As you start the new year, is your youth ministry heading up or down? Many of us who have been in youth ministry for a while know that you go through periods of growth and decline. I used to fear the times of decline because they were marked with adults and students leaving the ministry. [...]

We are starting a new year; planning and training are underway and the memory of the summer camp is fading. As we get ready for the ministry year I think it would be good for us to think about what is most important. What are the actions and activities that will make the biggest differences [...]

Truth is, when it comes to spiritual disciplines, maybe our students really don’t know how to it. We tell them they should pray, go to church, give regularly and so on and so on, but have we ever sat down and walked through what maintaining a life of discipline really looks like? Have we ever [...]

Many of you have already heard of Anne Rice’s (author of Interview with the Vampire and other books) recent decision to leave Christianity. She said her leaving Christianity was all about leaving Christians and had nothing to do with leaving Christ. In her opinion, she is still a very devoted follower of Christ. Justin McRoberts [...]