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Cal and Courtney Herrmann are the kind of sharp young couple who could get six figure jobs in a company near home in Nebraska. Instead, they will ...
Youth ministry has reached a place of crisis. The brokenness spilling over from dysfunctional families has reached epidemic levels. We see the evidenc...
For the last couple of decades, I've been calling youth ministers to focus on their central calling - discipling young people as Jesus did his discipl...
Over on Whyismarko, Mark Oestreicher asked me the question, "What is the future of youth ministry?" Basically he wanted a few predictions for 20 years...
I got an email from a guy who is going to write an article about how training for short-term missions is inadequate. I replied,"The problem is not tha...
At some point, the next generation will carry our hopes and dreams. Everything we do that is of any enduring value must be handed off to someone young...
The point of this blog is to define the Matrix for some of you involved in youth ministry in hopes that you'll go looking for a red pill. It is long b...
My friend Mark Ostreicher, President of Youth Specialties, is writing a book called Youth Ministry 3.0 (his working title) and has some great insights...
I'm neck-deep in short-term missions - I've been doing them since leaving for Guatemala as a young punk in 1975. These days I have a love-hate relatio...
Youth pastors approaching 50 often run right into a brick wall. The really tragic thing is when a guy like Mike pours himself into his youth ministry ...
