As youth ministry leaders, we have to stop taking things so personally — other leaders are not attacking your ministry. Connect with them and facilitate ways they can connect with your youth. Be respectful of everyone and help the youth be the leaders of the church.
How can we respond during times of deep tragedy, such as the recent news of Robin Williams’ death? Aaron Perry suggests that the portrait we have of Jeremiah the prophet—capturing the complexity of injury and morality, joy and despair—offers a corrective to the common way of handling difficult events.
Since 2005, I’ve been working to empower people to take the next step on their journey of faith – for some people that’s been a first step, for others it’s been the next of many. Now, it seems, I will be taking my own next step, and as a result, so will Wesleyan Accent.
