Each month we compile a Top 10 list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families. Some give explicit instruction on…
I am drawn like a magnet to the sun when it rises in the East and sets in the West. I crave and admire it so much that my family will capture spectacular photos and send them to…
“Who am I?” “Does my life matter?” “Am I accepted?” “Am I loved?” “Am I significant?” When you interact with students regularly, it becomes clear that these questions haunt them. We see students making poor decisions and acting…
When we think about Psalm 23 and the Lord as our shepherd, we often have a soft, snuggly feeling. Indeed, the images of lying down in green pastures and walking beside still waters connote a tranquility and comfort….
When I was fourteen, I had a motorcycle wreck on the highway after church one night. That’s right, at fourteen years old I was riding a motorcycle on the highway! What were my parents thinking by allowing me…
My wife Jenny and I are not very good at family devotions. For the longest time a “perfect picture” of what family Bible time is supposed to be kept me from attempting it, or worse, attempting it and…
Dave Wright, Coordinator for Student Ministries in the Diocese of South Carolina (Anglican): Your students are far more likely to have a life-long faith if they are active in the life of the church during these formative years….
I was driving home from youth group under conviction. By most measures, it was a good night and the lesson was well-received by students. What I said was biblical and it was helpful, but the only time I…
A few nights ago, my daughter showed me a small rash on her neck. I gave her a Benadryl and forgot about it. Kind of. Later that evening, I started thinking about the rash, which led to googling…
