Does Your Ministry Need More Humor?
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....
Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
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…
It can be unhealthy to be a youth minister. Between aggravating teens, health-less eating,…
I used to function under the belief that if I created a dynamic program for teenagers, they would come. That meant incredible music, off the chart...
Who are our teens? That is a question I’ve been asked to answer at…
It was the end of the night, and I was talking to some of my new volunteers. I asked them, “How did it go?”, one of them replied, “It was great,…
The Raven’s were in the AFC championship, and I couldn’t care less. I like football, but not a huge fan, plus with over 15 years of working Sundays,...
The last time I went on a retreat that had nothing to do with youth ministry was over 15 years ago, and that’s not okay. It’s funny to think about…