Life and Faith

Tag: Millennials

  • Is It Wrong To Share Your Faith?

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    I was recently listening to the “Youth Culture Matters” podcast where the hosts were interviewing David Kinnaman, the President of the Barna Group. Barna is a research organisation and has written extensively about the intersection of faith and the generations, particularly Millennials/Gen Y (born ~1980-2000). In this latest interview, and off the back of Barna’s…

  • Inspire – A Reflection for SYG 2018

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    This coming weekend 3000 people from nearly 70 youth groups come together to play sport, connect with one another, and worship God. It’s also the weekend where we find out whether we have everything we need at our campsite, go to bed and wake up cold, and possibly get flooded. Yes, that’s right, it’s State…

  • Published: Clarifying The Call Of God

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    ‘Calling’ is one of those Christian words, used by Christian people, that is more confusing than clear. In this article for Rooted Ministry I try to unpack the meaning of calling and seek to bring helpful clarification. “To feel called by God would be evidence that we are unique, that we are special, that we are being…

  • 11 Things: Church Culture And Politics

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    Depending on what kind of day I’m having I might be able to brush off the niggle that is church politics or I might get really cynical and let my frustration out to those around me. Unfortunately, like any workplace, organisation, or business (for profit or not), churches have politics. As a Youth Pastor it…

  • 11 Things: Church Health > Youth Ministry

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    Would it surprise you that there are churches out there that are unhealthy? That there are churches full of sinners, led by sinners, where the health of the church is compromised? I’d hate to burst your bubble but it’s true. There are churches that aren’t as healthy as they should be or could be. This…

  • Published: The Encounter At The Well

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    Having been on staff for Global Interaction here in Victoria I’ve been able to write a few things for them in the past. I ended up helping out in writing some of their May Mission Month bible study material for young adults this year. You can find it here.

  • Growing Young – Take Jesus’ Message Seriously

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    This is post four in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading the reflections in part two and three. As the title of the chapter states, another reason for…

  • Growing Young – Empathise With Today’s Young People

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    This is post three in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading part two about Keychain Leadership.  “Young people these days…” It’s the classic derogatory quote used to describe the actions or…

  • Education, Millennials and Missions

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    The post ‘Six Millennial Statistics Every Adult Should Know‘ was published a little over two weeks ago. I was sent a link for it through a colleague who also challenged a group of us to respond to one of the questions being posed and how it related to missions and missions engagement. As a side note,…

  • Millennials & Mission Organisations

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    I’m a 1982 baby. Depending on what survey you’d like to agree with I sneak into the Millennial, or Gen Y, generation. My wife and I headed to the Middle East when we were in our early twenties. Spurred on by a call to global missions we spent two years working as missionaries through a…