Stuff to ponder

Interesting, isn't it, how often people criticize what they know the least about. Interesting as well how frequently people form their opinions based on their own experiences, or fond memories, or frustrated longings, rather than on what the Bible says. I wonder what the relationship between those two statements is?

Youth ministry

In the book Perspectives On Family Ministry, 3 Views, editor Timothy Paul Jones says this:  "That's when I began to ask some painful questions about student ministry that my training in youth ministry and Christian education had not equipped me to answer. What if, I wondered, this separation between students and adults--something that I was trained to see as a solution--has actually been part of the problem? What if God never intended youth ministry staff members to become the primary sustainers of students' spiritual lives? What if something is profoundly wrong with the entire way the church has structured ministries to youth and children? What if the reason so many ministers are bordering on burnout is because our ministry models are fundamentally flawed?"  (pg. 10).

Ten Blessings of Fall, last two

I)  Deer season!

J)  Football season!

Fall is definitely my favorite season.