Take your foot off the gad. Slow down. Drink some coffee. Breathe.

Let’s give each other the gift of truth – just because we are in ministry doesn’t mean we don’t have bad days.

What's the best way to lead a short-term missions project with students?

We asked four youth workers what the best leadership qualities were for youth ministry. Check out their answers.

I believe with all my heart that God is inviting us to Life with a capital L.

While I have a deep sense something is not right with our overly scheduled youth, I also have a deep sense God can and will meet my students on a sand bar, through the laughter they experience during a board game, and in Bible study and worship.

Chemistry. Communication. Commitment. Coffee?

It was an innocent enough question. A stranger on the airplane simply asked, "What do you do for a living?" For most of the past four decades, the answer was an easy, automatic, "I'm a youth pastor." This time, I was frozen. I just wasn't sure what to say.

"I'd like to take your teenager and several others on a road trip for multiple days without explaining to them where we're going." doesn't always sound like a great idea - to parents.

Teaching students to engage the Sabbath might be the great work of youth ministry and the church in our time.