I can fall in love with concepts; like, the idea of loving students. We know how much students need love, and the idea of showing them love is one that inspires me. But loving students (the actual act of caring for them when they don’t care about themselves, me, or their futures) is hard. I [...]

We all want students to make applications. We don’t want them to just read the word of God, we want them to read it and apply it to their lives because we know that’s when life change happens. So how do we help students make good applications? Try using these 2 ideas next time your [...]

When student leadership teams are well organized, they usually require students to sign a covenant concerning their behavior. This is crucial to ensuring the integrity of the team and the idea that students can have influence over their peers. This is all well and good, but what do we do if a students breaks the [...]

When I was a youth pastor the only person I have ever kicked off a mission trip was a disgruntled adult volunteer. Kid problems are easy to deal with on a trip. It is problems with staff that really make life miserable. Consider using the following steps when things start to go bad with your [...]