I regularly meet aspiring writers and authors who ask me how to get published. I can hardly be considered an expert, but by God’s grace I have written or edited quite a few books. I hope to encourage hopeful writers while at the same time being realistic. In his outstanding book Quitter, Jon Acuff says [...]

If you minister to students or young adults, or if you simply scratch your head trying to understand them, let me introduce you to some folks who do. More importantly, they understand the mission of God, which matters more than a demographic. Millennials want a cause, they seek a movement, they yearn for more than [...]

This morning I sat down to enjoy a continental breakfast at the Hampton Inn in Tampa. Last night I had the joy of speaking to the great folks at Idlewild Baptist Church as part of their Engage Global Missions Emphasis. My topic: Reaching the Millennial Generation. I opened the complimentary USA Today slipped under my [...]

Few ideas epitomize pop culture like music and nothing identifies musical trends of the times like the Grammys. If you watched last week as I did you saw everything from the beautiful—the incredibly talented Adele, Jennifer Hudson’s tribute to Whitney Houston, The Civil Wars—to the surreal (Niki Minaj). I’m convinced the acts by Katy Perry [...]

In his book Real Teens researcher George Barna tells the following story: “Although her family was only nominally involved in the church, Jenny came to our youth group faithfully throughout her teenage years. She went on mission trips and attended Sunday school; she was a regular fixture in our program. We had been successful with [...]