The longer I'm in youth ministry, the more I wish I'd had a better understanding of myself when I started.

I learned about adventure early in life. It pretty much happened because I had a boat. That might sound weird unless you grew up on an island as I did, but that boat gave me a kind of freedom as a fourt...

Truth: I prayed almost every Wednesday that he wouldn't come to youth group that night. I know that is a pretty lame thing for a youth pastor to think and feel, but I thought I'd start this article out being re...

I sort of fell into youth ministry. It hadn't been on my career path at all. Everything changed when I was offered a job at a summer camp and began to interact with amazing churches and leaders.I was a teacher ...

World View: Haiti In late January 2010, Mark Oestreicher (former president of Youth Specialties and regular YWJ contributor) and Seth Barnes (founder and president of Adventures in Missions) put together a r...