Student Ministers, the Christian Life Is More than Passion

I’ve noticed something common in the culture of student ministry, something that was true when I was a teenager and still presents a challenge today for spiritual growth and maturity. It’s the assumption that Christian devotion can be measured by feelings of passion. The strongest Christians are those who feel or demonstrate the most “on fire” intensity for Jesus.This assumption leads us to think the purpose of a youth group—and by extension, the church—is to rev up believers and to rekindle the