Advice for young men and women

These are articles you MUST take the time to read, especially if you are a parent or a teenager.

A Word to Young Ladies from a Dad

A Little Advice to Young Men

Now a Word for the Ladies

What if nothing works (part ii)?

Why is this happening?
That’s where we left it with part 1 of the post. On to part 2…
Our culture has changed and many of our methods have not. We have to take responsibility as educators and youth workers for what we need to do differently and what we need to do better. [...]

What if nothing works (part i)?

There has been a lot of talk in different places lately about the idea that youth ministry isn’t working as well as it should anymore. For the most part, this idea has been promoted because so many youth are leaving the church when they leave high school.
Some people suggest that people are leaving [...]

Things I’m committed to in ministry (Part II)

What are you all about?
In my last post I shared about four words that I recently used to encourage the youth group I serve with. They were people, prayer, preaching and purity.
I thought I would follow that up with a summary of a message I gave last summer during our [...]

Balance or Tension?

Do you value balance or tension in life?
I don’t know about you but for a long time I’ve valued balance. I like the idea of balance. Everything is equally spread out with nothing taking up more time or energy than it should. In my mind it has meant that I [...]

Dating and Relationships

Every couple of years I give a series of messages about dating and relationships in our youth group. It always creates quite a stir. It raises a lot of questions and challenges. That’s not a bad thing if it causes us to reconsider our practices.
In light of that, I thought I would [...]