This week I was counseling a student about some recurring issues in his life. He was pretty bummed about his lack of progress in spite of his deep desire to change. This was a great opportunity for me to explain the difference between commitment and decisions. We make commitments all the time: – I will [...]

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I’ve been doing a small group series with a few high school small groups this summer called The Invisible War by Rick Warren. It’s all about understanding and dealing effectively with temptation. My friends over at Generation to Generation have written a couple of posts on the curriculum and its effectiveness. I echo what they [...]

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Here’s a video of The Landing.This is our new program I lead for students at Saddleback Church on Friday nights. It’s for students who need help getting over their hurts, habits and hangups. The Landing, Week 6 – Dennis Beckner from Dennis Beckner on Vimeo. We used the video below as a fun opener (minus [...]

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Sarah, a small group leader in our ministry, had ideas over the school year that she never got to do. There were songs that had great messages which would have made great discussion topics for her small group. As an end-of-the-year gift, she burned the songs to CD’s for her girls and gave a list [...]

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