“We used to have a lot more inflatables!” “When are we going to do an all-nighter?” “I wish we did more in-depth Bible-study.” “Are we doing small groups this year?” A youth pastor gets a lot of questions….
The weird thing is now I’m exactly where I want to be. I’ve got my dream job at Cornell, and I’m still just thinking about my old pals. Only now they’re the ones I made here. I wish…
In the first few weeks of starting in my current role as student minister, I wracked my brain about how to reach the students I had just inherited. I wondered how I could teach in such a way…
Dinner conversation at my house often ends in a heated debate with my sons over which would be the coolest superpower: flying, X-ray vision, super-human strength… ? Invisibility is said to be a superpower. After all, it landed…
As youth ministers, we are agents of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:20-21). “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf: ‘Be reconciled to God.’ He made the one…
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late…
Come January, I will have been in youth ministry for ten years, two of those as an intern and eight as full-time staff. Recently, I transitioned from a church in Oklahoma City where I’ve been a member and…
In the challenging episode of Ask Alice up on the youth ministry side of the blog today, we hear from licensed professional counselor Alice Churnock on the topic of suicide. Suicide affects millions of Americans; it will affect…
Discipling your children in the faith can cause parents to feel inadequate and alone, but discipleship was never meant to be a solo task. Parents, you have more resources than you often realize. Truly impacting the next generation…
