Youth Pastor, This Is The First Book You Should Read This Year

Let me ask you, how many excuses did you make last year?  Probably a lot, as did I,  Let me narrow it down, how many excuses did you make last year that kept you and your youth ministry from being successful?  I bet you can narrow it down to a...

Creator Mindset: Curing Cancer vs Making Bubble Gum

In March, this blog will be 15 years old and, with over 1400 posts, is an absolute failure and I’m, finally, ok with that. Let me be clear, this blog is a failure by many standards, one of which is that it is, to my knowledge, no ones favorite blog. I am rarely...

The Youth Pastor’s 2025 Wellness Guide

Paul: Carl, we have you today, not to talk about paper games, although maybe we’ll bring you back for an entire episode about paper games, but we do want to talk about something that’s super important. And we were discussing a little bit about this before...

5 Shocking Truths About Gen Z and God

In episode #326 of the Youth Ministry of Motion podcast, host Paul Turner welcomes Cicely Corry, the Editorial Director at Barna, to discuss valuable insights from recent Barna studies.  They explore Gen Z’s unique challenges, their priorities, how they perceive...

The Spiritual Secret To Conquering Loneliness

In May of 2023, the Surgeon General of the United States issued an advisory about loneliness, “The physical health consequences of poor or insufficient connection include a 29% increased risk of heart disease, a 32% increased risk of stroke, and a 50% increased...