Category: Richard Ross

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Richard Ross

Morning Worship

I am a spiritual baby in prayer. I lost decades in inconsistent morning worship, rushed prayer, or morning quiet times that seemed like a task list. I intend to spend

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Richard Ross

If I Could Start Over as a Youth Minister

While I’m drinking coffee with young youth ministers, someone usually asks, “If you could start all over as a youth minister—knowing what you know now—what would you do differently?” Great

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Personal Growth

An Abandoned Generation

By the will of the Father and the power of the Spirit, the first love of the church today is to be focused on the Son. That first love is

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Richard Ross

Dinner with the King

I sometimes imagine the King having dinner. This particular night He does not sit at the long, massive table. He has chosen the low table with cushions so He can

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Personal Growth

If I Become a Youth Minister

By God’s grace I am out speaking every Sunday of the school year. Preaching and speaking on the road are a joy and a privilege. But if God told me

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