Thought Factory Podcast #103 || Theology of Pizza & Hummus
In episode #103, we discuss the lack of discussion on the topic of physical health in the circles of youth ministry and the church in general. Is food a key […]
Youth Culture
Thought Factory Podcast #102 || Students, Politics, & Civility
In episode #102, we asked thousands of students questions about the topic of politics to see if it’s important to them and where their level of interest is about the […]
Five Things Students Should Know About Their Adult Leaders
I am about to finish my 16th year of student ministries. Things like music has changed many times from Michael W. Smith and Jeremy Camp to Lecrae and Hillsong. From […]
Thought Factory Podcast #101 || They Don’t Know Where to Start
What is Thought Factory? Thought Factory is dedicated to learning from students for students to better our ministry practice with students. Based on our own national research with 3000 students […]
Set Up Your Year up to Win
I have spent a lot of time in ministry spinning my wheels. I don’t know if you can relate, but there have been seasons where it felt like I couldn’t […]
Posture 5: Life With God
Over the last month or so we have been looking into Skye Jethani’s teachings on how we as the Church are presenting the Gospel and the ramifications of misrepresenting the […]
Encouragement from Skye Jethani
For those who have followed our series on Faith Postures, based off of Skye Jethani’s teachings about the gospel and young people, we’ve reached out to Skye recently, asking him […]
Posture Four: Life For God
In John 21:15, Jesus presented Simon Peter with a series of three questions in quick succession, questioning his true love for Jesus. Each time Jesus asked, “Do you truly love […]
Posture Three: Life From God
Growing up my dentist was my cousin (he’s much older than me) which was great financially for our family. There was a problem though: he lived an hour and a […]
Five Tips to Remembering Students’ Names
Before my daughter was born, I remember considering the implications of bringing her in to this world. I would be responsible for providing her basic needs. I would be accountable […]