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May 2015

May 19, 2015

To Youth Ministers

By Josh Ross, the co-author of the recently released book Bringing Heaven to Earth I’m a...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Rethinking “Youth” Ministry

What does it mean to "do theology" with youth? or in youth ministry? Andrew Root...

October 06, 2014

A Critical Need in Every Church’s Ministries

Senior citizens do not have identical fellowship, worship and church expectations that young children have,...

September 2014

September 04, 2014

Embedded Faith and the Young Adult

If I mention these two things a response will follow: grouping young adults into "generations"...

July 2012

July 21, 2012

Daily Bible Study

In his study of Christian teenagers, Mike Nappa, The Jesus Survey, probed belief in daily Bible...

July 18, 2012

The Holy Spirit in Our Faith

No doctrine strikes some moderns with utter mystification like the Holy Spirit. Some talk about...

July 16, 2012

The Way, but Only One Way?

I've said this before, and I'll say it again and now: one of the most...

July 11, 2012

Resurrection Faith

Mike Nappa did a survey of 845 Christian teenagers, The Jesus Survey, and asked them...

July 09, 2012

The Deity Question

Mike Nappa did a survey of 845 Christian teenagers, The Jesus Survey, and asked them...

July 08, 2012

Teenage Christians and the Bible

Mike Nappa did a survey of 845 Christian teenagers -- at least those who think...

June 2012

June 13, 2012

Saving Civilization

Something happened in the churches of America in the 1930s and 1940s, and that something...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

That Model Student

What do we do with the “model student” in youth ministries? It’s very common for...

May 25, 2012

Youth Trips: Helping that Hurts?

We are doing a series on Root and Dean's new book, The Theological Turn in...

May 23, 2012

Youth and a Theology of Suffering

This post is by Syler Thomas, a friend of mine who pastors youth in Chicagoland's...

May 18, 2012

Good Theology, Good Ministry?

This post is by Syler Thomas, who blogs here (sometimes) but who also teamed with...

May 16, 2012

Bonhoeffer Wasn’t the Answer

This post (and series) is by my friend at Christ Church of Lake Forest, Syler...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

What to do?

This situation, I'm sure intended to teach something about faith and persecution, unleashed both some...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

Saturday Book Review: Dunn, Sundene

This review is by my colleague, Joel Willitts, who posted this earlier at his blog,...

October 2011

October 14, 2011

Sticky Faith 4 (Syler Thomas)

Syler Thomas, who is doing this series on Kara Powell and Chap Clark's Sticky Faith:...

October 12, 2011

Sticky Faith 3 (Syler Thomas)

This series is by a youth pastor friend, Syler Thomas, and it on Chap Clark...

October 10, 2011

Sticky Faith 2 (Syler Thomas)

This series on Kara Powell and Chap Clark's book, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build...

October 07, 2011

Sticky Faith 1 (Syler Thomas)

This series on Kara Powell and Chap Clark's new book, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to...

May 2011

May 12, 2011

Inherit the Earth? The Meek or the Geek?

Every high school teacher, every youth pastor, and every parent of a high schooler should...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

NAPCE (Nap-see)

My most natural audiences intersect the academy and the church. So when professors are gathering...

September 2010

September 14, 2010

Almost Christian 7

This will be our last post on the fine book by Kenda Dean, Almost Christian:...

September 09, 2010

Almost Christian 6

Youth ministry focuses on the basics, and one of the basics of the entire Christian...

September 07, 2010

Almost Christian 5

If you haven't seen this interview with Kenda Dean by Deborah Arca Mooney, please check...

August 2010

August 25, 2010

Almost Christian 2

Kenda Dean's new book is called Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling...

August 23, 2010

Almost Christian 1

What does the faith of America's teenagers tell us about the faith they are being...

October 2009

October 13, 2009

Missional Campus Ministry 5 (RJS)

It has been a while - but the Missional Campus Ministry series will continue on...