For a decade or more, I've asked myself (and others with ears to hear) this one vital question: "How well do we know and understand kids?" The answer I keep coming up with is that young people between the ages ...

"Well, back when I was in high school…"Is that how you begin your comments to your students?We are so good at giving advice, telling kids how to pray, who to hang out with and what to do with their time. ...

Isms abound. They're everywhere. According to the website Phrontistery.info (Gk, "a thinking place"), there are hundreds of isms in the English language. Most of us probably never have heard of pyrrhonism ...

Have you ever been confronted by an adult who is bold enough to interrogate you about your goals and practices with questions such as these?"What do you actually do in youth ministry? I mean, I see kids flockin...

Gwen had graduated two days before, but without even thinking she showed up at church and went through her normal routine: standing outside the high school Sunday School room, talking and laughing with a few of...

"The more things change, the more they stay the same." It's a familiar saying, but have you ever wondered if it's true when it comes to the kids you work with? Given the vast changes in youth culture, are ...

"The Bible views people as whole people living their lives in relation to others; therefore, family ministry must be integrated into all areas of a person's life."—Royce Money, Ministering to Families: A ...

I remember Mike Yaconelli once speaking at the Denver Seminary annual convocation ceremony. I'd been a professor for only four years after 15 spent in youth ministry leadership; and for the first few years...

Words come and go, and right now it seems that one of the really cool words in Christian ministry circles is missional. In fact, missional seems to have replaced an early cool word, postmodern, which now seems ...

I spend a lot of time talking to teachers and students about their perspectives on school. Here’s what students tell me.1. Respect must be earned.Most adolescents say teachers do not deserve respect simpl...