I want to acknowledge and confess my deepest struggle and frustration as a youth worker. It comes from that overbearing parent who thinks you are doing youth ministry all wrong. It comes from parents who consta...

Each June, we graduate about 35 seniors from the youth ministry. At the same time, we also have approximately 35 seventh graders enter the youth ministry. With them, 35 new parents flood in, many who have no id...

One main reason I love youth ministry is simply that I love working with students. After 24 years in youth ministry, including 20 years at my present church, I still love hanging out with youth. In fact, I rece...

The electricity going out because of a thunderstorm only added to the drama. Two intense-looking men with badges and two translators came to question us. They wanted to know who we were, why we were there and w...