Paul Turner

I have been reading about David’s mighty men recently and I am always blown away by their honor and heroism. If 2 Samuel 23 were made into a movie, it would make the movie 300 look like The Blind Side. These warriors of old are not unlike youth workers of today.

It’s almost Go time. Your cast begins to assemble. On cue, the theme music blares as Gary the Game Guy enters with gadgets and gear to take on the fiercest junior high student. Striding behind him is Emily Empathy; she is the master of relationships and can make the new kid feel welcomed and the regulars...

“Imagine” was former Beatle John Lennon’s agnostic anthem from his 1971 album of the same name. Here, Pastor Paul Turner applies Lennon’s song to the task of reimagining youth ministry. “What if John Lennon were a youth pastor?” asks Turner. “I could see him and Yoko protesting naked in the pastor’s...