Helping Church Kids Develop an Easter Faith
Painting the Picture:It is easy for the students in our ministries to get the wrong idea about Christianity. To be fair, it isn't their fault; most of our students are connected to our ministries bec...
A Slave to More than Caffeine
This year for Lent, I decided not just to give up coffee but to give up caffeine. I knew this was going to be difficult, but that is partially why I chose this discipline. In my mind, I know that I don't w...
The Big Picture: An Easter Lesson
ym360 has produced a great Easter lesson complete with PowerPoint and a Student Handout. To download this free lesson, click here.LESSON DETAILSLesson Title: The Big Picture: An Easter LessonObjective: ...
The Danger of MTD to Youth Ministry (and It Isn’t What You Might Think)
Faith communities love acronyms. There are landfills full of WWJD? bracelets to prove that acronyms distill complex ideas down beyond a catch phrase to a few letters and allow a certain hyperlinkedness to vast ...
Youth Group Devo: Uncertainty
It's the New CertaintyGet downloadable PDF.The Word"For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You" (2 Chronicles 20:12). After he prayed, ...
Youth Culture Lesson: Pressure to Be Perfect
After Stint in Rehab, Demi Lovato Tells Teens There is HelpGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Demi Lovato was the envy of many young girls in 2010. She w...
Top Tweeters
Fake TV pundit Stephen Colbert, humor publication The Onion, author Neil Gaiman and celebs such as Neil Patrick Harris, Taylor Swift, Ellen DeGeneres and Homer Simpson made TIME magazine's "Twitter 140." Who el...
Not the Greatest Show on Earth: Why Youth Ministry Shouldn’t Be a Performance Art
The truth is I was jealous. I was convinced there was no way I could compete. Even worse, I believed there was a competition.I was a young youth worker doing ministry in a suburban church during the 1980s, a de...
‘Business as Mission’ Mixes Work with the Great Commission
One of the more exciting developments in the Great Commission enterprise of the church during the past decade or two is the emergence of Business as Mission (BAM). It is a conceptual framework and a movement th...
Stirring It Up: Not Practicing What We Preach: How One Youth Worker Decided to Befriend People Who Aren’t in Our Church
To date, it ranks among one of my most awkward and scary moments in youth ministry. Normally I'm the guy who thrives on awkwardness. (How do you enjoy leading a middle school small group without a high toleranc...