It was a dusky evening in the spring, and I found myself at my favorite local coffee shop, sipping on a hot beverage with my computer in front of me. I had just finished chatting with a couple of my barista friends and was sitting down to work on a writing project. This had […]
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7 Reasons Why Millennials Should be Crazy About the Church
Are you wondering if you’re a millennial? If you were born between 1980-2000 then yes, you are indeed a millennial. Did you know that over 50% of our generation, the millennial generation, who grew up churched have dropped out at some point? According to this Barna study, millennials view the church as irrelevant and […]
4 Things Jesus Tells Us About Reaching the Generation That’s Leaving the Church
This is a guest post by Frank Powell. Click here to find out how you can contribute to JesusHacks. At the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta last year, Andy Stanley asked a question that wrecked me. He said this: “What breaks your heart?” He framed the question with this statement: “You don’t have to change the […]
3 Self-Centered Myths about Travel
This article was originally published on RELEVANT Magazine’s website. I wish I could travel more—and I don’t mean travel to Idaho or Maine for the weekend. I’m talking about exotic places, like the places you see others visit while scanning your newsfeed. I think it’s part of the twentysomething story to either wish to travel […]
The Essential Guide to Living Life When You’re Young
The trick, I learned, to making the most of your teenage to early adulthood years is to actually be young. What I mean by that is this: I believe kids are some of the only humans who know how to be fully present. If you watch them, you’ll notice their bleary-eyed wonder at the world […]
5 Reasons to Take Greater Risks While You’re Young
If you’re anything like me, you’re stuck in a web of complicated decisions. The right answer is not clear-cut, and every option is buried in piles of potential risks. You could date, but you might get your heart broken. You could travel, but you might lose money you’ll never get back. You could quit your […]
I’m Not Waiting Till Marriage
I’m getting ready to marry my best friend, and because I love her, I must say: I didn’t wait for marriage. And hopefully, she’ll be happy I didn’t. Let me tell you the story of why I bring this up now, just a couple months before my wedding: I proposed to my fiancé in December, when […]