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Closure and Bows

April 4, 2013 Do

Discipleship is a great catalyst for growth. It’s a process that meets someone and makes a change. One of the biggest balances to strike is the end game of discipleship. Christmas is over, but I still remember all the presents under the tree. I could easily tell which I had wrapped from those my wife [...]

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What a Resident Director Wants Youth Pastors to Know

January 9, 2013 Do

I’m not a youth ministry expert but you might call me a post-youth ministry expert. Spending years working with college students in secular and non-secular settings, I’ve seen the gambit. I’ve seen students shipwreck their college careers by breaking policies a couple of months in. In my career as a Resident Director, I’d be the [...]

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What I’ve learned in 16 years of Youth Ministry

March 21, 2012 Do

I’ve been in youth ministry at the same church for 16 years. I’ve been here through all kinds of changes and seasons and I’ve made my share of mistakes, but here’s some key things I’ve learned along the way: Relationships are vital! Of course we all know this, but I’ve learned that if we really [...]

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Carpe Diem!

November 5, 2011 Do

In the 1989 film Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams plays Professor John Keating, the new English teacher at an all-boys school. In his first classroom time with his new students, Keating walks through the class whistling, leaving the students wondering, “What’s up with this guy?” He continues to walk out of the room. Curious, the [...]

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