This article from the Center for Youth Ministry Training features a qualitative study on the experience of teenage doubt. The article offers valuable insight into the value of pastoral care and listening in ministering to kids who are doubting.
Ed Stetzer of Lifeway Research offered this valuable article about the numbers and factors behind youth who “drop out” of the church (a term with which he takes issue.) Not only does this article provide information on the…
The second Youth Ministry at Half Time article can be read here. If you’re involved in student ministry in any way, this is the time of year where you begin a new semester before the crazy summer schedule…
Though the purity movement has been popular in many churches, it can have destructive consequences when not held in check by the Gospel of grace. In this workshop we explore the psychology behind the purity movement and how…
The first Youth Ministry at Half Time article can be read here. Things Only You Can Do Maybe this is a type-A thing to do, but I made a list during my youth ministry half time. What follows…
Sometimes it is difficult for kids (and the rest of us) to grasp what the love of God looks like. In a world saturated with skewed portraits of love at every turn, I’ve often found that kids bring…
What better way to talk about Leviticus than by starting with Matthew 5:17? “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them…”…
Do you feel at a loss when students ask you how God could command the slaughter of men, women and children? How do you explain the unity between the Old and New Testaments and the consistency of God’s…
I have to confess that I am still learning to look before I leap. Historically, I have been known as a “ready, fire, aim” kind of guy. This method has certainly come with many setbacks. Nothing catastrophic (thanks…
