Should youth ministers consider themselves teachers?  The short answer is 'Yes'.  Spiritual Education is exactly that – education.  I have yet to meet a youth worker in which some form of spiritu...

What do we do with the stuff we don't want to do? Everyone—whether grade school student, college student, first-time mom, mailman, telemarketer, professional athlete, CEO or youth pastor—from time to time ...

There is a medical term related to children called “Failure to Thrive.” At least I think there is. I don’t know if you know this, but I’m not a doctor (though I promise I’m a youth pastor)!  I’ve ...

Whenever there is a change in church leadership, we face one of the difficult truths of youth ministry; the church inevitably “loses” their juniors and seniors.

At first glance Evernote is a pretty simple app. You can take notes, insert photos and even record audio but however you use this product you can find ways to be a bit more productive in your ministry.

Hindsight is always full of wisdom. Looking back, we all have decisions we regret, choices that didn't work out so well. And let’s face it: in youth ministry, we are bombarded with choices, constantly have ...

Many youth groups have a simple formula for their meetings: game + lesson, with the occasional pizza order or lock-in. It’s a centuries old formula dating back to youth ministries out of Ancient Mesopotamia...

I have a weird piece of advice for you. Be lazy. Okay - of course I don’t mean like legit lazy. There are 10% of you that might actually be lazy, and you people need to get off your butts and get to work. ...

I can’t change my story, but I can leverage it for the good of the Kingdom. My life has been tragedy free for the most part. But one season of life makes me quiver inside just reflecting back upon it. Let me...

For many youth ministries, every fall offers the same challenge: clashing schedules of the sports students play and the youth ministry calendar.