Have you noticed the chaos that followed the announcement by the College Football Playoff selection committee? One school feels snubbed, ...
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For many of us, VBS 2023 is over. We've loved seeing volunteers serve, loads of kids on campus, and many ...
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There was a time when I wondered, "Am I doing ministry right?" This feeling went on for years. Yes, I ...
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If you’re one of the Youth, Children’s, or Family Ministers out there whose church provides funding for continuing education, you ...
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You love this job. You love the people with whom you get to work, and you love the Lord! So ...
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We are in another year of ministry. And whether this is your first, fifth, fifteenth, or fiftieth, each year can ...
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“Can God create a rock so heavy that He can’t move it?” If you’ve ever had a student ask you ...
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It's nearing the end of the calendar year. Some of us are overly busy in Advent and Christmas services, while ...
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Ministry is full of difficult things. The demands, the expectations, the responsibilities, the unknowns, and that to-do list. You know, ...
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What Can We Do? Four years ago when I started in my position as youth minister at my current church, ...
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Short answer, yes. It is perfectly normal to struggle with some doubts about your faith. The more thoughtful answer is… ...
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We Need To Be Prepared In Part 1 of Isolation and Loneliness in Teenagers, we shared normal stressors in the ...
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Not Just Okay - It's Necessary Whether we realize it or not, it's not just okay, but necessary to hold ...
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It can be a difficult task to make a difference in a student’s life. Sometimes, it can feel like there ...
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Have you ever thought that ownership and talents go together? Perhaps the teens in your youth group are just looking ...
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How will you continue to navigate this season? March 8 was the first Sunday that many churches throughout the world ...
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Right now, spirituality is a struggle for many of us. I’ve recently been following Jon Steingard, former lead singer of ...
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I do not know who needs to hear this but give yourself a break. You are doing the best you ...
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In part one, Dealing With Grief, we discussed how we can understand grief. As we move into part two of ...
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Whether you are serving in youth ministry, children's ministry, or family ministry, you are now doing ministry differently. The challenges ...
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You are a rare breed. Not many people would give up their Saturday to spend it with middle school students, ...
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Regardless of how you got into youth ministry, I think there is one thing you and I have in common ...
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