Youth ministry is often dismissed as something less than strategic in far too many churches. Some even view it as a

I talk to youth leaders all the time. From Pentecostal to Presbyterian, from coast to coast, from urban to suburban

It’s easy to see teens as the “necessary evil” that you, as a pastor have to put up with when leading your

“So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;  it is

Double Down: “to double a bet after seeing one’s initial cards, with the requirement that one additional card be drawn (in Blackjack).“

“It does not take vast amounts of money to fill a nation with the knowledge of the Gospel. What it

Over the last quarter of a century I’ve talked to thousands of discouraged youth leaders. I’ve met them before, during

I’m always surprised when I talk to a youth leader who has no student leadership team. Think of Jesus, just