My job, vocation and calling for more than two decades has been in youth or family ministry. These days, not only do I work with families, I live with a youth group. My children are in seventh, eighth and ninth...

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Working with parents shouldn't feel as if you're fighting a battle, but it often does. We have our schedules, and they have theirs; as you know, sports, play practice, tutoring, studies and a host of other acti...

I've had the privilege of being involved in youth ministry for more than 30 years. As a youth pastor, I've experienced a variety of perspectives through these years, first as a youth worker doing ministry with ...

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...

When most of us begin our journeys as youth ministers, we typically don't have children ourselves. I, too, jumped into youth ministry at the ripe age of 21 and single. I thought I knew a lot about being a teen ...

A word to younger youth workers: You will get older, and there are lessons from childhood to be rediscovered. The students I teach have no clue how old I am and probably don't care. When I tell them my age (...

The spiritual maturity of families is as diverse as the spiritual maturity represented in the teens of a youth ministry. Of all the contrasts we navigate in youth ministry (e.g., male vs. female; middle school ...

During my first 10 years of youth ministry, I treated leader training as I treat getting my haircut. I don't schedule my haircuts. I just get to the point of looking a little shaggy and then go see my barber. S...

What Louie Zamperini's Story Can Teach Us about Perseverance and Forgiveness Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened: The movie Unbroken was r...