Even if your bags are barely unpacked from this summer's trip, it's time to start planning your next mission trip. Before you zoom in on the specifics of your next mission trip, zoom out. Spend time with you...

I was 13 when my parents enrolled me in two years' worth of confirmation classes. It wasn't my choice, but I didn't fight it either. It's what kids in my church did. I had no expectations other than it would be...

Teens are transitioning from children into adults. It is an amazing transformation. In that remarkable journey, one nagging question looms large: At what age does a teenager become an adult? The question is...

"I want to talk about pornography." That's what the 15-year-old boy said to me after hearing me talk at his Christian school about "God and Sex." Sadly, he wasn't a curious young dabbler looking for someone to ...

Youth worker job descriptions include very little of the actual job requirements. They leave out the endless meetings, one-on-ones, clean-up duty, parent interactions, and about a hundred other details that mak...

Why would we want to take a three-month break from our calling and the spiritual lives of students?

There were so many emotions running through my heart as I sat in my family's minivan, ready to begin my college career. As my parents stared out the windshield, the silence signaled the start of a new journ...

If you have children now or in the future, there will come a time when they grow into teenagers, and the transition from cool youth worker to parent of a teen becomes painfully real. It was for me.

When I think of youth ministry, I think of a grand and gracious adventure!

How can it be that teens can watch a Lord of the Rings marathon without yawning but seem to fall asleep after the introduction of your talk?