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Fundamentals for Leading The Greatest Internship
So, you’ve hired an intern for your organization, now what? The reality is setting in that soon someone will be learning from you and possibly shaping their future success around the tools and systems...
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I love you, but…
“I love you, but…” We’ve all said it. We had the best of intentions! We need to have a difficult conversation with a student, a volunteer, or a loved one, and we want to soften the blow. Maybe it’s...
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Sex, Aggression, and Adolescents
In today’s adolescent dating culture, many express how frustrating and unsatisfied they are because contemporary dating styles encourage young men to be aggressive and young women to be accommodating...
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I’ll be home for Christmas – Welcoming College Students Home for Winter Break
While emerging adults will be home for Christmas, don’t expect them to come pounding on your door to talk. Aside from endless family gatherings and catching up with high school friends, many of them...
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Entrepreneurial Youth Ministry: Making Grace Salty and Powerful Again
One of the things that has always been difficult for me being a minister is figuring out when to be nice, understanding, and gracious and when to be direct. I think because the church is an institution...
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Treasure in Fragile Clay Jars
It happens every year. There are students who you’ve journeyed with for years that in what seems to be a blink of the eye have suddenly become adults. If you’re anything like me you sit there sometimes...
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The Manger in the Shadow of the Cross
The manger stands in the shadow of the cross. I will never forget that image. At first it seemed so contradictory as my heart prepared to remember the incredible moment of the Incarnation – that moment...
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Four Words I Never Thought I’d Say: I Hate Youth Ministry
I’ve said it more than once, but it’s not what I mean. I don’t hate teenagers or ministering to them. I can’t speak for you, but here’s what I mean when I say I hate Youth Ministry. I hate being...
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7 Ideas For Energetically Leading Worship in a Small Setting
Leading worship in small attendance settings requires some special care. But small is relative. You might think small is 20 people in a worship service or meeting. To a large church student ministry...
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Book Recap and Review: “Return to Justice”
TITLE: Return to Justice: Six Movements That Reignited Our Contemporary Evangelical Conscience AUTHOR: Soong-Chan Rah and Gary VanderPol PUBLISHER: Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2016, (228 pages)....
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An Interview with Tim Keller
I joined YS Blog Author Maina Mwaura in New York City to sit down with Dr. Tim Keller. Tim is a well-known author, theologian, and the founding Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which has been...
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Want to Know How Strong You Really Are?
I recently sat down with a senior in high school who described to me the thought process behind her college application. She talked about her GPA (obviously), extracurricular activities, how she...
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5 Lies We Believe About Belonging
It is no secret that our current social and political situations are, well let’s say a little contentious. The loudest and most prominent voices are the ones from the political polarities and most...
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Make Your Next Message Irresistible
In 2013 it was determined that we now have an attention span of 8 seconds – one second less than that of a goldfish. Yeah. Less than a goldfish. It can probably be blamed on modern-day cinematography...
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5 Steps To Creating Quality Staff Meetings
“Let’s get our leaders together for a meeting next week; we will share a verse, ask them to meditate on it, and then talk about this month’s events. Sounds like a good meeting right?” Unfortunately...
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Flipping Missions
I can’t believe how many opportunities I’ve wasted taking students on mission trips. I know I’m not the only one. Mission trips are an amazing idea…but what we tend to do with them (or not do with...
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Lock-Ins: Good, Bad, or just Ugly?
Lock-ins are your most effective event of the year or the most draining. It all comes down to how you set it up and execute. If you throw a lock in on the calendar and hope for the best, chances are it...
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Short-term missions and youth ministry: Are we hitting our targets?
Numbers and math aren’t really my thing, but let me start this post with a simple math equation… 1400 x 1.6 million = 2.2 billion The first number represents the average cost of an international...
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from your friends at Youth Specialties and Real Resources! May your Christmas be filled with love, peace and joy ❤️! The post Merry Christmas! appeared first on Youth Specialties.
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How To Send Out An Intern With Excellence
All good things must come to an end. Whether your intern was so good you wanted to adopt them into your family, or if it’s hard to hide the smile on your face when their departure is mentioned, you...
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