I don’t know if life and ministry has ever been as messy as it has been over the past 11 months.  I imagine your story is similar.  If we, as grown people are struggling to process all of the change, …

As a black youth pastor and 16-year youth ministry veteran, I’ve never seen this much hype in the broader culture around black history month. It seems as though everyone is jumping onto the bandwagon to specifically acknowledge African Americans like …

I want to ask you the same question I asked my team this week in our meeting.

“If your leaders were hanging out with their students they lead as much as you have been hanging out with your leaders, would …

This is part three of a series based on New being potentially better than Normal. You can find the other parts here and here. 

Look. 2020 was a wreck. We were forced to do some things that weren’t normal. …

New year, new me right?

With the new year comes new things in order to try and get better in how we look, how we feel, how we operate and more. Same thing when it comes to ministry. I don’t …

So, I am no good at predicting the future. If we didn’t all know that in 2020, we certainly know it now. What I do know is that in 2021 youth ministry needs to innovate…and fast. And it needs to …

I don’t know about you, but this last year have given me a little twitch in my eye.

The amount of times we had to switch, rethink, redo, cancel, adjust, or create something brand new out of nothing has left …

2020 was a crazy year. 2021 can be a different year and regardless of the pandemic, there are some ways that you can embrace NEW especially if NORMAL wasn’t working in the first place. 

This is post #2 in a …

I know 2020 is not quite over yet, and I still feel like we are in the final stage of Jumangi awaiting the final boss, but from a ministry standpoint, I don’t think I have ever worked so hard in …

2021 marks 13 years in student ministry and, in so many ways, the last year has made me feel like I’m in year one all over again! There has been so much to learn and so much to adjust …