An Invitation to The Slow Club
YWJ: In Contemplative Youth Ministry you tell the story of your 4-year-old son starting something called Slow Club. One of the rules of the club was "No hurrying." In your speaking and writing, you seem to...
YS Column: The Wisdom of Slow
"I feel the need…the need for speed"—Maverick and Goose, Top GunSlow is my nemesis. It's for those who are unproductive, lazy, indecisive and lacking vision. Slow is for losers. Slow is a certain pa...
The Carrot Principle
"To you I lift up my eyes" (Ps. 123:1).We have probably heard the expression: "Dangling a carrot in front of someone's nose."This concept goes back to earlier times when farmers used to dangle carrots and other...
Game: What’s Missing?
This is an indoor game that requires no set up or preparation. Here's how it works: Invite a volunteer to inspect an area of the room carefully (an office desktop, bookshelves or kitchen works well for this). T...
Youth Culture Lesson: Person of the Year
Pope Gets Attention for Paying Attention to OthersGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Right about now, most of us are spend at least a little time looking...
Resolved to Set a New Goal: Identify, Magnify, Clarify
New Year's resolutions are typical this time of year, but regardless of the calendar date, setting goals is an important step to take in order to achieve the success you're targeting. There are three things you...
Christ’s Mass to Be Celebrated Ourwardly Toward a Watching World
Christmas literally means "Christ's Mass." It originally was a church service commemorating the birth of Christ.I remember the first time I put those two words together, and it was one of those "Ohhhh..." ...
Youth Group Devo: Therefore
Quick Backdrop:OK, let's admit it. Sometimes reading is not the most exciting thing in the world to do. As fate or divine providence would have it, God's Word is, well, words, that require reading. So, sometime...
Worldview: One Notebook
Children deserve the opportunity for education, but they suffer when they don't have adequate tools for learning—basic resources that many Americans take for granted—such as paper.In rural Zimbabwe,...
An Angel of Salvation
"But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor" (Heb. 2:9).Many years ago, a friend related a story from his childhood. He had grown up in a g...