We know we need volunteers…but what kind of person makes up a perfect volunteer? We want someone who is more than a warm body…someone who will really care and help build our group. It would be great, wouldn’t it, if they were young and cool? They must love Jesus. They are someone who can keep up...

A song on the top of the charts, a new Netflix show everyone is binging, a new trend everyone is trying at school...well, a bunch of kids anyway. Should we talk with kids about these issues, or just blindly hope that “our kids” don't know about such things? Here's three guardrails I find very helpful. . .

Ever have a volunteer who just doesn’t do what they “volunteered” to do? I have learned empathy for the leaders who struggle. I have found that it is rare for a leader to come for only selfish reasons (though it does happen). Usually, it is simply that a leader doesn’t know what to do or how to do...

One of the best ways youth leaders can help today's young people is to help the people who are truly making the biggest daily impact in the lives of today's young people. . . their parents. Here's 4 ways you can help. . .