This truth is certain: We will lose the opportunity to speak about the hope of Christ that is in us if we are so preoccupied with promoting our own ideas about racial injustice that we never pause and listen.
Spending time at students’ events helps us remember that we are not simply pastors in offices, but shepherds called to nurture the flock entrusted to our care.
Jesus understands your pain and rejection. And yet, he remained faithful to complete his mission, even while praying on the cross, “Father, forgive them. They do not know what they are doing”.
The Small Group Leader’s Quick Guide to (Almost) Everything is a little book (hence, the “quick”) that packs theology, ministry tools, helpful stories, and godly wisdom into every page.
If the goal is that our students would come to believe the gospel of Jesus – that they are known and loved by the King of the Universe – they first need to feel known and loved by us.
The sooner we admit our vulnerability to ourselves, to our friends, and to our children, the sooner we can stop holding ourselves and our kids hostage to unattainable ideals, and lead them instead into the rest and freedom of life with Christ.
Whether you know it or not, if you work in youth ministry you are likely serving one or more children from broken homes. Here are five truths to encourage your teens in dysfunctional families
God has plans for your ministry. The format of the plans likely differs from what you experienced back in February and expected back in April. Still, we can take heart that God is making all things new, regardless of the circumstances we encounter.
“Hey, how is it going?” “Are you hanging in there with all this crazy stuff going on?” I cannot tell you how many times I repeated these two questions during the month of March. By April, our new…
