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Embrace the Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now (Part 1)
Many of the Generation Xcel co-founders with the Summer 1999 interns “And a child shall lead them.” – Isaiah 11:6 “You see things and say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things...
Going Deep
Over this past winter, as we were teaching our students, we noticed that an increased amount of them were approaching our staff with questions about water baptism. Some just had...
Why Loving Young People is like City Living
Greetings from Brooklyn, New York, the most populous borough in New York City. Birthplace of Jay-Z and the integration of Major League Baseball. And site of the largest battle of the Revolutionary War. If Brooklyn were its own city,...
Going Global – Part 2
In Part 1, we learned that the mission of every youth ministry must have a global perspective. We must create opportunities for the students to get their hands dirty, so...
Confessions of a Hypocrite Youth Pastor, Part 2
(Continued from Part 1.) Salvation visited me in the person of a homeless runaway who forced me to confront my tendency, even as a youth pastor, to live for myself...
Theology for Urban Streets
Dean Borgman is a professor of youth ministries at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is also founder and general editor of the online Center of Youth Studies. He was involved inYoung...
Confessions of a Hypocrite Youth Pastor, Part 1
The knots in my stomach tightened. As the distance between us grew, I could feel the color leave my face. You hypocrite, I thought. So busy with ministry that you...
Going Global – Part 1
“Going Global” has become the coined phrase used to describe the moment when one has achieved a level of influence that has the potential to affect the world. Going global...
10 Ways To Plan for Success in Ministry & Life for 2012
This is Part 3 in a series by Maina Mwaura. Read Part 1 and Part 2. “Ask me and I will tell you some remarkable secrets about what is going...
Simple Is Better
I recently had a conversation with a great friend who called me in an effort to inundate me with his list of ALL the things he desires to accomplish in...
Refresh a Youth Worker in 2012: Dip Into the Well
"Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. "When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her,...
Reflecting and Looking Ahead
This is Part 2 in a series by Maina Mwaura. Read Part 1 here. "One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to...
