Accountability is one of those words that has lost its meaning through overuse. It is a helpful concept, but it may have been over spiritualized with “accountability partners,” “accountability groups,”
Everyone needs grace. But perhaps teenagers need it a little more than others. They are at a point in life when they want and need to know they are acceptable,
This is a guest blog written by Emily Tillman who gave this as a talk at YMI2014, the youth ministry conference at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Until May
Baptists are big on behavior. And behavior matters for the kingdom. Behavior can propel the kingdom forward and behavior can thwart kingdom expansion. But behavior is not the primary focus
Each year I go to Metro Youth Ministers meeting which is a meeting of large church youth ministers. Every year, they ask me to present my “Top Ten Reading List”
Being terminated might be one of the most stressful and painful experiences a youth minister can have. If you have been terminated or you fear you may be, here are
A increasingly popular buzz word in business and in ministry is mentoring. When I googled the word, over 3 million hits came back. As a process (or relationship), mentoring has
God designed and created the cosmos, designed and created the human being, and designed and created the Bible. Since the same infinite mind created all three, it is entirely predictable
An Army of One. I was always a little confused about the slogan that the U.S. Army used back in the day. Aside from the biblical story of David and
As I write these lines, my only child (age 25) has been suffering from a debilitating illness for months. I am offering these thoughts to him and, if you are
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