The world I had known had imploded. Uncertainty about my future, as well as my faith, abounded. Many youth ministry workers have reached this point: a place in the spiritual desert, consumed by the mental and ...

You have to do more, you have to succeed, and you have to be the best. This is the mantra of the American Dream, and I had accepted it wholeheartedly. I wanted to have an awesome walk with God, be the best you...

When Aaron Boydston got sick— really sick—his network stepped up. Aaron is the youth ministry pastor at Ojai Valley Wesleyan Church in Ojai, Calif., a small city about an hour northwest of Los Ang...

I left college a passionate, bubbly, 22-year-old, ready to have an impact on youth ministry as a whole and ready to impact teens’ lives with God’s love and hope. Just one year into full-time ministr...

Thomas Nelson, 2007, 316 pp., $13.99 www.northridgeministries.com Brad Powell joins the herd of other church leaders creating a list of dos and don’ts on changing the culture of a church. What makes thi...

B & H Publishing, 2007, 226 pp., $17.99 www.broadmanholman.com Can the estimated 340,000 declining and/ or plateaued churches in America rebound from their malaise? Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson each have le...

David C. Cook, 2007, 240 pp., $12.99 Craig Gross and J.R. Mahon are no strangers to controversy, being the founder and direc­tor, respectively, of xxxchurch.com. In Starving Jesus, they push the envelope ...

Concordia, 111 pp., 2007, $14.99 www.cph.org This devotional vol­ume’s lack of signifi­cant depth or required preparation makes it ideal as a “fly by the seat of your pants” resource...

There are still nights when I cry myself to sleep. Sometimes, I am convinced the neighbors can hear me sobbing and will rush over to see if I am OK. In a way, I wish they would. Their concern would seem like pr...

InterVarsity, 2007, 224 pp., $16.00 www.ivpress.com The church is losing too many passionate, gifted leaders. Preventing Ministry Failure is a practical workbook designed to address many of the issues that ha...