Making Parents Mad
A couple of weeks ago I was able to reconnect with Fuller grad and friend Jeremy Zach at National Youth Workers Convention.
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Trusting the Story
Last week I re-read an article by Walter Brueggemann that helps me focus this season.
Gratitude
I love Thanksgiving. I love the food. I love the football. I love the “fall” weather (OK, I’m a Californian so our “fall” might not be your fall, but nonetheless, I will be wearing a sweater tomorrow…probably).
Kenda’s Case for Hope
Yesterday I talked about my friend, Kenda Creasy Dean’s, new book, Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church
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I have great respect and affection for Kenda Creasy Dean from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Livestream from NYWC Friday
Today in Nashville, Kara will take the main stage as part of the 1:00-3:30 “Big Room” general session at National Youth Workers Convention to speak to over 4,000 youth workers.
We Are How We Eat?
“Are there any donuts left?”
No More Pizza
There comes a point in everyone’s life where they’ve just had too much pizza. In the past, this was college.
Students of Students
Not too long ago, I gave a student a ride home in South Pasadena after Young Life club. My passenger typically has his headphones on all-the-time (at least one), so it was a surprise that we were actually having a conversation.
Fragile Families
Last spring one of my neighbors walked away from her senior year of high school with incredible grades and lots of promise. She also walked away pregnant.