Youth Ministry Through Metaphor
At a recent ski weekend, I heard a young guy say, “Jesus is the Camino.” I pictured a beat-up old car that looked part truck. What did Jesus have in common with that? I wondered. It turns out t...
The Deepest Longing of Young People: Loving without Conditions
Saint Mary’s Press; 2006; 136 pp.; $14.95, www.smp.org Jerry Goebel spends his life with high-risk kids; visiting them in “juvey” (juvenile hall), attending court, tilling gardens, connecting...
What Do I Say to a Friend Who’s Gay?
Kregel Publications, 125 pp., 2006, $9.95, www.kregel.com What do I Say to a Friend Who’s Gay? tackles a controversial and thus frequently neglected area of ministry. In 125 pages Chase scratches the sur...
Rock Solid Teacher: Discover the Joy of Teaching Like Jesus
Gospel Light, 2006, 144 pages, $17.99, www.gospellight.com Gregory Carlson is Director of Global Training, Awana, and the Director of the Rorheim Institute for the Awana Adult Discipleship Training Network. H...
Learning to Listen Vital to Youth Ministry
In 1994, I left my job in youth ministry and enrolled in seminary, hungering to learn a way of ministering grounded in continual attentiveness to God. I soon discovered I wasn’t alone in my desire to find...
The Divine Embrace: Recovering the Passionate Spiritual Life
Baker, 2006, 282 pages, $16.99, www.bakerbooks.com In our postmodern era, both the traditional and emergent churches are struggling with the next step in forging their respective identities. Robert Webber̵...
Milk and Cookies vs. Meat and Potatoes
Give a youth pastor five sticks and a bag of marshmallows and students will be entertained for hours. Need an activity that teaches teamwork? Ask a youth pastor. Cool games, cool music, and cool church are the ...
Getting Your Feet Dirty: A Down-to-Earth Look at Following Jesus
InterVarsity, 2007, 132 pp., $7.00, www.ivpress.com Getting Your Feet Dirty chronicles the transformation that occurred in the lives of the first few thousand followers of Jesus. By bringing to life the detail...
Unorthodox
Zondervan, 2007, 190 pp., $16.99, www.zondervan.com For those who think that Stephen Curtis Chapman is cutting-edge, Tommy Kyllonen has a rude surprise. Kyllonen is a musician and pastor of Crossover Com...
The Perfect Program and Other Fairy Tales: Confessions of a Well-Intentioned Youth Worker
NavPress, 2005, 134 pp., $12.99 each, www.navpress.com David Chow is a veteran youth ministry worker with more than 15 years of experience. As a youth worker, author and speaker, David has crafted a communic...