[I'm under the weather and busy as heck ahead of SYMC. Here's a re-post. Hope you enjoy!--Andy] I recently had an interesting conversation with an acquaintance. We'd met once before, over a year … [Read more...]
Do We Shelter Teenagers From Deeply Thinking About God?
February 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
Two thoughts that hit me more or less simultaneously today . . . I was listening to a lecture by Wayne Grudem in which he said something that really caught my attention. I'm going to paraphrase, … [Read more...]
As A Youth Worker, How Do You Make Time For Community?
February 27, 2012 By 5 Comments
I wrote a post on the ym360 Blog today that is a sort of ongoing process of defining the basics of biblical community. You can access it by clicking here. Here's the diagram that accompanies … [Read more...]
Taking The Kingdom With You
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Thought I'd leave you with a quote for this Friday . . . I love the imagery Willard uses. As we help others know what it is to follow God and continue to grow in Christ-likeness, help them see that … [Read more...]
Disciple Making And The Idea Of Importance
February 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stop and think for a moment about how the information-saturated, media-driven world we live in affects the concept of "importance." For example, think of the biggest news stories from the last few … [Read more...]
Helping Your Students Carry Their Burdens
February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of my favorite passages of Scripture is where Jesus calls the weary to Him in Matthew 11 . . . Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, … [Read more...]
Discipleship Truth: Our Love For God Starts With His Love For Us
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As I've written about before, as we seek to be people who lead others in becoming disciples, we have to first be disciples ourselves. We have to first daily live out a desire to know God and His … [Read more...]
Latest Book Manuscript Done! (Whew!)
February 20, 2012 By 5 Comments
Woo-hoo! Been working on this book pretty hard for the last few weeks. But she's finally done. 7 Best Practices is a really practical, really straightforward book that (hopefully) has somethign … [Read more...]
The Best Model For Discipleship
February 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
It occurred to me yesterday that I've seen four different models of a discipleship process in the last couple of weeks. And there are a million more. They all have some sort of schematic, some clever, … [Read more...]
Discipleship Truth: Christ Trumps Methodology
February 16, 2012 By 2 Comments
Here's a super short reminder for all of us to keep in mind as we grow in our discipleship and lead others to do the same . . . Christ is greater than methodology, strategy, or philosophy. We … [Read more...]
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