I am sitting in church, listening to a sermon from a guest preacher.  It’s pretty good except that I am slightly distracted by whom the preacher reminds me of. That’s irrelevant to where I am going though. Suddenly for the sixth or seventh time I hear something conveyed that I had heard before.  That sounds…

In working with the Young Anglicans Project (learn more at younganglicansproject.com) I have become aware of a very cool website for both teens and youth leaders that is produced by Anglicans in Australia.  I found this thing very cool.  It has articles (blog posts) for students as well as lots of resources for youth leaders.…

I’ve run across a great example of thinking theologically in youth ministry on a blog post written by a guy who grew up in one of the youth groups in our diocese.  He is now serving as a youth minister in another part of our state.  Not only does he engage theology, but he looks…

Much has been written suggesting that students go off to college and lose their faith.  I am sure there is much to this but there is also another perspective which has been written about at TGC Professor Smith observes three primary and very interesting reasons why the university is not the faith-shredder we imagine it…

One of the issues I run across in youth ministry is how we do worship music with students.  I am keenly aware that what we do with them today will impact the way they perceive worship music in the future.  I ran across a Gospel Coalition Blog piece that linked to this article which made…

The following post comes from Adventures of Lauren. She is currently doing an internship in youth ministry at a church in Ashburn Virginia and had a eye opening experience on a mission trip to Philadelphia, which is what this post is about. Lauren is entering her senior year at Grove City College in PA. “For…

I’ve been reading a version of John Owen’s “Overcoming Sin and Temptation” recently and have been really amazed by it.  The following was posted on The Resurgence on the subject of the Puritans and putting sin to death. 1. SEE SIN FOR WHAT IT IS“If the thoughts of death, and the grave, and rottenness, are…

(This was posted on The Gospel Coalition Blog on June 17) Youth ministry can be an uphill battle. The congregation and church leadership often don’t fully understand the challenges that youth leaders face and don’t know how to support them. Yet many church leaders are still looking to start or develop a youth ministry.  In…

I noticed this article posted on Facebook by a guy who served as a youth pastor in Scotland for a few years. It challenges the idea of the short term mission trips that we in the USA are so fond of and yet understands that there is some good in them.  I liked the blend…