this is your place

My buddy Brian recently posted an original poem on his blog. Because I'm a friend, I read it. Because it stirred something up in my soul, I've read it again and again. Here's my favorite set of verses, a beautiful echo of the Kingdom of God:

Where we meet in that place, face to face and we see
There is no difference between you and me,
For they is we and me is them, there is only one
There is only us

I love Brian because he's a friend, a Jesus follower who's open and honest about his journey, and if there's a struggle or question -- he errs on the side of loving people. That seems to be a beautiful echo of the Kingdom as well.

You can read the whole piece at Brian's blog, Conversations Along the Way.

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the sexualization of our culture, part 4

For the past few weeks, we’ve talked about several key themes related to building a healthy understanding of sexuality from a Kingdom-of-God-perspective. (Click for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.) This week we’ll wrap things up with what we believe are the two biggest challenges facing students (an adults) in this struggle.

The first challenge is trusting that the Kingdom of God is best.

The word “faith” in the Bible has always struck us as a little peculiar. For many years ...


This blog was first posted at youthministry.com. You can read the entire article here.


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the sexualization of our culture, part 3

We regularly remind our students that the decisions they make today shape who they’ll be tomorrow. This statement is easy to apply to sexuality, but we must...

This blog was first posted at youthministry.com. You can read the entire article here.

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