8 Qualities Students Want In Their Youth Pastor Part 6

If this is your first time here. Welcome. You can check out the beginning of this series here if you like. “Engage” – Captain Picard, Star Trek Do you remember the days of walking into your middle school cafeteria and looking for sympathetic eyes of...

8 Qualities Students Want In Their Youth Pastor Part 5

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. – Leo Buscaglia Some might say I cared too much in youth ministry...

8 Qualities Students Want In Their Youth Pastor Part 4

“You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.” ― Eric Liddell, The Disciplines Of The Christian Life I’m fond of saying, “It’s not what you believe, it’s what you practice.” That is not...

Youth Ministry Round Up #26

Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox.  As you are reading this, I’m flying to Florida to speak at the greatest camp in the world. I’ll be speaking at a high school...

8 Qualities Students Want In Their Youth Pastor Part 3

If you continually do what you’ve always done, you will always have what you’ve always had. – Unknown The above quote has been my mantra for a long time, which is why I don’t allow myself, or the students I’ve led, to get to comfortable....