Am I Making a Difference?

Am I Making a Difference?

If you’ve been in youth ministry (or ministry of any kind really) long enough, you’ve dealt with the discouragement and pain of watching someone you’ve invested in begin to drift from God and start making decisions that are not beneficial to their...
Soul Care: Can we be friends?

Soul Care: Can we be friends?

There was a time in my life several years ago when I was talking to my wife about how I wasn’t sure if I had any friends who weren’t teenagers. When you spend so much of your “free time” hanging out with teens as a youth worker, it easily...
Are You The Bottleneck?

Are You The Bottleneck?

What is your preferred method for extracting Ketchup from the glass bottle? You know what I’m talking about? Do you hit the bottom of it? Shake it? Slap the side? Stick a knife into it and coax the Ketchup out? Honestly, one of the most infuriating parts of...