“No matter what decision I make, I’m going to make someone mad.” Then what? Here’s some practical advice.

Every year each ministry in our church writes an overview of the past year. A couple of us (including myself) also give an oral report at our annual meeting…

Dewaine Cooper emailed me and asked, “How do you handle students who don’t want to participate in youth activities?”
The short answer:…

You know the books you’d like to read one day, but they always seem to be low enough on the reading priority list that you never really get around to…

In the comments of my recent blog survey, David Thorne asks a great question:
“What should we do when less than 5 kids show up at youth…

Luke McFadden asks for some input about what to do with the youth group on his very first night as a youth pastor.
I’m starting at my first ministry…

Eric Groezinger writes with the following question:
I’ve been challenged and motivated to consider [implementing the Deep & Wide ministry strategy]…

What do youth pastors need to prioritize time for that is truly important to the ministry? Here’s three suggestions.

A while ago Greg Stier told me to check out the Deep & Wide ministry strategy and asked me to share my thoughts with him. I honestly put it off for a while…

Thanks to Gerrard Fess of Deep Thoughts by Gman for writing this guest post for Life In Student Ministry!
Top 10 things to know a month after being a post-youth…