Three Ways to Gauge What Your Teens REALLY Believe

Three Ways to Gauge What Your Teens REALLY Believe

If we are totally honest, youth ministry can sometimes feel like a rat race of crazy games, junk food and making sure that the middle schoolers stay alive before their parents arrive. This is especially true if you are bi-vocational and youth ministry is your “second...
Communicating Theology to Teens

Communicating Theology to Teens

When it comes to communicating theology to teens, the real question is what is your own theology? And then, what is the Vineyard’s theology? When you spit out a generated “pat” answer to one of your teen’s questions, are you pausing to see if you even believe it? I...
Breaking Down Barriers to the Bible

Breaking Down Barriers to the Bible

Do you remember the first time the Bible “came alive” for you? I do. I was fourteen years old on a mission trip with YWAM in Mexico. It was a three week trip, and the first half was focused on discipleship and training. They gave us an hour every day to...

Learning to Suffer Well

Suffering is one of the topics that most people, including myself, want nothing to do with.  However, there is a great deal that Jesus can teach us through our times of suffering. Here in the US we certainly do not suffer like our early Christian brothers did.  For...