Bible Reading VS Bible Engagement

Tis the season of New Year’s resolutions. Funny thing: As I’ve listened to TV and radio personalities share their New Year’s resolutions, I’ve been hearing, along with the usuals such as better fitness, better nutrition, getting up earlier, resolutions like this: “I...
God’s Presence is a Present

God’s Presence is a Present

It’s an unlikely moment from a power-hungry pagan king, a moment that gives us great insight into the very nature of God and into long-asked questions about suffering.   We’re all familiar with the story in the book of Daniel of Shadrach, Meshach, and...
Something Big and Cool in Youth Ministry

Something Big and Cool in Youth Ministry

You know those times in youth ministry when you have at least a handful of teens who want to go deeper, or group of students who are curious about the Bible? If you haven’t had those times, you will. Teens are always hungrier than we think…both spiritually, and of...