Rather than fearing their success, youth ministers should be championing their students' growth and achievements.

How are you using your influence to build spiritual wisdom and maturity into the lives of others? Are you paying it forward in your faith?

With every turn of any ministry magazine page, click of the mouse on a website or interactions with others in the trenches, soul care seems to be the common thread that is streaming through today’s hot topic conversations. What we don’t do already and what we should be doing are high on the priority...

I was running late. It had been a day. You know exactly what I'm talking about. The day when nothing gets done in the office because a parent stops in, the pastor calls to discuss an important issue, the phone never stops ringing, and the email inbox is always full. Needless to say, I still needed to...

We see over and over again in Scripture the importance Jesus places on interpersonal relationships. Titus 2:3-5 specifically targets women’s relationships with one another. Paul encourages the young pastor Titus to identify qualified older women who could and should teach and model godliness to the younger...

As I hung up the phone from a conversation with the mother of an active student in our ministry, my heart was full. In youth ministry, there aren’t many times when that happens after a parent phone call; so I relished in this moment.

Beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesdays throughout the year, mass text messages go out to students reminding them to meet that afternoon at 4 p.m. outside our church -- not for games, Bible study, an ice cream run or a trip, but to put our faith in action by serving the last, the least and the lost at a...

“I’m so sorry; I didn’t mean to disappoint you.” Tears streamed from her eyes as we sat in a little restaurant doing one of the things I dread the most: having a tough conversation with a student. As she responded to my questions about drinking at her friend's party just a few nights before, I prayed...

I've always found that reflecting on a tragedy or any unforeseen life circumstance helps with processing the reasons why and lessons learned as a result. Following is a reflection of a trauma faced and how writing through it helped me heal.

I've always found that reflecting on a tragedy or any unforeseen life circumstance helps with processing the reasons why and lessons learned as a result. Below is a reflection of a trauma faced and how writing through it helped me heal.