Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
If I see one more sugar cookie, I’m going to feel sick. While it’s fun to indulge during the holidays, it can also be a little dangerous. Sleeping...
Whether you are a New Year’s resolution type of person or not setting goals is an excellent way of moving your ministry forward. Goals are like mile...
We were full of energy and excitement as the bus headed back to Maryland. It had been a great weekend for our teens learning what it meant to be one…
If you were to try to explain to a youth leader that Advent is…
In front of me was a parent searching for something to do; however, her time was limited. She couldn’t serve at our programs or in the evenings; the...
“Put your oxygen mask on before helping others”. We all know you can’t help…
I forget to laugh and smile. That can be dangerous for a youth minister because let’s face it; you need to have a sense of humor to survive....
It happens every year. No matter how many times I test the lights, there is always one tiny bulb that gets dislodged as I hang them on the roof of…
What does deep-rooted, feel-good success for your ministry look like to you? For many of us, the answer is simply survival. We don’t think about...
The bus ride home was long, but everyone was filled with the Spirit. It’s hard to believe it took me so long to attend my first National Catholic...
Ordering pizza brings me anxiety. I know that’s something you don’t expect to hear from a seasoned youth minister but it’s the truth. For some reason...
As I sat in the waiting room, I wondered how I got to this point. Therapy wasn’t a foreign concept for me; it was something that I had gone to…
