Several years ago, I developed severe back pain and had to go to the chiropractor. My chiropractor taught me several things about my body during my visits. The two most important lessons I learned were: The nervous system running up ...

by Dietrich "Deech" Kirk When I was younger, I sometimes got confused about who was in charge of the church. I seemed to be the only one who knew the church had problems, and if a few others knew, well, I knew ...

Editor’s Note: The following is a conversation with two youth ministers: one who left a position under positive circumstances and one who left under duress. We have elected to not reveal the names of either. The intent of this article ...

Anyone who believes that politics are not present in church lives in a fantasy land. As long as people have to live in relationships with each other, there will be politics. Politics are both the complex relationships of people living ...

by Jason Sansbury When you've been in ministry long enough (and sometimes when you're just starting out), there are certain "moments" that you'll experience. One of those moments is when the "haters" come for you. I wish I could tell ...

by Denise McKinney I've been thinking a lot about leadership lately.  Most of it is from a ministry context, but those thoughts and reflections are spilling over into a variety of leadership situations I've been observing.  I recently watched an ...

Several years ago, I was working with our youth leadership team at our church. The youth leadership team were the youth who were willing to take on a leadership role to minister to others. We had been working with the ...

[Second-Chair Leadership Conversation] Today, Andrew Zirschky (ymprof) and I have a conversation about what second-chair leadership looks like in the local church. As youth ministers, we are always second-chair leaders. Listen in as Andrew asks me questions about how to ...