Mike Andrews

For anyone who's ever taken a road trip with a pack of boys, Mike Andrews explains there's an art to making it successful and ejoyable.

I had an interesting reminder recently of the simple importance of presence when it comes to ministry with boys. The reminder came in the form of a high school junior pointing out a time I’d sat in a diner for fries with him and a buddy. Only his memory was a little fuzzy...

Youth ministry is a lot of fun. I know that's not an earth-shattering statement, but it's worth a reminder. It's a blast to get to spend time with energetic and creative young people. It seems like they're always coming up with some new way to make each other laugh and enjoy life, even if sometimes those...

His words were meant to deflect my challenge and excuse whatever behavior I had just called out, which I honestly can't remember, and I'm sure was nothing terribly unruly. Instead, they did much more than that. Instead of bringing me to a more enlightened position in regard to the teenage propensity...

This past weekend, I got to take my family out to a local lake for a few hours. In the midst of losing flip-flops in the muck, my boys really got into digging a hole just above the water line. It started with a few handfuls of mud dug out by my oldest son, but quickly became an exercise of Dig-to-China...

From insurance requirements to background checks to safe volunteer training, church safety is a big deal these days. There are many resources available to help us keep our students safe and protect ourselves and other youth leaders. In all our mitigation of danger, I wonder if we’re missing something;...