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Understanding can come in different ways. Sometimes understanding comes through experiences that change our worldview. Other times, understanding requires great sacrifice or comes at a great personal cost. Fortunately, my specific moment of understanding only required me to lay down...

LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE: Have you ever had those months in student ministry where it feels like you simply can’t catch your breath? You know, those months where you arrive at the end and say to yourself, “Why didn’t it...

Listen to This Article: Once upon a time…   These four words are a gateway we have all entered. They lead us into new worlds and fresh experiences. And leaving us with life lessons and a yearning to be part...

LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE: The Great Commission tells us to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”  Matthew 28:19 It is an all too familiar passage...

LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE: Remember gym class back in middle school? We had all the fun games—variations of baseball, dodgeball, parachutes, and those scooter things. Man, those were the days! Remember when your class broke up into teams? Were you...

Listen to This Article: Every student ministry has a golden goose. Maybe you realize it, maybe you don’t. But every ministry has one. A golden goose is that one event, or that one system, or that one person (yikes) that...

Listen to This Article: Several years back, the city I was residing in launched its inaugural city marathon. (Confession: I am not a runner.) But many of my friends registered to run. I had never witnessed a distance race in...

LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE: I have always been a big fan of social media for my own personal life, but I never imagined how impactful it would be in my ministry to students and their parents. Social media is an...

Listen to This Article: “I am convinced that nothing in Christianity is so rarely attained as a praying heart.” – Charles G. Finney   It's been my experience working in youth ministry that prayer may be the most–overlooked element of...

LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE: As I engage with Student Ministry Worship content online, I’m bothered by a common theme I keep seeing. Worship leaders are worried about students being disconnected and distracted during worship. This is not the concerning part....

Listen to This Article: What brought you into ministry?   What are the reasons you decided to give so much of your energy, time, and life to be a pastor or ministry leader?   Some of you may take a...