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Willow Creek Embraces the Mess
By Jeremy | January 24, 2008
The latest issue of Willow magazine, published by Willow Creek Association, features my article "Embrace the Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now."
Here's an excerpt.
It felt like a mutiny. As an official youth group, we were still young  not yet two years old  and our teens were even younger spiritually. Most were new to the congregation and raw street kids without any prior church association. For a while, everything seemed to fall together seamlessly. They had embraced faith and each other, and our growing community of 25-30 teenagers was tight. But for many the romance was waning, the infatuation phase ending, and teens were once again being teens. Insecurities resurfaced, identities were challenged, but mostly, it seemed, they complained about being “bored.†What about the boredom?
Topics: abounding grace, articles, generation xcel, leadership, willowcreek, youth ministry, yw8 | 2 Comments »
January 25th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I have often felt uncomfortable with the phrase “God won’t bless our mess”. We’ve heard it before. I think He does. In amazing ways.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:53 am
Your an excellent writer.
Great article