If you’ve been in ministry a day or two, you’ve likely experienced the issue of playing favorites.  It is inevitable. Sometimes it comes from parents or other church members, sometimes it comes from students, and sometimes it comes simply from an internal struggle we create ourselves. Several questions seem to come out of the struggle…

My wife and I were recently talking with a group about how we find time to effectively do ministry while caring for our family.  She responded without hesitation and with such great wisdom. To be honest, I often stand back in awe of my wife.  I definitely married up.  She is an amazing woman who…

Every Youth Pastor has heard it…  It is said with good intentions I’m sure, but it stings nonetheless. It usually begins with something like, “I can’t wait…”  It is then followed by something similar to, “…until one day when you’re a real pastor.”  Even better is when it is followed by, “to see what God…

I have often heard that “Leaders are readers and readers are leaders.”  I have found this to be true in my life as well. In fact, few things have helped me grow personally and in my ministry more than reading. The habit and discipline of reading is not and has not been one that comes…

We make them every January. We see students make them after every camp. And more times than not…we see them fail. Want to know why they fail?