Building The Culture You AND Your Students Want
Building culture in your youth ministry starts with identifying your goals and who your students are! Knowing your goals is a great place to start. What dreams do you have for […]
Youth Worker Connection
How To Avoid Programming Plug-Ins
One spring day, I stopped at a garage sale. The only thing I was remotely interested in was a battery charger and its battery for a power drill. “I could […]
Anxiety In Students
It’s no secret that statistically the students of today are experiencing more anxiety than ever before. It is one of the most common threads we see and hear in youth […]
Talking To Your Students About Tech: Social Media
You might read ‘social media’ and negative thoughts or feelings immediately surface in your mind. We can all acknowledge that there are plenty of downsides to these platforms. But if our students are […]
Talking To Your Kids About Technology: Phones
Phones are taking over the world! It’s starting to get younger and younger that our children are asking to have a cell phone. When is the right time for your […]
Talking to Your Students About Tech: Computers
Oh, technology! Personally, I love it! It turns my lights on at my house when I want them to come on, it keeps me connected to students I’ve had the […]
Talking To Your Students About Technology: Apps
How can we view phones as tools to build God’s Kingdom and not as destruction in our ministry? The question isn’t if we should point students to good resources, but […]
The Lion’s Den
Have you ever found yourself in an impossible situation? A job loss, a rebellious child, a broken relationship, a health concern? In Daniel 6, we find Daniel in an […]
A Small Group Of Friends
Our students are being tempted every day to bow to idols this world is throwing at them. Identity, materialism, social media, sports, gaming, sex, pornography, drugs, and the list […]
Speak Life Into Your Volunteers
It has been almost 10 years since the last time I was consistently leading a group of adult volunteers in youth ministry. I started as a youth pastor before I […]