Worthwhile Honors Sometimes Miss Real HeroesGet downloadable PDF.Get downloable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:On Feb. 5, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots to win Super Bo...

Today I want to talk about Jesus. To be specific, I want to talk about how Jesus views sinners. This topic has been heavy on my mind of late. My personal reading time has revolved around Bell's Love Wins and Fr...

Lost-Cost Ideas for Effective MinistryTodd OutcaltGroup, 2009, 177 pp., $9.99No matter what your youth budget is, I guarantee you wish you had more; but one thing I've found true through the years is that a lot...

Every now and again it's fun to play a game that requires no physical activity—just a prop-your-feet up approach to entertainment and fellowship. This one can be prepared before youth meeting and is ...

Everyone knows Sunday or Wednesday will come around and that it's time to teach the students something that will change their lives, and we hope they'll remember it when they walk out the door…That's the ...

Listening to some preachers is a veritable feast. I want to consider what it is that they do well, and why it is that people want to listen to them.The best preachers make you strive for Christlikeness and valu...

Every week, youth workers devote countless hours to teaching. They hope this investment will enable lives to be transformed as students encounter Christ, but what makes teaching effective and engaging? To find ...

Serving college-age people (18 to 25) is one of the biggest joys of my life. If you work with young men and women, you know the reasons for my joy, as well as the difficulties they are facing.The reality is peo...

They say laughter is the best medicine. Could it also be the best ministry tool? That is what many leaders are suggesting as comedy is increasingly accepted by more congregations. While many young people of...

Have you ever been hurt by the church? If you're a youth worker, chances are you either have been or will be in the future. I just hope you don't experience what I went through. Or…perhaps I do.Church hur...