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Don’t be Frozen!

You wouldn’t expect the company that invented the animation sandbox to be the one who hasn’t found a place to play alongside giants like Pixar and Dreamworks in recent years,

November 25, 2013

Youth Outreach Ideas

Tribal Evangelism

It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t expected. But God allowed a unique experience in sharing the Gospel to unfold on one of our mission trips last summer that was one of the

November 19, 2013

Youth Outreach Ideas

Serving Our School

This past year I began planting the seed with our students of living THE Cause of Christ on their school campuses. Some students immediately gravitated to this idea and began

November 19, 2013

Youth Outreach Ideas

High School Football and Evangelism

It’s football season! Life doesn’t get much better than this. And as a Youth Pastor, I love getting out on Friday nights for our High School’s home football games. It

November 19, 2013

Discipleship, Teaching Teens to Follow Jesus

Teens Set the Example

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” 1

November 18, 2013

Discipleship, Teaching Teens to Follow Jesus

College Daze

…how the first week of college can completely destroy a freshman’s faith Imagine yourself as an incoming college freshman. You are filled with excitement and anxiety as you register for

November 18, 2013

Helping Hurting Teens

Am I Safe? Helping Teens with School Shooting Stress

I must admit. It wasn’t a conversation I wanted to have, but I knew I had to. As I sat with my 14 year old daughter playing Scrabble® and trying

November 18, 2013

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You Have Been Chosen!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wake up and realize that much of what you thought was reality was actually only half of the picture? That’s

November 15, 2013

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God vs. The Voice

In many ways I suppose The Voice really is becoming like The Hunger Games – at least that’s the comparison made by former competitors after their shocking eliminations. I guess

November 15, 2013

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Confessions From the Walking Dead

Are you afraid of a Zombie Apocalypse? Seems that this is very much in vogue these days, as the cultural obsession with all things zombie populates our media menu like

November 15, 2013

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Will You Fight in World War Z?

Would you rather… …Face an apocalypse with slow but very intelligent zombies? …Face an apocalypse with fast but very stupid zombies? Or would you be happy just to be a

November 15, 2013

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It’s Time to Catch a Fire!

Sometimes when I lose faith in the world and wonder if there are any reasons to keep hoping against hope, something little comes along that shifts my perspective. For example,

November 15, 2013