Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
“I don’t want to leave.” I could tell she was surprised by the time she was having at the retreat and was second thinking about leaving early. I told...
Are you a SLASHER? No, not some creepy dude from a horror flick? A slasher is someone who does youth ministry and another job like:
I didn’t ask him to mentor me, it just kind of ended up like that. Father B, a Jesuit at Xavier University was making the time to sit with me…
Halloween fell on a Sunday. It was my first year in youth ministry and many years since I had last gone Trick or Treating, so I had no clue what…
It was as if every small noise in the room was getting on my nerves. My small group of boys were restless and I was losing my patience. Finally, one…
I’ve worked for some pretty great men who have fueled my ministry and allowed me to build the platform I have today. I am grateful for all that...
I’m constantly wondering, “How am I doing?” but I’m also afraid to know the answer. It means opening myself up to criticism, so I tend to hold back....
Volunteers are just as much at risk of burning out as anyone else who is paid. For them stepping away from your ministry is harder than just saying,...
What if the best thing for your ministry was for you to shut it down for a month or even two? Instead of doing ministry you would take the time…
Another email filled with another reason why another person could not attend my meeting. It was frustrating, and demoralizing all at the same time....
I once believed that I completely understood parents. This was before I ever became one myself. After all I had younger siblings and cousins and I...
We’re a couple of weeks into the program and I already want to make changes. It’s not that the program is a disaster, I just see things that need to…
