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December 2016

December 22, 2016
Youth workers come in all shapes and sizes, but they tend to have at least...
December 07, 2016
I have two, often-overlapping, "target pastoral audiences." The first are the "nones," as they have...

November 2016

November 29, 2016
One of my favorite books is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. There are so many ways...
November 18, 2016
I began a new youth ministry job in the summer of 2006. Facebook was only...
November 17, 2016
On Tuesday night, Nov. 8, millions of Americans sat down at their televisions, expecting to...
November 15, 2016
In the wake of last week's election of Donald Trump as President of the United...

October 2016

October 28, 2016
I heard an interview last month on NPR with the musician Will.i.am about the remake...
October 26, 2016
Heather Haginduff is the Associate Minister for Youth and Families at Trinity United Church of Christ...
October 25, 2016
Recently, I took my youth group on a hike at a beautiful state park about...
October 22, 2016
Donald Trump's first and only campaign trail apology---made in the wake of his infamous "hot...
October 21, 2016
Youth today are busy, engaged in academics, sports, clubs, scouts, drama, band, etc and have...
October 20, 2016
I just recently spoke to a group of our high school and middle school parents...
October 14, 2016
We've all visited fast food restaurants. When you pull into the window a person will...
October 13, 2016
When I was growing up, I remember being taught about repentance. In fact, as I...
October 10, 2016
Despite what some athletes are claiming in the wake of Donald Trump's defense of this...
October 05, 2016
I’m listening to Originals by Adam Grant, and I’m riveted by the part about the “Sarick Effect.”...

September 2016

September 28, 2016
At the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) this past summer, newly elected...
September 28, 2016
Josh Linton works as an Inclusion and Diversity Program Coordinator at ONE Gas, Inc. in...
September 27, 2016
Heather Haginduff is the Associate Minister for Youth and Families at Trinity United Church of...
September 23, 2016
Growing up, I was taught that there were gay and lesbian people in the world...
September 21, 2016
According to John Calvin, the human mind is a perpetual factory of idols. I've been...
September 20, 2016
In Dallas, TX, we celebrate LGBTQ Pride in the month of September, unlike the rest of...
September 16, 2016
One summer years ago, my aunt and uncle gave my cousins, sister, and me the...
September 13, 2016
There’s a lot of anxiety surrounding the question of young people and church. It would...
September 11, 2016
In many respects, my ministry career has been defined by the terrorist attacks of September...
September 06, 2016
“Repentance” is a theological concept with a lot of baggage. In traditional youth ministries repentance...

August 2016

August 05, 2016
Yesterday Kevin Alton outlined three kinds of myths: true myths, false myths, and willful ignorance. Today...
August 04, 2016
Kevin Alton is a full-time freelance youth ministry creative. He's the co-founder of Youthworker Circuit,...
August 01, 2016
Each summer I do a series with my high school and college students called “Digging...

July 2016

July 18, 2016
“Ask teenagers in a church youth group what they mean by mission, and most of...
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