We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving,...

Five months into my second call, I decided I wanted to schedule a youth ministry retreat and looked at the church calendar to add a full weekend to the youth ministry calendar. When I realized that every weekend for the next five months was booked full, I started...

The concept of the devotional life comes up often. It surfaces among seminarians, students, pastors, DCEs, teachers, parents, as well as the vast workforce of people working with teenagers.  Studies among pastors puts the devotional life in the top five most pressing...

When I started out in youth ministry, one of my favorite mentors told me that youth ministers really hit our stride after seven years in a congregation - when you’ve seen an entire generation of youth through your entire youth ministry grow into adults,...