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October 2016

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 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 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 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 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...

July 2016

July 13, 2016

Pokemon GO: Gaming Evangelism

So you know about social networking evangelism through facebook, twitter, instagram, and even snapchat, but...

July 12, 2016

Let Us Not Shy Away from This

They said not in our city---our police don’t have this problem, our troubles aren’t this...

July 11, 2016

Who Is My Neighbor?

I was the guest preacher at a small church yesterday morning, invited to preach and...

July 09, 2016

Holding on to Love and Mercy

This week has been a difficult time for our nation and we pray that God’s peace...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

Have We Been Focused on the Wrong Kind of Love?

On May 20th, 2014, my home state of Pennsylvania legalized same-sex marriage. A hometown girl...

June 16, 2016

Love Will Win and Our Youth Are Leading the Way

Since Sunday I feel like I have just been going through the motions of my...

June 15, 2016

It’s Complicated

As we continue to process the hate-fueled massacre in Orlando this week, news shows and...

June 13, 2016

Talking with Youth about Orlando

On my way to church yesterday I received the news that 50 people were presumed...

June 06, 2016

Disabling Church

A few months ago I was invited to preach at a fairly large church in...

June 01, 2016

Coming Out as a Christian Rock Star

On the night before PYM16 kicked off back in February, I was surprised to see...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Maintaining Community via Snapchat

Every March, my youth group goes on a retreat. It’s a nice change of pace...

May 27, 2016

Helping Teens Succeed

One day while I was on Facebook, I came across an article titled “Science Says...

May 25, 2016

Talking About Sex as a Progressive Youth Minister

The first question of an interview for a youth ministry job is not typically about...

May 24, 2016

#FOMO

We are finishing the final details for our youth summer mission trip. This year we...

May 20, 2016

Youth Collectives: from Bend to Nebraska City

At PYM16 Morgan Schmidt led a workshop on her work with the Bend Youth Collective....

May 19, 2016

Who Can Pee in Your Church?

In the beginning, God created humanity in God’s own image, in the divine image God...

May 18, 2016

Such as These

I’ve worked in a few different contexts where I saw churches change at the level...

May 17, 2016

When Parents Prioritize Church: Serving Our Neighbors

The Day I Heard “I think this takes priority over soccer” was the greatest day...

May 14, 2016

God Peed and Pooped Too

Yesterday the Departments of Education and Justice issued a joint letter directing public schools to...

May 13, 2016

Standing Up to Bullies Like Donald Trump

Last month we called your attention to a survey that explored the impact of high-profile bullying...

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