Two miles into my first 10K race, and I was crying. It wasn’t the race itself. I had run 6.2 miles in training, but the route took me past the funeral home where I had last seen our 5-week-old daughter. Altho...

The conversation would be similar each week as I walked through the plan for that night and it would always end the same before I left the office.  I be would asked about my lesson.  Each time I would hear th...

I visited a church recently that was promoting a women’s conference. There were posters hanging in the lobby, where there was also a special table where you could register for the conference. They had put was...

When I first started out in youth ministry I desperately wanted the students in our church all to feel like they were part of a bigger family. I naively believed that if I could get students to show up to enoug...

I'm a new mom. Currently, my 9-month old daughter, Hope, is into everything. She's a speedy crawler who's started pulling herself up and cruising along furniture. As Hope has become more mobile, I've become ...

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I was one year away from my wedding with many decisions to be made and many people to organize. My soon-to-be husband and I were knee-deep in save-the-dates, centerpieces and compiling an iPod list of music for...

  Over-nighters are hands-down the best and worst part of the year—best for our students to build relationships with one another, but worst for the adults in your ministry who get exhausted. One of ...

Our culture  is always on the go. The faster we go, the more we value communication that concise, complete, and clear. As youth workers trying to engage the people of our culture, we’ve got to be able to say...

When you say yes to becoming more you—yes to the finding—you’re saying yes to the God who mixed only one you for a life full of freedom. Find that life. Find that you. Find that peace.