Many of you responded to my struggle yesterday – I appreciate your feedback and ideas. Every time I talk about the relationship between youth workers and senior pastors I get strong reactions. It seems to be a problem that is always present for youth workers. I get the sense many of you feel powerless to [...]

I am overwhelmed by how many youth workers have a sour relationship with their sr. pastor. So many youth workers coming into my office telling me stories that break my heart. In fact I have had to look hard to find a youth worker with a good relationship with their sr. pastor. There are a [...]

What stands out in today’s world? Everything is new and change happens so fast … so how do our youth ministries attract new students and adult volunteers? I believe following the pack will not allow you to stand out, nor will acting like a larger youth ministry or trying to be like a mega-church youth [...]

My dog Diesel has a new obedience trainer. He just started the other day. The first thing he said to me was, “This is about leadership training.” My first thought was, “Awesome! This I know something about.” My second thought was, “Hey, why I am paying this guy $100 an hour for this?” Then I [...]