YouthTRAIN

One of the challenges we face in youth ministry is that effectiveness is difficult to measure. Fruit takes time to mature and consequently, the outcomes of...

I've always enjoyed the fourth term. Sure, there is still the tiredness one feels from a busy year and programming can be a little disjointed as exam pressur...

Most of this know the old African proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.” There is more than an element of truth to this saying when it comes to disc...

I recently came across one of those facebook memes that seem to pop up regularly. This one was more profound than most. It said that leadership is not about ...

Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy. The time is coming when everything that is covere...

Recently I was talking with our youth interns who had returned from a block course. At the course they had been discussing next year and what they each might...

In my previous blog post I identified three symptoms that can mislead us regarding the state of our youth ministry’s health. The question that begs an answer...

I recall some years back a friend being diagnosed with cancer. Some seemingly minor symptoms had emerged that led them to have a check up through which the c...