As youth pastors, we often find ourselves discouraged when we learn that our students who appear to be growing in Jesus are behaving one way in our presence and another at school or parties or on their sports teams.
In spite of 2020’s overall lack of fun, we can celebrate the fact that lots of us had more time to read … and there was a bumper crop of good books! We’d love to hear what some of your favorites were.
We enjoyed having so many of you join us in October for our writers webinar, but we wanted to be sure that those of you who could not join us would be able to listen in on the discussion.
During this complicated, difficult time, it’s important to give our teenagers tools to manage anxiety and stress by focusing on what we know to be true—that Jesus has rescued us from our sins by living, dying, and rising again.
Once I changed my mindset from recruiting to inviting, I no longer faced the preseason panic.
Each month we compile a Top Ten 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…
Precisely because we are a people who believe in God’s sovereign control and unchanging mission, we can’t dismiss the personal pain of others.
“First of all then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.”
God is so much better than we could carve him up to be. He is holy.
