ministry

I Know You Are Out There

By brentlacy

Youth Workers, we are in this together. It is not God who wants to see us like this, but the enemy that seeks to kill, steal, and destroy.

A Few Of My Favorite Things- 20 Plus Ideas For Volunteer Gifts

By paul turner

I wanted to show some love to the people, place, and things that have helped me or my youth ministry out this past year.

Hurt People Hurt People

By brentlacy

Every church has them. You know the person who always looks and acts like they have been sucking on a lemon or downed a whole jar of dill pickles. The one that you avoid in the halls on Sunday morning, because you’re not up for getting nailed for some seemingly insignificant shortcoming you might have.

The Case for Connected Student Ministry

By brentlacy

Technology is everywhere. No matter how much you fight it, it’s here. Students are slammed with information overload every day. Thousands of media messages every day. They are using laptops and iPods as part of their school learning experiences. Students are being conditioned to receive information in smaller bites at faster speeds than ever before (see the success of twitter and facebook if you question this).

New Birth…

By brentlacy

Yesterday at the farm I had the chance to see this newborn (he was very newborn, as in still wet..) baby calf. When he got up he was still wobbly, and mama cow was very protective. This got me thinking about how things should operate in the church when we start new ministries and works.

Why I am a Student Pastor, Part 3

By David Martin

It’s hard to run from God when you’re in a fish.

It’s also hard to run from God when you’re on a stretcher in the ER with your heart doing flip-flops.
 

Churchgoers, Strippers Protest One Another...

By brentlacy

I saw this story a couple days ago when it first broke, and have been chewing on all the implications based on the news story below. There is a lot we can learn from this unfortunate situation. I mainly have a lot of unanswered questions that can hopefully lead to some wise and spirit-led dialogue....

WWJT: What Would Jesus Tweet (!?!)

By Matt Erickson

In my ever-continuing conversation with folks out there about the uses of social media, from Facebook to blogging to Twitter, I’ve encountered another bit of fodder for the conversation.

It came via a Twitter re-tweet that I read entitled “7 Reasons Christians Should Twitter.”

Before I make any comments on this let me say that, in all fairness to the author – whom I have never met – I can see a clear desire for ministry and creativity at work in life. 

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