I’ve been reading Dallas Willard’s The Great Omission as I’ve been reflecting on youth ministry and discipling/mentoring. He reflects a bit on the mentality towards discipleship that seems to be the de facto heir of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship. It seems that while Bonhoeffer’s excellent study on what it costs to be a [...]
I recently finished reading the long-awaited final installment of the Harry Potter series, and discovered several things the church could learn from Harry about what teenagers are looking for.
As early as the first book in the series, we learn that Harry is destined for a fight that could prove deadly. A terrible villain is looking [...]
The space the youth meet in speaks volumes to them, even though they don’t realize it. What they are looking for is not what you say you value, but what you show them you value, so if your youth space is cluttered and not set up for the worship time, no matter what you [...]
