Youth Ministry Blog
Our collection of youth ministry blog posts will encourage and equip you as you navigate the challenges of life and ministry. Because we know ministry life can be difficult on a heart level, many of our youth ministry blog posts are aimed to help you see through a gospel lens. Sure, the X’s and O’s of youth ministry are important. But, at G Shades, our primary goal is to equip you for gospel centered youth ministry. Oftentimes, that requires more than just tips and tricks.
Addressing Faith and Doubt In Youth Ministry
We’ve all been there in youth ministry where a student asks a question or poses a doubt to Christianity that we’re not totally prepared to
Avoiding Volunteer Burnout
If you’ve been doing occupational youth ministry for longer than five minutes, you understand that we have no shot at doing this well without a
Fostering Authentic Faith In Teenagers
Before we jump into fostering authentic faith in teenagers, let me share why this topic is top of mind for me. My wife and I
Navigating Digital Youth Ministry
If it wasn’t the new normal before, COVID ensured it had to be: Digital Youth Ministry. With technology continuing to rapidly progress and shift the
Life Is Long
Can we just be honest and admit something really quick? As youth workers, we love all of our students equally, but we love some more
ChatBot GPT
My Prompt: “Write a blog post on the following idea: ChatBotGPT is going to elevate the efficiency with which students complete tasks and create content,
Deconstruction
When college students come back, we get the scary privilege of checking in with them as youth pastors. If you haven’t had this experience yet,
Burnout Buffer
If you’re reading this blog post the day it comes out, and your Christmas tree is already up in your living room, I want you
Too Much Change
Up until recently, I had worked with the same person side-by-side in full time youth ministry for the past five years. She and I developed
No More Excuses
I caught COVID. It took until July 29, 2022 for me to actually catch it, and in true youth pastor fashion, I caught it from
Don’t Put Work Over Worship
It’s fall. Fall is busy. Fall is crazy. Fall is when you put in the work. Because fall is when you’ve got events and curriculum
What Ads Teach About Teaching
Have you ever seen those annoying YouTube ads? What the ads are selling probably depends on what you’ve been searching on the Internet lately. Whenever