Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

I hate numbers in youth ministry.  Seriously!  How can so many youth pastors be so obsessed with numbers in their youth ministry? “I have ** students that come every week.” “Remember that event where we had *** students?” “In just one year, we grew from ** students to...

Keeping Your Passion for Ministry

Doing youth ministry for the past 12 years of my life naturally comes with challenges. One of the biggest challenges I’ve ever faced as a youth pastor is balancing the logistics of creating a ministry that is functional, healthy, and hopefully thriving, without being...

Hands on in the Kingdom of God

“When do we get to do the stuff?”  When I first heard that statement by John Wimber it changed my whole life.  I knew all the Bible stories from growing up in church, but this idea that I could be a part of the movement of God had not really crossed my mind. I knew it...

Led by Revelation

Sometimes my kids (my biological ones) need me to bring an injection of life and fun into their day. For whatever reason, they can get bogged down by the routine of life, or just start getting on each others’ nerves. And what they need is for me to just bring a...