Are We Forever Losing Students Because of How We Present God and His Gospel?
It was a shocking discovery. What if you discovered on your 30th birthday that something you were raised to believe wasn’t true? For example, what if you were told that […]
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Minister Within the Mess
Every week following our youth programming, I clean up a mess. Papers, candy wrappers, pens, and pen pieces are scattered on the floor all over our worship area. Chairs that […]
Programming for Mountain Top Experiences
I love mountain climbing. Living in Colorado for a summer opened my heart up to that love for the first time when I was in college. The entire summer I […]
Four Lessons Learned Over 15 Years
I have been honored to be involved in youth ministry for over fifteen years. I have been a small group leader, a speaker, as well as a chaplain at local […]
Chasing Truth – The Reality of the Resurrection
Read Part 1: The Creator Conflict Read Part 2: Backing Up The Bible Read Part 3: Why Jesus Christmas and Easter – the two major “go to church” holidays. I […]
Avoid This in Youth Ministry
I remember stopping by a garage sale this past spring, only to find one item that I desired to purchase from a complete stranger. The item was a Dewalt battery […]
Why Games Still Matter: Part 2
Leveraging Games During Youth Group A few months ago (ok, 7 months ago) I wrote a blog about why I believe games still matter in youth ministry. Whether or not […]
5 Things to do About Spring Attendance Drop-Off
“We count people because people count.” One of the churches I was formerly employed at had this in their weekly church handout. The cynic would say this is a cop-out, […]
Growing Up Too Fast…or Not Growing Up? Part 3
Part 3: Youth Workers (Be sure to read at least Part 1 of this blog to make sense of this post. Also check out Part 2 for the connection to […]
Growing Up Too Fast…or Not Growing Up? Part 2
Part 2: Parents If you haven’t read Part 1 which introduces this idea, take a minute if you can to do so and get the background before reading on. It’s […]