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A Meditation for Youth Workers: Detox

Many years ago, I decided the staff of youth specialties were super tired. We were about to head into a busy season, and we...

Youth Leaders, Create or Die

This is a call to arms. Mottos don’t come easy. The world’s best mottos have been hammered into remembrance out of the overflow of someone’s...

Who is Jesus? Insights From His Best Friend

In the midst of the ExploreGod.com series in Austin, I have been encouraging people to look at who Jesus is as described by one of the...

The Infiltration of U.S. Youth Culture Around the World

Do you ever wonder if teenagers are the same across the globe? I’ve been in the city of Kampala, Uganda, almost a week now, hanging...

SnapChat and the Ostrich Parent

You’d think the recent news about SnapChat would be enough to finally convince parents to step in and hit the DELETE button, right? So why...

My 5-Part Process for Writing Books

I just finished two days of brainstorming and preparation for a new book I’m working on with Dr. Alvin Reid. It’s gonna be a fun...

C'mon, Make Some Mistakes Already!

The best youth workers will make mistakes. Safe youth workers make very few mistakes (other than the huge mistake of a safe and boring youth...

What Methinks of Christian Protesters

“Methinks thou dost protest too much.” - Shakespeare Years ago after preaching the late morning slot at a Promise Keepers event in Albany, New York,...

Gospel Giving, Salvation Segues and Transformed Teens

Whether or not you’re a youth leader, small group leader or Sunday school teacher I challenge you to get good at making salvation segues...

Merry-Go-Round Evangelism and Your Youth Ministry

I miss the old school play ground type merry-go-rounds. You know the kind I mean? The kind that you put your kids on and...

The Downside of Being Well-Resourced

What youth worker, young or old, small church or large church, liberal or conservative, paid or volunteer, wouldn’t like to have a bit of...

Parenting 17-Year-Olds Like 18-Year-Olds

The last 6 months I’ve been conducting a little experiment, but instead of using rats … I used my daughter. No, I didn’t cage her, send...

What Farmers Can Teach Us About Evangelism

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.” Mark 4:3 Jesus used the illustration of farming to help his disciples understand how to evangelize more...

Three Things You Don’t Know About Your Children and Sex

Dear Parents, Please allow me a quick moment to introduce myself before we go much further. My name is Anne Marie Miller. I’m thirty-three years...

7 Reasons Why Writing a Sermon is Like Building a House

I was in construction for 8 years of my life, mostly as a roofer. Having done tons of new construction houses over the years...

10 Things I Do to Amp Up My Creativity

When working with teenagers, creativity is a must.

Embrace the Mystery of Scripture With Your Teens

Let me be blunt to get things going here: the Bible is mysterious. I’m not suggesting that the Bible is unknowable, or that God is...

3 Ways Christian Youth Challenge the Church

Today’s Christian teenagers embody a number of encouraging values. But those same values tend to chafe today’s church.

Is Your Tongue on Fire?

“They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled...

Youth Ministry As a Place of Rest

Is there any sense where you could honestly describe your ministry as “a place of rest”? So often, our youth ministries are more accurately considered...

Andy Bannister: How Pastors and Churches Can Stop Living as ‘Undercover...

Dr. Andy Bannister joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how pastors and church members can share their faith boldly, strategically, and without fear.

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