The LifeBook
The LifeBookThe LifeBook MovementThe Gideons International, 2011The LifeBook is an innovative weaving of the biblical narrative and individual viewpoints on the biblical story. The personal comments seem d...
Girls Ministry: Why Tough Conversations are Important
"I'm so sorry; I didn't mean to disappoint you." Tears streamed from her eyes as we sat in a little restaurant doing one of the things I dread the most: having a tough conversation with a student. As she respon...
Mirror Ball: Living Boldly and Shining Brightly for the Glory of God
Mirror Ball: Living Boldly and Shining Brightly for the Glory of GodMatt RedmanDavid C. Cook, 2011, 176 pp., $12.99Mirror Ball was an easy read that left me wishing for something deeper. While I understand...
Do You Want to Change the World?
Do you want to change the world? If so stop reading and change it already!I remember watching teenagers walk past my home. They were on their way to school. I was on my way to work.I didn't know these teens. Th...
Trusting Versus Enabling and Codependency
"An enabler in most definitions is a person who through his or her actions allows someone else to achieve something. Most often the term enabler is associated with people who allow loved ones to behave in ways ...
A Lunch Date with My Daughter
It was a simple lunch at Olive Garden that only took an hour and a half, but it was a special beginning to a new season for my daughter and me. We enjoyed our favorite Italian dishes and talked about changes co...
Girls Devotional: Fathers
Narrow-minded. Cold. Stranger. Alcoholic. Hypocritical. Lazy. Liar. Controlling.Not the way you'd expect a devotional on God as our Father to begin, is it?Unfortunately, these words are all too familiar to some...
Tech Talk – Word Up!
This article originally appeared in print journal March/April 2002.Today in the opening chapter of the 21st century with the tools of technology coming to church in ever-expanding numbers, chances are you and y...
Youth Culture Lesson: What’s in a Name?
College Ministry Gets a Cru CutGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Campus Crusade for Christ International, one of the biggest evangelical ministries in t...
Get Through It or Get To It!
I just got back from Centrifuge with my Youth Group. What a blast! We left as a bunch of individuals and came back as a group. On more than one occasion, there was some serious healing and decision making that ...