Lent is a time for reflection. During this holy season, the practice of reflection often focuses on Jesus' journey to and experience on the cross as well as reflections on our own lives, mortality and sin. This lent series is ...
Welcome to "Life Undocumented." Life Undocumented tackles the very polarizing and complex conversation surrounding immigration. Oftentimes when we have discussions about immigration it is done so in a way that leaves out the stories of the actual people who are ...
We have designed this workbook to help you create healthy rhythms of Sabbath and rest in your life. With the wisdom and direction from some of the top theologians and thinkers in the field of Sabbath we hope to guide ...
Welcome to Theology Together: WHO AM I. In this series youth will explore how others around them view their identity to help them develop ways they may see themselves parallel to how Christ sees them. Youth will be challenged to ...
Everyone has a home but everyone's home looks different and sometimes that can make it difficult to talk about. Feels Like Home is a series that opens up the conversation about home from many different angles. Whether it is a ...
In recent years we've all become very aware of the state of teenage mental health. Many books and articles have been written and read. For a lot, not all, teenagers have been talked about but not with. Hope and Anxiety ...
Creation, birth, cross, and resurrection. Been there, heard that, tale as old as time for a lot of us. The problem is that these stories become so familiar that we forget about how profound and world changing they actually are. ...
At the Innovation Lab, when we give a presentation, lead a workshop, or engage in conversation with a ministry leader, we always start by defining what we mean by “innovation.” We start here because the word “innovation” comes with a ...
Kris Konsowitz Kris has over 35+ years of experience in youth ministry. Her ministry experience includes serving as the Youth Minister at Collierville UMC in Tennessee. Kris has experience serving in youth ministry at the local, conference, jurisdictional and national ...
For Jeremiah Law, youth ministry was always in the plan. After receiving his undergraduate degree in youth ministry, he joined CYMT to pursue a master’s and get the support he needed to start his first job as a youth pastor. ...
Ryan (he/they) never planned on being a youth pastor. They had volunteered at summer camps and youth-serving organizations, but also had a full-time job that provided a life they were comfortable with. He and his wife weren’t even really active ...
Dr. Andrew Zirschky Andrew has more than 20 years of congregational youth ministry experience and holds an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Beyond the Screen: Youth Ministry for the Connected but Alone Generation ...
Sarah Carlson was a high-achieving, high-anxiety teenager. She constantly pushed herself at school and extracurriculars. Her schedule was packed with activities that would make her look good to colleges, to her parents, and to her peers. She was constantly striving, ...
by Meghan Hatcher Last month, a blog post titled “Departure: Why I Left the Church” went viral throughout a wide swath of the ministry landscape. In the post, former pastor Alexander Lang articulates why he recently chose to leave not ...
Stephen Ingram Stephen is a 25+ year youth ministry veteran. His books include Hollow Faith: How Andy Griffith, Facebook, and the American Dream Neutered the Gospel, ExtraOrdinary Time: 365 Ordinary Moments with an Anything But Ordinary God; and Organic Student ...
Dr. David White Rev. Dr. White has just retired as the C. Ellis and Nancy Gribble Nelson Professor of Christian Education, Professor in Methodist Studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, TX. He now serves on the board of ...
by Meghan Hatcher At the United Methodist church where I grew up, the season of Advent can’t happen without the annual live nativity. Every year the same wooden frame, with last year’s hay still clinging to it, is set up ...
Dear CYMT Family, I am honored and humbled to join the Center for Youth Ministry Training (CYMT) and lead the organization in community-based ministries. As the new Community Ministry Director, I believe that we are all responsible for creating beloved ...
