The longer I do ministry, the more I understand that I never make good decisions in a bubble. Whenever I bounce ideas off of volunteers or students, they will begin to see how we can improve.

But whenever I take …

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I’m not the best at receiving feedback. Whatever it says about me, I usually think it’s a personal attack or another person telling me that I’m doing a bad job at something I am passionate about. I can usually dwell …

I am about to record a youth ministry podcast about the 3 big Pressures youth workers face every fall – wanted to run them by you and see if you agree and what you would add to the list!

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Summer youth ministry has its own kind of math.

You plan for twenty students, and eight show up.

You plan for eight students, and thirty-two show up.

You schedule a simple hangout, and suddenly every student is out of town. …

Every youth pastor has had a summer event that looked better in the planning meeting than it did in real life.

You had a theme. You had snacks. You had volunteers. You had the perfect outdoor game planned.

Then it …

There’s a strange moment every summer when you’re standing outside after youth group, sweating through your shirt, holding a half-empty cooler, and someone says, “Can you believe school starts soon?”

And you want to rebuke them.

Not because they’re wrong. …

There’s a moment in summer youth ministry when you realize you’re not as fine as you’ve been telling people.

Maybe it happens after camp, when you get home with a suitcase full of dirty clothes and a brain that still …

Every summer, there’s a moment when the youth ministry calendar gets weird.

Not empty. Never empty. Let’s not get ridiculous.

But weird.

The school year rhythm slows down. Small groups may pause or shift. Students are in and out. Parents …