“Jesus didn’t pay such a huge sacrifice so I could say the prayer of salvation, attend church, and get into heaven. He paid this sacrifice so I could receive the abundant life that comes through knowing Him personally.”
Source: Coffee Shop Devos: Daily Devotional Pick-Me-Ups for Teen Girls
“The Spirit teaches us how to participate with God in the restoration of all things; maybe the more common term for this would be mission...[I]t's a mission which connects our unique desires to the work of the Spirit to keep wooing creation back to the Creator.”
Source: Woo: Awakening Teenagers' Desire to Follow in the Way of Jesus
“The point of the mission trip is to invite young people to act in ways that witness to the promise of God's action, which will make all things new.”
Source: Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry
“A mission trip in youth ministry is not about bringing the resurrection; It is about witnessing to the resurrection.”
Source: Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry
“Youth ministry is not about getting things accomplished - only the act of God can bring about the transformation we seek. Youth ministry is about participating deeply in young people's lives as we await, together in suffering & joy, the coming of God.”
Source: Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry
“Sabbath is a period of 'trying on' God's promised completion, trying on God's future. Sabbath is not rest for a privileged few while all others serve them – that's tourism. Sabbath is the inviting of all creation to be still and imagine the coming of God.”
Source: Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry
“Paul connects faith and hope. Rather than saying young people have faith if they believe without doubt, it might be better to say they have faith if, up against doubt, fear, and struggle, they hope.”
Source: Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry
“Grace is costly because it calls us through our person to the person of Jesus Christ. And when we follow the person of Jesus Christ, when we follow his call through our person, we're sent to act for the concrete person of our neighbor in the world.”
Source: Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together
“God loved humans but humans loved themselves instead, that's where all it began from.”
“You don’t have to dumb it down, but you do have to sum it up.”