In Stephen Harper's, The Way to Heaven, we see the emergence of a new type of Christ follower. Harper paints the picture of this new believer as following a movement of God. This move of God is a new wine like that which was poured out in the power of God's Spirit on the disciples of Jesus. It also requires...

There are two stats that will drive the content you're going to see in this column during the next several months.

“Technology is great for conveying information, but youth need more than Christ info. They need Him embodied in you.”

“Holy isn’t a state we achieve through an easy checklist of external behaviors. It’s a position we’re given—set apart for God’s use—and then we act out from there.”

“In recent years, Facebook, Twitter, texting, email and mobile phones have made it very easy for more than a few of my ministry friends to pursue and nurture inappropriate relationships. Entering into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and answering a call to youth ministry doesn’t serve as...

Right now throughout the Rocky Mountain West, entire mountainsides are covered with dead pine trees. Land that used to be green, alive and beautiful is now brown, dead and ugly. The cause: the rocky mountain pine beetle. It is not just the beetle that is at the heart of the devastation; it is the weakened...

Today we live in a world that is so complex. The hustle and bustle of our society tends to drown out the inner voice inside us that is trying so hard to be heard. We all long to be free -- not just free of our worries and cares, but to be totally free, the way God intended us to be. So how do we get...

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.

The hall was long and dark. Bunkbeds lined the walls, each draped with children and blankets, the rough orange wool pulled up around thin shoulders, muffling giggles and whispers. "Shhhhhhh," the older ones hissed, sending the younger ones deep undercover to stifle the offending laughter. There were...

"If we're truly interested in 'being the church,' then maybe we need to stop conference-hopping quite so much and look around our neighborhoods."