In some churches, when the Sunday morning worship service is over, the pastor stands at the back door and shakes everyone’s hand as they leave. Most…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
How does a branch bear fruit? By trying its best and working hard? By doing its very best? No, a branch cannot bear fruit by…

Earlier this week I wrote a review of a brand new book, Simple Student Ministry. Today in our LIVE YM Talk, one of the co-authors of the book, Jeff Borton…

In 2004 a man named Roland Boyce, who would later become my sr. pastor, wrote a book for youth groups called, “Issues and Answers.” Today…

I probably should’ve blogged about this a while ago for you guys since a lot of your graduation parties and events are probably over, but if you’re…

If you’ve read Simple Church, by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger, then you probably know where this student ministry counterpart is going. However, unlike…

The following is a written interview I did back in February for someone whose blog has since shut down. This interview was never published, so I got permission…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
A young girl was learning the fruits of the Spirit, so her father asked her to recite them to him. “Love, joy, peace…

Today in our LIVE YM Talk, Mike King talked with us about adolescent development and some of the implications for that when we teach to teens and how they…

Sherrie Haldeman, a high school youth director in Louisville, KY, sent me the following idea on Facebook. With summer right around the corner, this sounds like…