I remember standing up in front of the church after every trip and listening to teenagers give basically the same testimony every time (and I participated in...
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Did you ever attend a D-Now? It was called a Discipleship Now Weekend…which some could argue is an oxymoron, but I digress… It’s one weekend, a handful of host...
Do you remember the one Sunday a year the youth group got to lead the whole service in the sanctuary? I do. We called it Youth Sunday. The students led worship...
I can still picture which part of the building was “ours.” The youth group had its own space. Its own carpet. Its own wall paint. Its own signage...
I remember how the ride home from retreats or youth camps was almost the same every single time. A bus full of teenagers who’d spent a weekend or week...
I still remember my first lock in. Pizza and sodas all night. A prize if you brought a friend. Games till 11 pm, worship at midnight, a movie at...
I grew up in church. Sunday school, VBS, children’s choir and musicals, and of course eventually youth group. In fact, I still remember how big of a deal...
when the church is rebuilt The story of the Gospel does not end in ruins. It does not end in ashes.It does not end at the cross.It does not end in exposure. It...
the conflict of the cross There is a temptation to make the cross “safer.” To merely make it a “symbol.” To reduce it to a reminder of only our individual...
“my father’s house” The same Jesus who welcomed children.The same Jesus who healed the sick.The same Jesus who told stories about mercy. That same Jesus walks...


