like to introduce you to DD (Dangerous Discipleship!) Oh, and, by the way, they both are related. Why? Because when Christians are externally reaching out to their friends, co-workers, neighbors and family members with the gospel of Jesus Christ they are, at the same [...]
Columbine flashbacks.
Almost eleven years after the tragedy at Columbine High School a lone gunman unleashed two bullet from a 30-6 Rifle into two teenagers at Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Colorado. One is in critical condition. The other was released last night.
My heart breaks for these two teenagers and for the hundreds upon hundreds [...]
Have you ever been to a Simply Youth Ministry Conference? If not, you need to go. It’s experiential and transformational. It’s powerful and practical. Oh, did I mention that you’ll have a blast in the process of all this life change? How could you not be transformed with general session speakers like Doug Fields and [...]
I remember my first real road trip as a young man. It was with a group of fifty plus teenagers from Colorado Bible Church. Our destination was a camp in Hollywood, Florida…in July…on an overcrowded school bus with no air conditioning. Did I mention that our starting point was Denver, Colorado? Strange smells indeed. Let’s [...]
Move over lions, tigers and bears ’cause there’s a few, new boogeymen in town. Depending on where you are at politically it’s either the leftist media elite, them hand-holding same sexers and a President who has “Hussein” as his middle name or, you betcha, Sarah Palin.
Someone please stop the crazy train so that I [...]
A few days ago my little girl Kailey (whose 5 years old) asked me a startling question from the back of the car as I was driving. She asked, “Why does God speak like this?” and then she went silent.
“Speak like what?” I responded.
“Speak like this…” silent again.
“What do you mean Kailey? Daddy doesn’t [...]
Change is counterintuitive to the typical person. Most of us like some semblance of order, synchronization and structure to the chaotic worlds that we live in. It brings us a sense of pathway and progress. We tend to work within the system that we’ve become accustomed to and it comforts us when we excel within [...]
Right now I’m sitting at the airport exhausted and exhilarated. Although I only got five hours of sleep last night my spirits are in the trim. Why? Because of all of the life-changing decisions and kingdom-advancing training that took place this weekend.
Although the snow did impact our attendance somewhat we had several groups travel in [...]
Sounds like a goofy movie, but instead it is a goofy, fun, thought-provoking, youth leader-provoking, theological, philosophical podcast that you must check out. If you’ve ever wondered about just what THE Cause is or why it is vital to the future of youth ministry (or if you haven’t) go to Jonathan’s most excellent website (thesource4ym.com) [...]
