Friday Review (6/12/26)
This week’s best articles for youth workers on biblical and theological studies, youth and pastoral ministry, partnering with parents, and cultural engagement.
When & How to Use Curriculum Well
Every ministry uses a curriculum. The question is whether you build it all from scratch yourself or buy and adapt it from a trusted source. How do you do that well?
Friday Review (6/5/26)
This week’s best articles for youth workers on biblical and theological studies, youth and pastoral ministry, partnering with parents, and cultural engagement.
How to Understand a Biblical Passage: Hermeneutics 101
Every youth worker already practices hermeneutics whenever they open the Bible and ask, “What does this verse mean?” The question is not whether we use hermeneutics, but rather how to use hermeneutics well.
ep.143: Ongoing Discipleship & Curriculum Preview
What does Ongoing Discipleship look like in youth ministry? This preview of the forthcoming YPT Curriculum will offer some guidance about how to call youth into mature faith.
Friday Review (5/29/26)
This week’s best articles for youth workers on biblical and theological studies, youth and pastoral ministry, partnering with parents, and cultural engagement.
YPT’s Summer Reading List: 2026
As you prepare for Summer, we want to help you build a strategic reading list. Here are some books I’m either currently reading or have read within the last year that I want to put on your radar.
Friday Review (5/22/26)
This week’s best articles for youth workers on biblical and theological studies, youth and pastoral ministry, partnering with parents, and cultural engagement.
A Case for Co-Ed Small Groups for Youth Ministry
Whether you choose to host co-ed groups as your norm or for a temporary season, here are some benefits they can provide for the youth in your ministry.
ep.142: Raising Gen Alpha, with Dave Boden
In this podcast, Mike and John talk with Dave Boden about his new book, “Raising Gen Alpha” about their core distinctives and how to minister to them well.