our top 10 most unbrilliant things we've done in youth ministry

In honor of everyone else’s brilliance, we thought it might be fun to share our un-brilliance. We’re limiting the list to 10, but we could easily turn this into a multi-part series. Heck, we might even be able to categorize by the liturgical calendar if we could get organized enough to find a pen.

Left a student behind. His name was Michael. We really ...


This blog was first posted in two parts at youthministry.com. You can read the rest here.


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teens, anxiety, and youth ministry

Long gone are the carefree days of youth.

The modern teen is stressed out. With sports travel teams, AP classes, gifted programs, standardized testing, band/dance/cheer/sports camps, and college application essays, today’s teenager feels the pressure to perform. And this doesn’t take into account the anxiety of dating, social media, loneliness, peer pressure, peer approval, faith, etc.

Anxiety specialist Dr. Richard Leahy was quoted as saying ... 

This blog was first posted in two parts at youthministry.com. You can read part one here and part two here.

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