From my article Don't Cancel Youth Group Yet at RootedMinistry.com: I remember my high school youth group with fondness. Death-defying games, sitting legs-crossed on Berber carpet, acoustic guitars and songs sung in a round, overhead slides slid the wrong way, worn out back pocket Bibles…these images stir my heart as much as they cause me to grin and chuckle.Most of the … [Read more...] about Don’t Cancel Youth Group Yet
Archives for March 2014
How to Reach the Hearts of Your Children
From Paul E. Miller: It took me seventeen years to realize I couldn't parent on my own. It was not a great spiritual insight, just a realistic observation. If I didn't pray deliberately and reflectively for members of my family by name every morning, they'd kill one another. I was incapable of getting inside their hearts. I was desperate. But even more, I couldn't change my … [Read more...] about How to Reach the Hearts of Your Children
Evangelicals and the Lenten Principle
Should Evangelicals observe Lent? Keith Miller of MereOrthodoxy.com says no. In an article entitled, Young, Restless, and Reformed Homeboys on Lenten Fasting, Miller writes: ...Evangelicalism is a tradition with attendant folkways and liturgical practices. One of the practices low-church Evangelicalism has long embraced is not participating in lenten abstention. As a … [Read more...] about Evangelicals and the Lenten Principle
Ignite Takeaways
This past weekend we hosted our annual in-town retreat, Ignite. I shared some of my thoughts prior to the event, but now I have the joy of looking back over a great time together. I will take with me many memories, but in particular, I will remember... The Joy of Partnership. We had an army of leaders partner together for Ignite. This weekend literally would not work … [Read more...] about Ignite Takeaways