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I was standing at Office Depot right by the airport in Kansas City a few days ago. It was important for me that I got the Reveal workbook printed off before I made the flight back home so I could work on it.
I was standing at the counter patiently waiting as the girl behind the counter was helping another individual with the laminating machine. She was all tangled up with it and I was doing my best to not be frustrated with her. It was fine waiting since I noticed a tv was playing some of the March Madness games on it.
She paged a manager and I proceeded to help the manager know how to print it. I think that I have a future in the office supply workforce if I ever need a job. We got it printing and then the question came out –
“What is this Reveal thing?” she asked and then proceeded with the next comment of “It sounds very interesting especially when it says here – joining in the activity of God?” “Is God really involved in our world?” “Is this for students?” “What church do you work at?” “Is this because of Easter?”
The questions were coming faster than I could provide answers. I did my best and encouraged her to read a few things that I am reading and encouraged her to connect with a faith community in her area.
It proved to me something once again – the world is looking to see if God is at work in this world and they are looking directly at us. What are you and me showing with our lives?
This fall, Youthfront/Sonlife are releasing a brand new student initiative/event called Reveal. In Reveal, we teach students (and adults) a few things about how and what God reveals:
- God reveals himself to us
- God reveals himself through compassion and justice
- God reveals himself through character and community
- God reveals himself through conversations and stories
I am so excited to walk students through this two day experience. We are looking at doing it in 12 cities across North America this fall. Our biggest hope is that “communities” will be changed because they learned about God and then revealed God to the world around them. Could you imagine a community wide impact in your network or city?
- Matt
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For 12 years, I had the great privilege of serving at a church in Calgary, AB. The last couple years, I have been attending a church that is less than 5 minutes from my house. My role has definitely changed from a student ministries pastor to the lead pastor and now to a […]
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One of the things that I love about my job at Youthfront/Sonlife is that I get to interact with people on a daily basis who are passionate about the kingdom of God and desire to partner with like-minded hearts to see what God could do in and through us.
There are youth pastors and youth workers […]
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For the last few weeks, I have been traveling a fair bit and this day I find myself on a plane again flying across Canada and then down to Kansas City. The locations that my travel schedule has taken me have been quite different in context but there is a common theme that is running […]
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Here is the quote of the day…
“To speak of the Biblical God - of the God who acts in the life of the world - is always to rush in where angels dare not tread. Only fools will do it without fear and trembling.”
- Douglas John Hall
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For many years, I sat on the denominational youth leadership team for our North American Baptist Conference. I must admit that those years were filled with great excitement and great discouragement. It seemed like this rag-tag bunch of guys from across North America pulled together by this common love for God and students had great […]
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Yesterday, we probably watched one of the best Superbowl games of all time. Included in the Superbowl hype (4 hours of a pre-game show) was a collection of great commercials that really added to the enjoyment of the game.
Years ago, I remember a commercial from Wendy’s that had included this cranky old grandma type lady […]
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You might be reading that title and thinking that Matt or Sonlife/Youthfront has solved a youth ministry question that has plagued us for years.
No, we haven’t solved the issue of why our high schoolers are leaving the ‘organized’ church in groves. We haven’t even solved the issue of how to have an effective Wednesday night […]
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I have an issue and it is tiring me out…
I’m tired when youth pastors and youth workers come together and complain about the same “old” things. I am tired of youth pastors complaining about the relationship that they have with their senior pastor but are not willing to do anything about it. I […]
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Why did that have to change? It was so good, the way it was.
I had a very interesting day yesterday. It started off in a rather rough way as I sat through a presentation on fundraising for ministry. It left me asking a simple question – this has to change somehow.
My oldest daughter than called […]
