Here are six leadership lessons that'll help you, uh, lead.

Have you ever been put in a situation that is beyond your control? In Matthew 6:25-30, Jesus calls us to a life of simplicity. We are called to be free in Christ. All He asks us to do is follow Him. Why do the ...

1) With, not For. Notice that you're not creating an adventure for your students—you're creating one with your students. Invite them into the process of creating the adventure, and you also must be committed...

Why do our youth group students so often abandon the church as young adults? When The Barna Group asked young church dropouts why they left, one frequent answer was that "young Christians' church experiences re...

The little boy kept looking behind him as he walked into the library. Although he'd been dropped off at the library at night, he walked confidently until he realized someone else was going into the library righ...

At one point in the past year, I was having a conversation with some of my students. Sam, a junior high, homeschool kid spoke up and said, "I'm tired of Bible studies." As we continued the conversation, I began...

I recognized the Elvis impersonator. He was my father-in-law.

I was ready to call it all off. On the surface they were getting it. They could repeat my main point, apply it to hypothetical situations, analyze and critique. They could explain why it was important, and they...

I am not an emotional person. That doesn't mean I am emotionless, that I feel nothing and exude a tough-guy persona that screams, "I'll mock you, then take your candy if you cry in front of me." I just mean tha...

"Kara, we want to meet with you because we don't think you're teaching the Bible enough to our kids." This was John and Patty's greeting one Sunday morning as I was getting ready to speak to our students. Not o...