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December 2016

December 22, 2016

Friends of Time: youth ministry and the clock

Youth workers come in all shapes and sizes, but they tend to have at least...

December 07, 2016

The Advent of God’s Absence

I have two, often-overlapping, "target pastoral audiences." The first are the "nones," as they have...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

I Can’t Go Back to Yesterday

One of my favorite books is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. There are so many ways...

November 18, 2016

The Election Is Changing My Mind about Social Media

I began a new youth ministry job in the summer of 2006. Facebook was only...

November 17, 2016

Progressives, We Lost.

On Tuesday night, Nov. 8, millions of Americans sat down at their televisions, expecting to...

November 15, 2016

Progressive Youth Ministry Must Become Evangelistic

In the wake of last week's election of Donald Trump as President of the United...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Practicing Change

I heard an interview last month on NPR with the musician Will.i.am about the remake...

October 26, 2016

A Youth Pastor’s Journey to Glennon Doyle Melton’s “Love Warrior”

Heather Haginduff is the Associate Minister for Youth and Families at Trinity United Church of Christ...

October 25, 2016

Learn to Listen, Provoke Change

Recently, I took my youth group on a hike at a beautiful state park about...

October 22, 2016

Somewhere Between Behavior Modification and Trump’s Guilt-Free Faith

Donald Trump's first and only campaign trail apology---made in the wake of his infamous "hot...

October 21, 2016

An Integrated Spiritual Life

Youth today are busy, engaged in academics, sports, clubs, scouts, drama, band, etc and have...

October 20, 2016

Suicide and Mental Illness: Subvert the Shame

I just recently spoke to a group of our high school and middle school parents...

October 14, 2016

What I Learned Working at a Fast Food Restaurant

We've all visited fast food restaurants. When you pull into the window a person will...

October 13, 2016

Let’s Repent

When I was growing up, I remember being taught about repentance. In fact, as I...

October 10, 2016

Locker Room Talk Is a Thing, but It’s No Excuse

Despite what some athletes are claiming in the wake of Donald Trump's defense of this...

October 05, 2016

The Sarick Effect in Youth Ministry

I’m listening to Originals by Adam Grant, and I’m riveted by the part about the “Sarick Effect.”...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

Denise Anderson to Preach at #PYM17

At the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) this past summer, newly elected...

September 28, 2016

Putting the Lies in Allies

Josh Linton works as an Inclusion and Diversity Program Coordinator at ONE Gas, Inc. in...

September 27, 2016

What We Can Teach Teens from Last Night’s Debate

Heather Haginduff is the Associate Minister for Youth and Families at Trinity United Church of...

September 23, 2016

No One Ever Told Me I Could Be Bisexual

Growing up, I was taught that there were gay and lesbian people in the world...

September 21, 2016

#Brangelexit: From Idolatry to Reality

According to John Calvin, the human mind is a perpetual factory of idols. I've been...

September 20, 2016

Pride in Dallas

In Dallas, TX, we celebrate LGBTQ Pride in the month of September, unlike the rest of...

September 16, 2016

I Pledge Allegiance…

One summer years ago, my aunt and uncle gave my cousins, sister, and me the...

September 13, 2016

Peas and Carrots: Why young people don’t care and adults don’t know

There’s a lot of anxiety surrounding the question of young people and church. It would...

September 11, 2016

Fifteen Years Later

In many respects, my ministry career has been defined by the terrorist attacks of September...

September 06, 2016

Changing Hearts and Lives at #PYM17

“Repentance” is a theological concept with a lot of baggage. In traditional youth ministries repentance...

August 2016

August 05, 2016

Christian Myth in Youth Ministry (Part 2 of 2)

Yesterday Kevin Alton outlined three kinds of myths: true myths, false myths, and willful ignorance. Today...

August 04, 2016

Christian Myth in Youth Ministry (Part 1 of 2)

Kevin Alton is a full-time freelance youth ministry creative. He's the co-founder of Youthworker Circuit,...

August 01, 2016

Digging Deeper into Faith and Science

Each summer I do a series with my high school and college students called “Digging...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Let’s Go on Mission Trips

“Ask teenagers in a church youth group what they mean by mission, and most of...

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