Life moves faster than you think. Breaking news usually becomes old news in just 24 hours. By the time I plan to see a movie in the theatre, it’s often no longer showing. I don’t embrace change all that wel...

The topic of body image is more important today than ever. As our culture becomes more “selfie-focused," the pressure on teens to look a certain way is getting heavier. If you are a black-and-white thinker li...

It’s no secret to anyone that Student Pastors have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Teenagers are going through many changes in this phase of life and they are trying every day to determine what and who ...

The goal is to get the outsider to feel that they belong before they have to believe. Getting feedback will be helpful as you begin to figure out how your youth ministry can reach those outside.

If there ever was a skill we as youth pastors needed to grow in it’s this: giving things away. You can’t delegate if you don’t have someone to delegate to.

With all the tasks that we youth workers are charged with, our time gets quickly used up – and it can seem like there’s not enough hours in the day to do all that we’re asked.

We all want long-term, invested volunteer leaders in our ministries. We want to build a connected and cohesive team, willing to follow us.  I have people ask me all the time how I get to a point where I actu...

Adult volunteers are vital to successful youth ministry. What happens when volunteers let you down? Here are some suggestions for addressing this important challenge. Let them know how valuable they are. Do...

I remember sitting in my first week of theology classes as an undergrad at Biola University. I was hearing many new terms such as propitiation, infallibility and incarnation, but the concepts were familiar. I...

We asked four seasoned youth workers one simple but pressing questions: What does teen spirituality look like? Here's what they said...