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March 13, 2013 · No comments

Critical Thinking In Youth Ministry: Learning How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes

Who can youth pastors turn to and learn superb thinking tactics from?

Apathetic Adolescents: The State Of The Postmodern Youth Group Kid

December 19, 2012 · 4 Comments

The apathetic teen epidemic is rapidly spreading through out American youth ministries. Today's teens who show up in our youth ministries are more bored, unmotivated and bleary eyed

Picasso To Justin Bieber: Appealing To The Young Artists In Our Youth Ministry

November 28, 2012 · 2 Comments

When I first arrived to Los Angeles, California (circa 2004) to be a high school pastor I was surprised with the large majority of students in my youth ministry who were young

Applying Nuclear Fission in Youth Ministry: The Necessity To Split Middle School and High School Ministry

July 11, 2012 · 2 Comments

A few weeks ago on the Slant 33 blog, Marko (from theyouthcartel.com), Josh Griffin (www.morethandodgeball.com) and myself each took a crack at answering this question: How, when and why

The 1 Danger of Relational Youth Ministry

March 7, 2012 · 1 Comment

Some rights reserved by screenpunk A focus on relational youth ministry… (1) … gives students access to a non-parental, committed adult who cares for and loves them. Moses realized (in Deut. 6)