A quick story My Father taught my brothers and I all to play golf, and I can remember as far back as when I was 11 my dad taking us golfing quite regularly in the summer. He was al[...]

  Every week before youth group we have a half hour leader’s meeting for our volunteer youth staff. This is, by far, the most important meeting of my week. It is an oppo[...]

  Long title, but pay attention.  Growing up, the worst thing about birthdays, Christmas, or any other gift giving event was the agony of thank you notes.  I didn’t like[...]

Many Student Ministries across the country are privileged to have summer interns, but the reality is, many Youth Pastors are clueless when it comes to leading these new additions e[...]

Marriage is both the greatest thing you will ever do and the toughest. We give up a little bit of personal freedom to share our lives with another while gaining a bit of the other [...]

It’s that time of year again.  That glorious, relational, chaotic, nonstop stress, relaxing time of year.  Summer is such a strange beast in student ministry, and a lot of th[...]

How do you deal with distractions in ministry so that you are fully present with students?[...]

My faith background may look like a complete mess from someone who simply looks at it from a bird’s eye view. I was raised as a Baptist and preacher’s kid where I began[...]

In my short time doing ministry I have found that my own personal growth and time with Jesus gets attacked quite easily. Whether it be because our busyness of schedule or just lack[...]

How do you communicate in a digital world? Do you use mainly a facebook page, or do you still use a website? Or maybe you should use both. [...]