When Roots Grow Deep: Preparing for Missional Rhythms

And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. – Matthew 4:23 As we begin – whether we are in full time ministry or are simply giving what few hours outside our full-time jobs and families we have […]

Concrete Disciple – Finish The Race

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. – 2 Timothy 4:7 (ESV) I remember the first time I really ran a race. It wasn’t very long, but I remember the feeling. You start out and there is this rush with so many other runners by you. […]

Why Nobody Wants to Live on Mission with Middle Schoolers

So there is this movement. And it is a good movement, right? Back to creating disciples who live out the mission of God every day. People who don’t just “do church” but who have rhythms in their life that identify with the Gospel, as Family of God, who live on mission with God. I have […]

Concrete Disciple – Renew Your Mind

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2 (ESV) This verse has stuck out to me lately as I have been spending a lot of […]

Concrete Disciple – Jeremiah

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the Lord said to me. “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be […]

Fifth Quarter & Middle Schoolers – Beyond the Event

So I started doing this little thing…which many churches do. I don’t claim to be the inventor. Lots of people do it lots of ways. But I’m going to blog some thoughts and ideas specifically on Fifth Quarter for Middle School Students. This post is a few basic understandings of the mindset I give our team each […]

When There Are Twelve

And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles… – Luke 6:13 So Jesus, as we know, does some really cool things. Jesus calls out these twelve dudes who become the apostles – these core disciples who experience a lot more of Jesus than the crowds experience. […]

3 Things I Have Learned About Middle Schoolers

This past week I have reached the end of three years with a great class of students and the beginning of a new chapter with incoming students. Reflecting back on this week, the breakthrough we had at camp, and what I have learned about middle school discipleship, it really is summed up simply in this: Jesus, […]