Three Ingredients to Help Students Recover Following a Pandemic
Today’s kids were already facing mental health problems. Now they feel delayed by the pandemic, and it’s added to their anxiety levels. According to Barna research, 82 percent of Generation… Read More
Building an All-Star Youth Ministry Teaching Team
Building a teaching team will make you a better student ministry leader. Now, I know. You might be thinking something like: “I don’t have time to build a teaching team!… Read More
Don’t Let Busy Distract From What Matters
I’m going to start this blog off with an obvious statement: 2020 has been a rough year for ministry (and most other things). With so many new aspects to doing youth ministry, it’s pretty easy to get stuck focusing on the wrong… Read More
Talking about Racial Injustice with Students—Even When You’re Not an Expert
My first full-time youth pastor job was in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was 2012, and I had been there about three years when Trayvon Martin was murdered. He was a 17-year-old black boy who was gunned down for looking suspicious while walking… Read More
Let’s Get It Right This Time
Every generation takes a cue from the generation that came before it. How they see God . . . How they see each other . . . How they see the world . . . The hard truth about racism in any… Read More
