Thursday nights are always exciting, full of energy, laughter, and life. The street outside our house? Packed with cars. One night, it got so crazy the police were called. The best part? When the officer arrived, he smiled and said, “I know exactly what’s going on here.”

He was right.

Inside, it’s wall-to-wall with shoes at the door and teenagers everywhere, over forty of them most weeks. A generation of Jesus-followers gathering for fun, food, and faith. From 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., our home becomes a space of community and transformation.

Every second spent cleaning, cooking, or preparing is worth it. Every moment matters when a young person takes another step toward becoming more like Jesus.

Did I mention Thursday nights are exciting and full of life?

What’s Happening on Thursday Nights?

It’s called Young Life Campaigners—a Bible study for high school students who want to grow deeper in God.

Young Life is a global movement where leaders go where kids are to win them to Jesus. That heartbeat is exactly what drives Wendy and I. Anyone or any organization devoted to living on mission with God, is family to us.

This is why we say yes to the mission of God.
This is why, for us, it’s Jesus or bust.
This is why we open our home, our hearts, our time, our cars, our food, our resources, and our very lives for the sake of the gospel.

Because if it means winning even one soul into a life with Jesus for eternity, we’ll make ourselves unreasonably available.

Nothing matters more than living in such a way that others experience a glimpse of eternity with Jesus through our lives.
To this, we’ve been called.
To this, we are devoted.
To this, we will die—on the hill of the gospel.

Why This Should Matter to You

What happens in our home on Thursday nights is more than a youth gathering—it’s God’s remedy for a broken world.

All the negativity, hatred, bigotry, violence, selfishness, and sin that infects humanity can only be healed through the gospel of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit lived out through everyday believers.

When we open our lives and allow God’s kindness to flow through us, people are drawn to true life. That’s when change happens.

So yes…
If you’re tired of negativity—this matters to you.
If you’re done with hatred—this matters to you.
If you reject bigotry—this matters to you.
If you long for peace instead of violence—this matters to you.
If you want to live unselfishly—this matters to you.
If you hunger for righteousness—this matters to you.

Because God saving the world from sin matters.

And His plan has always been to do it through ordinary people who give their whole lives to His mission.

My Encouragement to You

Give your whole life to God’s mission.
Submit your whole heart to leading people into a life with Jesus.
Commit your whole being to live by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit.

Then watch what God does.
Watch Him use you in ways you never imagined.
Watch Him work in you everything that is like Him, and work out of you everything that is not like Him.

That’s what we saw last night in our Tribe: God forming us into the image of Jesus through simple obedience and shared mission.

Never lose sight of that truth. It really is more blessed to give than to receive, because God always transforms us as we pour ourselves out for others.

By God’s grace...
​Be challenged. Be inspired. Be empowered.​
Live your life for God’s glory and the good of others.

Love you all,
​DW