The original title from Nate was “Caine’s Arcade and the Kingdom of God,” but The Burner couldn’t really read the title because his eyes were watering. Not crying, of course–just watering. Nate’s original post (and sorry to Nate for hijacking his space) –TB:
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”Do you have to be good at sex?”
During a seminar on sex and dating, I received this anonymous question, among many others from a group of teenagers. I have noticed the question about being good at sex has become popular in the last few years.
My older brother has added a bit of [...]
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Pastors, parents, youth ministers and teenagers all have thoughts on who a youth pastor should be and what they should do. If I compiled all the opinions, we would arrive at job description that is possible for Jesus, but not anybody I know.
Last week in a Sticky Faith webinar, (Fuller professor) Dr. [...]
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As our family was driving cross country, my wife was messing with her phone. She asked, “Does roaming cost?” My answer was “yes” and “yes.” I’m generally not a fan of over-spiritualization, but this one got me thinking. As a Christian, roaming costs and I know first hand.
Even though my own story is [...]
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The young boy was obviously overwhelmed at his baptism. I saw him looking at the tiny congregation as each of them was staring right back at him. So he did what most young boys do when they are nervous, he started picking his nose. Not too get too nasty, but this boy might have [...]
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Have we gone too far in saying, “It is not about the numbers?”
I have been stifled by the “numbers game” in two ways. In the beginning, my ego and my emotions were tied to how many students came to this or didn’t come to that. I liked it when other youth ministers would [...]
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Also from the Fuller Youth Institute article by Jim Candy:
Guess what? Two things happened – everyone bit the ear off, and six months later, I don’t sense anything has really changed at MPPC with how we practice intergenerational ministry.
Wait–what? Read the article from Candy over at the FYI site “Why Aren’t We Seeing Change [...]
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