Boys Ministry

For reasons too many to name, I chose to make a statement as a rebellious 13-year-old that this rite of passage was stupid. Besides, I never planned to come back to Temple as an adult. I said to myself, "So what? I'll get some praise and a couple of presents." I observed my friends going full steam ahead,...

Bump, set, spike. The game was over. As I thanked her for the invitation, she asked me a question. Her parents couldn’t make it, and she was wondering if I could take her home. I panicked! The warning signs began flashing in my mind. I knew it wasn’t a good situation. In a perfect ministry, in a perfect...

I pray that you can keep these needs in mind in your own youth ministry. With notebook in hand, I went on tour for two weeks with 65 guys, ages 18 to 22, who were members of the Azusa Pacific University Men’s Chorale. I was working on my book, Teenage Guys, but I also wanted to engage in a firsthand...