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The more we learn about mental health, the more we realize how necessary it is to educate ourselves about it. We’ve collected as many resources as we could for leaders, parents, youth pastors, children’s ministers, kids, and teenagers and compiled it all in one place.

In an already tense year, the battle between Biden and Trump seems to be the icing on the proverbial dry and inedible cake. The good news is, though, we can absolutely survive it. Even better, it’s possible our relationships can come out the other side more healthy than ever before. (I know. It sounds too good to be true.) But I speak from experience.

What does your fall look like? If you're like me—and a lot of the leaders I've been talking to—the big word for your fall is unknown. I know for us right now, as an organization, we're usually packing our bags, booking airline tickets, renting cars, and trying to figure out the hotels we're going to stay in as we travel to over 20 different cities. But not this fall.

If our mission statement is fully inclusive, why are we surprised when a family with a child with special needs walks into our church? They’re part of the mission and, now that we acknowledge that we’ve invited them, we need to be ready to serve.

How the church comes together to respond to the racism issue in our world is so important. A generation is watching. And every generation takes a cue from the generation that came before it. If we hope to demonstrate the Gospel to this generation then we are required to “love our neighbors” in a radical […]

As an organization, when the COVID-19 outbreak first began, we made a statement: “We are all in this together.” And we really meant that. So here's what's next.

At many churches around the country and around the world, we’ve pressed the pause button during this COVID-19 virus crisis. Pressing pause doesn’t mean that we’re no longer preaching the Gospel or ministering to people. It simply means we’re temporarily not doing things they way we’ve always done them.

Every kid is unique and special to their parent, but here’s what we miss sometimes: As church leaders, we tend to focus on what we can do for someone with a special need and overlook the unique gifts and talents they bring to a church.