Youth Ministry Soul Keeper

Summary: We all know Spring is an exciting time, and in youth ministry the pace is picking up as we are looking toward our summer calendars and summer camps. James and Todd are also feeling the [...]

The Kingdom of God is all about small beginnings. Jesus taught that the Kingdom of Heaven works like a mustard seed. It starts small and grows. We should expect youth ministry to be the same, and [...]

Episode 30: Is It All Worth It? Summary: What do we do when our students move from following Jesus to following the world? When we see kids who were full of joy and consistently showed up to our [...]

The practice of solitude can often be overlooked or misunderstood, but it is through the intentional practice of being alone with Jesus that helps us learn that we are never truly alone. By [...]

Our students’ lives and schedules are overwhelming, high-paced, and filled with all sorts of pressures and expectations. As youth leaders, we can program retreats and camps that can help [...]

Let’s just say it. A healthy growing ministry is not the indicator of a healthy growing ministry leader. In this episode, James talks about how our love for ministry, and even the people we [...]

Youth ministry comes with all sorts of joys and hardships. When times are good, we think we want to stay at a church forever, and when times become more difficult, we can begin to look for [...]

Relational tension is common in youth ministry because we serve and work with imperfect people. However, having a healthy soul requires a response to opposition that aligns with the heart of [...]

In order to develop greater patience in our ministries, we need to ask more questions, and wonder more and assume less. We need to recognize that all who we are involved with have a backstory to [...]

Success in ministry can be a slippery slope because we have a tendency to believe that the success we may experience in ministry is directly related to our spiritual maturity or God’s [...]