It's Not a Conference. It's a Conversation. Cultivate: A Thoughtful Youth Ministry Conversation | Jan 24-25, 2019 CULTIVATE Dr. Andy Root: Why we should be talking to youth about racism, gender & sexuality, and mental health. Many youth ...
It's Not a Conference. It's a Conversation Cultivate: A Thoughtful Youth Ministry Conversation Nashville, TN | January 24-25, 2019 CULTIVATE I’m a Lutheran. I’m a Methodist. I’m non-denominational. I’m Republican. Progressive. Liberal. Conservative. Pro. Anti. We are Christians. ...
by Chris Cummings The original article can be found here. http://www.ourreclaimedlife.com/life/run-to-the-ditches My heart aches. My heart aches for the awful violence happening in our world, specifically in our country, and even more specifically in our schools. As my heart aches, ...
by Andrew Zirschky It is ironic that exactly a week after Christians in America were overcome with the emotion of Easter, that they were overcome again Sunday night with emotion concerning the death of another man. This time a Muslim. ...
by Jason Sansbury When the box office season began for the summer of 2017, not many people anticipated the amount of success that Warner Brothers would have with its film Wonder Woman. Based on the DC Comics superhero of the same ...
By: Dietrich Kirk and Dr. Andrew Zirschky In the wake of Charlottesville and all that has occurred since, we join many Americans who find themselves disoriented and speechless, including other youth workers who are left wondering how to lead ...
by Andrew Zirschky, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of Dr. Andrew Zirschky’s book Beyond the Screen: Youth Ministry for the Connected But Alone Generation, published in 2015 by Abingdon Press. Teenagers live in fear of losing their network. ...
Dwight Johnson (above, far right, back row) and Neal Wilkinson (far left, front row), alumni of the Center for Youth Ministry Training, participated in a week-long immersion class entitled Engaging the City—Urban Theology After Ferguson: The Ferguson Fiasco, taught by ...
by Samantha Tidball My husband is a scientist and I am a youth minister. I am constantly reminded by comments from others that this is a unique combination of careers in a marriage. It seems as though most people in ...
by Kelly Soifer One of my favorite parts of working with youth is hearing from them after they graduate. Over the years, the spectrum of emotions can span from painful tragedy to ecstatic happiness, divorce to deep joy, confusion to ...
by Amy Jacober I was blindsided the first time I was told that a woman could NOT be in ministry. Perhaps even more surprising, I was in seminary the first time I heard this concept. How could I have made ...
by Nicole Phillips In the parable of the talents, Jesus tells us in no uncertain terms that God gives us individual talents and that he is glorified when we grow those talents. But what if we, as members of the ...
by Mark Taylor Recently, I had the chance to see God's Not Dead. I have to admit I'm not a big fan of Christian-produced movies in general because the quality of writing, acting, and cinematography is unfortunately, and usually, mediocre ...
by Lisa Long Our church celebrated its 100th birthday just a couple of years ago. For half of that century it has been located less than a mile from a local public housing neighborhood. Last year this housing community was ...
by Randy Knighten In January of every year in the United States of America we celebrate the life of one of the most influential ministers and public theologians in the history of the world. The birthday of Dr. Martin Luther ...
by Erin Hicks Suicide is something you will never be prepared for. When I got the phone call last January that one of my youth had taken his life, but was still not legally dead, it wasn’t real to me. ...
by Amy Jacober I stood on a front porch with my two friends, all three of us, 12 years old. It was a Sunday afternoon and I had been at church that morning. The lesson was from Matthew 5:38-42. You ...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Crystal Kirgiss' personal blog: Miley does not define 20-year olds (or: six people you should know). It is reprinted here with permission. by Crystal Kirgiss Well. Fifteen hours after millions of people watched 20-year-old ...
Miley Cyrus's life, morals, upbringing, and example have been brought to question all over the internet. I know several youth ministers who are planning to tackle "Miley's moment" this week at youth group or Bible study. As I have watched ...
by Jason Sansbury I was Miley Cyrus’ youth director. Or at least, I used to joke that I was. Several years ago I started to work at a church where, several years before that, Miley Cyrus and her family attended. ...
