Mark Cannister

"Youth workers say they are not big on tradition; but if you scratch under the surface, you will find that youth workers are fastidious followers of tradition, doing things in youth ministry today that worked for earlier generations of youth workers."

My brother and his wife spend most of their waking hours thinking about drag racing. Their whole lives revolve around race cars: they build them, race them, rebuild them and race them again. They love cars, and they love racing; and that's exactly how they became interested in motor sports. Through the...

Most articles, books, seminars, conven­tions and Web sites about youth ministry challenge us to do something. Do better programs, do deeper teaching, do more leadership development. Well, I’d like to suggest there’s something we need to stop doing...