Focusing on Immanuel
The holiday season has arrived! Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day are some of the best holidays we celebrate. Some describe it as the most wonderful time of the year!
November 12, 2024
An Argument for Family Worship
Quite frequently, we wonder how we are to combat a life of cultural indoctrination in our youth groups with a few, often lackluster, meetings. It is an encouragement to know
June 5, 2024
Commissioning Instead of Graduating
For years in youth ministry, I have been a part of graduation Sundays when it was time for students to graduate from high school. We always recognized graduates during Sunday
April 5, 2024
Fundraising
There are few words that bring more dread into the hearts of student pastors than the word “fundraising.” In the ministry where I serve in Andalusia, it is a necessary
February 5, 2024
Planning a Yearly Calendar
Smash Mouth, the great theologians, once said: Well, the years start comingAnd they don’t stop comingFed to the rules and I hit the ground runningDidn’t make sense not to live
December 4, 2023
Conquering the Summer Blues
Right now, many of us are in the peak of summer. VBS has happened, you have gone to camp, and you have a mission trip lined up in the next
June 27, 2023
Having a Teaching Plan in Student Ministry
When I was a child and my family would take long road trips, my dad would use MapQuest. For the uninitiated, MapQuest was a website one would use in the
May 30, 2023
Church History’s Relevance for Your Students
On January 23, 2021, I preached the funeral of a dear woman from my town at a tiny country cemetery in the woods of Bibb County, Alabama. I was excited
February 17, 2022
Utilizing Social Media in Student Ministry
There’s no doubt that social media has had and is continuing to have a lasting impact on the world in which we live. Attitudes and algorithms seem to permeate every
January 19, 2022
Joy in Student Ministry
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.” -C. S. Lewis Let’s restate this for the purposes of this blog: “Joy is the serious business of student ministry.” -Josh Watford (kind
December 16, 2021
