We recently held our Youth Sunday service. I swear it almost gave me an ulcer. Due to the timing of Lent, we had to do it early this year. Smack dab at the end of retreat season, as I like to call the insa...

Have you ever been hurt by the church? If you're a youth worker, chances are you either have been or will be in the future. I just hope you don't experience what I went through. Or…perhaps I do.Church hur...

I stood 10 feet from the gravesite pulling my coat around me and looking on as the service began. One of my students stood near her mother's open grave with two of her friends standing on either side. "Sixteen ...

I stood 10 feet from the gravesite pulling my coat around me and looking on as the service began. One of my students stood near her mother's open grave with two of her friends standing on either side. Sixteen i...

This year, I have been going through one of the unique challenges and joys of being a woman in ministry. Pregnancy.This time, it isn't one of my students who is pregnant, but myself. My husband and I have been ...

This Easter season, I'm exhausted. I come to God tired and weary after a long year of ministry. From ski trips to 30-hour famines, from staff transitions to Youth Sunday services, it seems as if it has been one...