Let’s talk about essential parenting. I believe that youth pastors and youth workers miss a key moment of influencing the parents of teenagers. I would like to share a couple of thoughts that I want you to take away from this. In Deuteronomy 6:4-7 HCSB it says this “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the […]
Simplicity
My wife Chelsea Kellum joins us to talk about “Simplicity”. Chelsea has served previously as both a youth minister and alongside me for 10 years in baptist churches across AL, LA, and MS. She is now a full-time mom raising our two boys and our most recent addition, a little girl. Today’s topic is simplicity. […]
Ministry to the Whole Church, Not Just the Youth
Today we are going to dig into the value of being a minister to the whole church, not just youth. I think there is a perception of youth ministry – and we often aid in the perception – that we are babysitters, that we are entertainers, that we just feed pizza, that we are shallow, […]
The Spiritual Discipline of Solitude
Bryan Geer, Student and Family Pastor at North River Church, Tuscaloosa, joins us to talk about “The Spiritual Discipline of Solitude”. I’m here to talk to you today about the spiritual discipline of solitude. Now when you first hear that word you probably have a whole bunch of different connotations about it. You might think […]
Do You Have to Have Illustrations, Be Funny or Yell to Be a Good Bible Educator?
My wife Chelsea Kellum joins us to talk about “Illustrations”. Chelsea has served previously as both a youth minister and alongside me for 10 years in baptist churches across AL, LA, and MS. She is now a full-time mom raising our two boys and our most recent addition, a little girl. The question that we’re looking at today is […]