Plumbers have pipe wrenches and channel locks; Carpenters have 20oz framing hammers and a tool belt; dentists have rubber gloves and sterilized utensils. For each area of expertise certain tools are required. For those of us who have been called of God to be ministers and leaders, books represent our chief tools. I wanted to [...]

If you love students, serve as a student pastor, associate, intern, or are a parent or simply love youth, mark your calendar for October 11. On that day we will host a conference offering a time of networking with student pastors and leaders in our region, a time of learning from leaders and one another, [...]

The Olympics have been often. I love the beach volleyball, the swimming, the water polo (watching it exhausts me), and the track and field. I especially love women’s gymnastic, because they remind us how teenagers can do remarkable things while young. The Olympics have been marked by more than a few youth who have gone [...]

I spend a lot of time with young singles, whether it be high schoolers, college students, seminarians, or young professionals. I have seen or heard just about everything you can hear about dating, relationships, etc, and have witnessed otherwise Christ-seeking young adults go totally AWOL spiritually when it comes to relating to the opposite sex, [...]

Relationships matter. This week I attended the SEND North America Conference in Atlanta where I led a breakout. I remembered the day Michelle and I became home missionaries and served in Indiana way back in 1989. One of my assignments back then was youth evangelism. I had little interest in this at the time as [...]