May_June
Features: Shattered, Should I Stay or Should I Go?, Surprise!
Ideas: In The News, Ministry & Media, Try This One, Bible Study
Culture: Trends, Resource Reviews, In The World…
Voices: Youth Ministry Minute, Talk-Back, Contributors, The 10 List, The Bloggers Network, Q&A with Francis and Rachel Chan, Personal Coaching, I’m All Ears, Tools, Last Word
It’s Not Personal
“Teen Churchgoer Finds Faith Faltering.” Hmm…What would a mainstream advice columnist say to a 16-year-old teenager who was having doubts about her faith? I plunged in…
So, A Jr. Higher Walks Into a Bar…
Bars are a common conversation topic among junior high youth workers. No, not because working with young teenagers drives us to drink. The bars we discuss are different: They’re the “bars” of spiritual growth and Christian experience we set in our ministries, hoping kids will see the challenges ahead and reach for them.
Shattered
When tragedy struck our community the shock waves rippled through the kids in our ministry—we realized that everything we said and did could have a long-term and profound impact, for good or for ill. Here’s how we helped kids express and move through their grief.
