So much is being said about students dropping out of church. Many are leaving at the end of high school and not returning until their mid 20s or later. The question we as youth workers must ask is: “Why did they leave in the first place?” Believe me; I am not looking to place blame. [...]

I can’t stand it when students and parents choose sports over church! To be honest, it makes me even madder when it’s the parents that place youth ministry and church on the back burner. You know when their students get in trouble the first place they will turn will be to the youth worker. So [...]

A few years ago, Newsweek magazine came out with the top 100 high schools in America. The writer of the article noted that challenge was the one thing that differentiated the good schools from the great ones. My question is, why haven’t we discovered this in youth ministry? For so long we have been thinking [...]

As Christ followers, we’re going to live an eternity, the first eighty years here on earth. Why not live radically different for Christ? Most students think about the next 4 years, leading them to dream small. Challenge students to dream big – to see their lives as forever in Christ.