Group's Youth Ministry, Author at YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/author/youthministry/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:40:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 (PODCAST) BEST-OF: What is the meaning of life? https://youthministry.com/best-of-meaning-life/ https://youthministry.com/best-of-meaning-life/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:29:14 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77348 Join Rick and Becky for this “re-podcast” BEST-OF episode from two years ago—“What Is the Meaning of Life?” In the past three years, this episode had the most listeners.
Next week, Rick will begin a new series called “Jesus People”—exploring the heart of Jesus through the lens of his friends and enemies.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/best-of-meaning-life/feed/ 0 ick and Becky take on the big question that lurks in the background for all of us: What is the purpose and reason for living? (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: Hurricanes https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-hurricanes/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-hurricanes/#respond Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:42:00 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77338 Join Rick for the 10th episode of the series KINGDOM COME. We’re coming out of a very active hurricane season, and weather experts warn we’re entering into another in 2021. Hurricanes are frightening because they’re dangerous and destructive. But it turns out that hurricanes keep our planet alive by roiling the waters of our oceans so deeply that their nutrients are widely redistributed, causing rapid growth of the carbon-dioxide-eating phytoplankton and, thus, keeping the Earth from boiling over.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-hurricanes/feed/ 0 In the Kingdom of God, when we experience hurricanes in our life, we find new life. Let’s meet, again, the Hurricane whose name is Jesus… (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: Miracles https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-miracles/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-miracles/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:27:58 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77331 Join Rick for the 9th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. Miracles are startling because they are supposed to be impossible, right? And in this episode, Rick tells a personal story that certainly qualifies as a miracle on every level.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-miracles/feed/ 0 Miracles are startling because they are supposed to be impossible, right? In this episode, we explore miracles and the heart behind them. (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: Hope/Fear/Conviction https://youthministry.com/podcast-hope-fear-conviction/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-hope-fear-conviction/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:18:46 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77322 Join Rick for the 8th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. We are magnetically drawn to stories of hope and perseverance. That’s because perseverance is both heart-breaking and inspiring. It’s almost impossible to ignore. So, what are the common threads in all our stories of perseverance?…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-hope-fear-conviction/feed/ 0 We are magnetically drawn to stories of hope and perseverance. What are the common threads in all our stories of perseverance? (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: Beauty https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-beauty/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-beauty/#respond Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:06:36 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77318 Join Rick for the 7th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. Rick often uses a favorite phrase to describe the mission of Jesus: He came to make beauty out of ugly. Not “pretty”… Beauty. In a very real, practical, visceral way, beauty-making and beauty-revealing is exactly what Jesus is doing in the world, and in your life, right now… We need “beauty-fighters” in this season of ugly… And it’s always been a season of ugly in the world.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-beauty/feed/ 0 Join Rick for the 6th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME as he discusses how Jesus stressed the importance of forgiveness. (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: Seventy-Times-Seven https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-forgiveness/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-forgiveness/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:45:57 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77313 Join Rick for the 6th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, whose life we celebrate this week, led during a time of great division and racial tension and disillusionment in the country—like our time today.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-forgiveness/feed/ 0 Join Rick for the 6th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME as he discusses how Jesus stressed the importance of forgiveness. (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: Above All Else https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-above-all-else/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-above-all-else/#respond Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:21:37 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77307 Join Rick for the 5th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus launches His ministry by doing something He’ll never do again—simply “talking at” a large crowd of people for a long time. Why does He do this?…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-above-all-else/feed/ 0 When Jesus says “Above all else” it’s a declaration—of the things we’re pursuing in life, this is the highest pursuit. Let’s explore. (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: The Antidote to Evil https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-antidote-evil/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-antidote-evil/#respond Tue, 05 Jan 2021 20:47:58 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77298 Join Rick for the 4th episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. When we live inside the culture of the Kingdom of God—the way of living that Jesus came to plant, like a seed, in our broken reality—we are very aware of the influence of evil all around us, but we are not impressed by it.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-antidote-evil/feed/ 0 At the start of a new year, let’s ready ourselves again for living a life that “overcomes evil with good," as revealed and practiced by Jesus. (PODCAST) KINGDOM COME: The Point of Your Story https://youthministry.com/podcast-the-point-of-your-story/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-the-point-of-your-story/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:37:20 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77291 Join Rick for the 3rd episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. In the Kingdom of God, storytelling is not only the highest form of art, it defines the mission and passion of Jesus. Jesus came to tell a new story in our life, and to invite us to do the same with others.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-the-point-of-your-story/feed/ 0 To understand what’s God's doing, we have to explore your story’s setup, the plot twists, and the takeaway. (PODCAST) Kingdom Come: Bow Down https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-bow-down/ https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-bow-down/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:29:39 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=77281 Join Rick for the 2nd episode of the new series KINGDOM COME. What are some obvious differences between a democracy, like the one we live in, and living under the rule of a king? We mostly have no idea what it means to actually live in a kingdom, and we’ve never actually been in a close relationship with a king.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/podcast-kingdom-come-bow-down/feed/ 0 Join Rick as he explores the upending, transformational reality of a “Bow Down” relationship with Jesus.