Leneita Fix wrote a brilliant post on how to answer student’s questions that leave us speechless. I added a comment there, but I thought it might be helpful to also share a slice of an email along these lines that I wrote to our youth leaders.…
In the past week I have had different youth ask me these questions: What do I say when my parent’s tell me I’m never going to do anything with my life? I think I’m gay, and my parent’s told me they don’t want me to be.…
Companies and organizations often do “exit interviews” and they do so for many different reasons. But the biggest one is that they get really honest answers. They do this so they can learn, become better at what they do and more faithfully care for their employees.…
Summer is quickly approaching, and many church leaders are busy planning summer trips, camps, and retreats. When I was in young adult ministry we would spend our Spring anticipating the changing season and plan out our Summer and Fall retreat environments.…
There is nothing simple about discipleship, but our simple to understand definition of discipleship is: obedience to Jesus. It’s thinking like Jesus wants us to think and doing what he wants us to do. A youth ministry that wants an element of depth will help teenagers live a life of obedience.…
