Guest Post: Darren is a veteran youth pastor serving in Texas. He’s the author of 2 Sides and a brand new book, Everyone’s Called to Youth Ministry. He and his wife, Katie, mentor and train youth pastors and parents

Let’s start with the very basics of relational ministry–leaders know the people they are serving. You might be thinking, “I was afraid you were going to say that. I’m lousy at names.” Well, so am I, and, so …

On the Youth Ministry Garage, we’ve partnered with some exciting ministries who help us with the cost of the podcast so we can keep doing it for free. One of our newest partners that we’re very excited about is …

As part of the debut of my new series, “Be her hero: how NOT to suck as a husband” this week’s posts will focus on marriage.

During the junior high years very male learns the phrase “size-matters” and it becomes …

One of my long term discipleship goals has been to teach teenagers to grow spiritually “on their own.” Those 3 words (“on your own”) have been foundational for helping teenagers develop spiritual disciplines.…

Ladies: I need your help! I’m doing a 4-part series called, “BE HER HERO: how not to suck as a husband” and I need a list of the little things your husband does/doesn’t do that make/could make a …

GUEST POST by Jonathan McKee has become a regular guest blogger on this site! He is the author of numerous books including the brand new Candid Confessions of an Imperfect Parent, as well as youth ministry books like Connect:

I’ve been thinking about how lives might look different if people, who called themselves Christians (like me), lived in such a way that their lives reflected a trust in Jesus, his teaching, and his ways.…