Doug Ranck

"The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord made them both." Proverbs 22:2 Common English Bible

Easy to say, hard to do "The ear that listens to life-giving correction dwells among the wise." Proverbs 15:31

The Evil Social Media — Or Is It? - Light + Life Magazine Social media can make face-to-face connections more meaningful. By Doug Ranck

My recently re-published article
lightandlife.fm/the-evil-soc...

interlinc - Maximizing Music and Media in Youth Ministry Helping youth leaders maximize music & media in student ministry. Thousands of youth leaders look to interlinc as the best source for resources and ideas for using music and media to connect with stud...

🎉 Just wrote for Youth Leaders Only release w Interlinc! Honored to help create tools connecting students to God through music speaking their language. Check it out at interlincmedia.com – and if you are a youthworker, you add this to your toolbox! #YLO #MVL #Music #Media #YouthMinistry #interlinc

"The best way to know God is to love many things." Vincent Van Gogh

interlinc - Maximizing Music and Media in Youth Ministry Helping youth leaders maximize music & media in student ministry. Thousands of youth leaders look to interlinc as the best source for resources and ideas for using music and media to connect with stud...

🎉 Just got to be part of the latest Youth Leaders Only (YLO) release with interlinc! Honored to help create tools that connect students to God through music. Check it out at interlincmedia.com – If you are a youthworker, you need this in your toolbox! #YLO #Music #Media #YouthMinistry #interlinc

Living with this hope today "Lament looks out onto the darkness through a window that has a candle in it" Steve Harper, from the series LIVING LAMENTATIONS

What if the church could better model this? "We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them and see them in the light of exterior and objective values which make them trivial by comparison." Thomas Merton, THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE

"Wisdom knows God in ourselves and ourselves in God." Thomas Merton, THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE

Abundant Life School Shooting Live Updates: 3 Dead, Including Shooter, in Madison, Wis. (Gift Article) At least six others were injured in the shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. The police had incorrectly reported a higher death toll during a news conference.

We cannot be numb to this. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

"Sympathy holds hands with grace" Jackie Hill Perry, UPON WAKING

A holiday message every youth leader needs to hear For many youth leaders, burnout tends to be seasonal. And the pace and demands of the Advent and Christmas season, in particular, take a high emotional…

A good word for youth leaders from Fuller Youth Institute. Thank you for seeing us. fulleryouthinstitute.org/blog/holiday...

Why Humility Is Complicated for Religious Leaders Being intellectually humble can benefit religious leaders and their congregations, but it can be difficult.

Intellectual Humility. True for clergy and other professions. Another good offering from GREATER GOOD.
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Pathetic sportsmanship Ohio State and Michigan. You can be better. Disappointing

"This is the terrible thing about humility: that it is never fully successful." Thomas Merton, THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE

interlinc - Maximizing Music and Media in Youth Ministry Helping youth leaders maximize music & media in student ministry. Thousands of youth leaders look to interlinc as the best source for resources and ideas for using music and media to connect with stud...

Happy to be one of the writers for interlincmedia.com. The Youth Leaders Only Digital Box just dropped. This is the 137th box and Interlinc Media is going strong as a link from music to youth ministries all over the world. Check it out.

FM YOUTH PAUSE tonight!!! "Would You Rather Thanksgiving," big questions/answers, a game, friends, encouragement and hanging out. 7-8pm.

Got to interact with him several times in undergrad: small classroom settings, chapel talks, meals. Inspiring to me as well.

Happy to be making the move here. Thanks for the referral @bvkent.bsky.social Now for the rebuilding.