Articles for Youth Leaders

Helping Your Teenagers Process Horrific Mass Shootings

When traumatic events happen, it provides an opportunity to speak into young lives in a deep and meaningful way.

How to Grow a Youth Ministry

Are you sabotaging the growth and health of your youth ministry?

Is Youth Ministry Still Relevant?

A scenario I see playing out in a lot of churches around the country is the phasing out of student ministries. There is a notion out there that says youth ministry isn’t relevant to the Church any longer.

Christian Teens and Sex: 6 Key Teaching Tips for Youth Leaders

Nervous about teaching on teens and sex? Sex is an amazing gift that the enemy has taken and used for evil.

How An Unspoken Justin Bieber Joke Taught Me To Treat Everyone As An Image-Bearer

Sure, Justin Bieber is one of the most famous people on the planet. He’s used to being ridiculed, joked about and criticized. That’s the price of fame.

How Your Students’ Sleep Deprivation Is Affecting Your Ministry

Sleep deprivation is a very real problem that very often leads to other very real problems. It's not something we should lift up or tacitly encourage.

3 Ways We Parents Wrongly Teach Kids to Earn God’s Approval

As parents we hate to see our kids live with the burden of trying to gain approval. Or worrying if they are going to be accepted by their looks, their dress, their performance. Or struggling with the pain of wondering if others will love and accept them.

The Rise of Relational Pornography

May we be the antidote to the growing pandemic of relational pornography.