Christian Life, Faith, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Verge, young adults
Five things young adults need
Want your church to reach young adults? Lead a college/young adult ministry and want to see a deeper impact…
July 29, 2019-
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Christian Life, Discipleship, Leadership, young adultsFour unique challenges of young adult ministry (and how to address them)
This August will mark 9 years of leading Threshingfloor Communities, and approximately twelve years of leading (in various capacities)…
July 16, 2019 -
Culture, Discipleship, young adultsYoung adults prioritize relationships. Here’s four things churches must do in response.
A couple weeks ago I got to spend an evening with one of elementum’s partner ministries. During the groups…
April 15, 2019 -
Christian Life, Faith, Spiritual Growth, Theologydoing what is true
I’m willing to bet that almost all of you who read this could quote John 3:16 by heart, or…
March 4, 2019 -
Christian Life, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, young adultsThe sin of distraction
A few weeks ago I finished reading the book Reclaiming Conversation: the power of talk in the digital age.…
February 15, 2019 -
Communication, ThreshingfloorTwo counter-intuitive requirements for true community
If you’ve never had tension and conflict between people in your community, your community isn’t real yet. If there hasn’t been head butting and hurt feelings that are graciously covered with forgiveness and humility, you haven’t lived into being a Kingdom community.
February 13, 2019 -
Christian Life, Faith, LeadershipKeeping your options open isn’t a virtue
In ten years of young adult ministry I’ve planned a lot of events and sent out thousands of invitation…
December 31, 2018 -
Christian Life, Life, Relationshipsbeing offended is not a virtue
“Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.” Proverbs 17:9 “Good…
November 26, 2018 -
Christian Life, Relationships, young adultsThree Keys to Kingdom Community
It’s slightly mind-boggling to think that the Christian God, trinitarian, three-in-one, has been in eternal community. A…
November 14, 2016 -
Discipleship, Evangelism, LifeSix Key Ingredients for Relational Evangelism
We may need to rethink our default evangelistic methods. We’re not in Judea with the Jewish people…
October 3, 2016