The Most Important Person You Lead
“You are the most important person you lead today.” That can’t be true, can it? It sounds a bit selfish, maybe even arrogant. Certainly I’m not more important than my kids, or my spouse, or the ministry I lead. I may be the leader of a team, but I’m called to humbly serve that team. […]
The Greatest Graduate Gift: The Senior Experience
The greatest graduate gift a parent and church can give students is a Senior experience that grounds them in their faith and produces an individualized plan to help them experience God’s best in college and beyond. At Sugar Hill Church, the culmination of our comprehensive spiritual growth plan for students (called Grounded for Life) is […]
Navigating Life’s Inevitable Crises
What do you do when life gets a little crazy and you find yourself in the midst of a crisis? Pastor Tripp Atkinson and family counselor Anne Ford share some principles on how to navigate those inevitable crises and come out better on the other side. __________ Stuff happens. It’s a fact. I even saw […]
10 Regrets Every Parent Can Avoid
Parenting is really, really tough. It seems that as soon as you start figuring out a few things, your kids are grown. Because of this, some of the best lessons are found in what others have learned before us along the parenting journey. These lessons are usually conveyed as statements of regret. Having worked with […]
7 Questions to Ask Before Dating
Wk 2 from High School series “Status” at Sugar Hill Church. For more information on how your Middle or High School student can be a part of teaching series like these with hundreds of other students, check out www.SugarHillStudents.com. When students ask if a dating relationship is a good idea, my answer is always the […]
From Lonely to Fulfilled…
Wk 1 from High School series “Status” at Sugar Hill Church. For more information on how your Middle or High School student can be a part of teaching series like these with hundreds of other students, check out www.SugarHillStudents.com. Want to change your status from LONELY to FULFILLED? Know that you are not alone and […]
Check Your Pockets
Students, thanks for hanging with us through these First 30 devotionals for college students. I promise the spiritual investment you make in yourself will pay dividends for years to come. As we wrap up this First 30 series, I pray that the spiritual investment will continue. I pray that college will not be a time […]
Influences
I read a headline a while back that said “18 year old girl can face manslaughter charge for allegedly encouraging boyfriend’s suicide, judge rules.” Newsflash: If someone is encouraging you to hurt yourself, IT IS NOT A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP!!! While I know it is an extreme example, this story illustrates a truth that so many […]
Boundaries
The first time anyone ever trusted me to babysit was my sister asking me to watch her first born son, Trey. I was a senior in high school, and spending time with my three-year-old nephew who was like a younger brother to me sounded like fun. I mean, how hard could babysitting really be? (If […]
God’s Best
Here is some good news: – God loves you and wants the very best for you. – God wants you discover and live His best. So how exactly do we go about discovering and living God’s best? We see some great truths of how to do this in Luke 5:1-11. This story is referred to […]
6 Vital Small Group Lesson Prep Questions
What an incredible privilege and responsibility to teach the life-changing truths of Scripture. To offer the best we have as a teacher and avoid the temptation to simply regurgitate (read) curriculum, let’s consider these six important questions we need to answer when preparing to teach: 1) What is the BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE? (Keyword: Preparation) Everything we […]
Accountability: A Key to Success
There are many abilities that become a big deal in college. For instance… – Affordability: the reason you eat fish taco’s from a gas station. – Flexibility: learning the art of turning a 15-minute break into a “power nap.” – Wearability: judgement call on getting one more use out of an outfit before you HAVE […]
