With the loss of a #1 seed and a couple #2 seeds, many March Madness brackets are no doubt busted, especially since one of the #2 seeds was perennial power, Duke. And now that we are deep into Lent, there’s a good chance that your Lenten sacrifice is busted as well. So, just as online bracket groups offer “bracket busted” … [Read more...]
InWord’s Bracket Bible Challenge
For us sports minded youth workers, it’s about this time of the year, after the NCAA football championship, the Super Bowl, and the beginning of March Madness, that some students remind us that not everybody is into sports. Other activities such as music, band, theatre, brain clubs, etc., do exist and are just as valid. These … [Read more...]
Forming an E.T. Theology
I had a skeptical, smart student in my youth group once say: “I’ll believe in God when we find life on another planet and they worship the same God we do.” Well, that day of reckoning may soon come. Did you catch the news last month that NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the first known … [Read more...]
Lent 2017: Yes Is the New No
Whether you or your church celebrate Lent, building up some self-denial muscle is always a good plan. But maybe this is the year that you build the muscle by saying “yes” rather than, or in addition to, saying “no.” We’ve all experienced the lure of the forbidden fruit which Paul writes of in Romans 7. As soon as … [Read more...]
The Subtle Prejudice of Favorites
We may not be prejudice toward people of a different ethnic background or race. But there is one little word that may undermine our non-prejudicial atmosphere: favorites. As we step through Black History Month, we can’t help but pause to consider our own prejudices and biases. Having been in youth ministry for many … [Read more...]
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