He was your server at your favorite restaurant after church on Sunday. She was sitting next to you on your bus commute this morning. They get together as a group at your local coffee shop. They fill your local college campus from August until May every year. Who are they? They are young adults (a.k.a…Millennials or Generation Z or 20-somethings or college kids or young professionals or the list goes on). In our communities from the rural towns of Alabama to the major metropolitan cities of Seattle and Nashville, young adults are … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Love Yourself Well
Our culture talks a lot about self-care, but a lot of what self-care talks about isn’t biblically-centered. As Christ-followers, we are called to a high standard. Our lives (and the way we view ourselves) should reflect Him, but we often get in our own way. When we understand the depths of what we’ve been forgiven and saved from, we begin to understand God’s love for us in a new way that allows us to truly love ourselves (Luke 7:44-48). We are able to love because God loved us first. Here are a few ways you can love yourself … [Read more...]
The Beauty of Active Listening
Ernest Hemingway is one of my favorite authors, and I read a quote from him once that really got me thinking. He said: “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” I couldn’t help but think of this. Every one of us can probably remember a conversation with someone else where you had to fight to get a word in. Or, how about that individual who turns every comment into a personal story they have experienced. The most dreaded is the famous “one-uppers,” who surpass everything being said with a more outrageous or … [Read more...]
Why It’s Time to Overcome the Fear of Commitment
More options exist for you today regarding education, career, relationships, and experiences than for any prior generation. You possess a burning desire to make your life significantly count, and you don’t want to get it wrong. You might be hesitant to commit to life’s decisions due to distrusting the future. You’re afraid of messing it up. Many people are fearful of making wrong decisions, thus distorting God’s entire plan for their lives. Some people—especially young adults—believe God has mapped out every twist and turn of … [Read more...]
Campus Community and God’s Desire for Us
“We want you!” This was the message that pulsed throughout the room at summer orientation this past week. The clock struck 9:00 pm, and the auditorium filled with energetic, incoming first-year students. It was loud, chaotic, and exciting. Freshmen stood at our table filling out info cards as students swarmed around them and other student organizations yelled for them to come check out their tables. I don’t know if you have ever been to a student organization fair, but they are fantastic and fascinating to watch. It is the essence … [Read more...]
There Isn’t Time to Not Be Still
When was the last time you were still? I’m not talking just a little bit still where you were multi-tasking in your mind while you were attempting to be still. I’m talking about the type of still where your mind is completely at rest and you are able to fully hear the truth of what the Lord wants to show you through His Word. We work with young adults and their worlds are chaotic. But let’s be honest, our lives are not much less chaotic – ours are just chaotic in different kinds of ways. As young adult ministry leaders, we often fail … [Read more...]
The Rhythm of the Christian Life
A good life requires a good rhythm—a pattern of movement regularly repeated over time. When we live life in tempo and experience the various harmonies around us, we find true joy and experience lasting contentment. It’s why we listen to music when we exercise and work—to give us a backbeat to our activities. It’s why we keep calendars—to live in harmony with the seasons. It’s why we schedule things—to get into a groove at home and work. It’s why newborns are so exhausting—they disrupt all our rhythms.But, when they (finally) get … [Read more...]
Grace. What Does it Really Mean?
The Greek word for grace is charis, and there’s no question of its importance in biblical theology. Charis appears 116 times in the New Testament. There’s a lot about grace in Scripture because it’s the message of Jesus. Grace means favor. It means acceptance. It means giving. Grace is free in the sense that something done or given in grace is done so without expecting to receive anything in return. Grace isn’t dependent on the way it’s received, the moral goodness of the one receiving it, or even that person’s ability to rightly … [Read more...]
Is God Opposed to My People-Pleasing?
People-Pleasing. A loaded term; pregnant with meaning and clothed with irony. People-pleasing in our culture is most often understood as a desire to gain the approval or affections of others by making them happy, comfortable, or satisfied. But, what if I told you that the problem of people-pleasing is actually not about “other” people at all? And, what if I told you that the Bible describes “people-pleasing” as far more egregious (Gal. 1:20) than you and I have come to know it today? The Hidden Danger of … [Read more...]
Real Freedom
As we celebrate Independence Day with Family and Friends, may we remember “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17, CSB). May we always walk confidently in the freedom Jesus gives! … [Read more...]
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