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  • You and Your God: Uncovering and Responding to a Student’s Sexual Abuse

    By: Chris Maxwell  In the following article, Chris Maxwell describes a counseling session with a student in which she reveals that she was sexually abused by a former pastor. Although you may not meet with students in formal counseling settings, it takes tremendous leadership to handle a student’s trust well (and to lead through their…  Read More

  • The Toughest Question a Student Ever Asked (Part 2)

    Over the next few weeks, the LeaderTreks Blog will be running a series of posts addressing the tough questions students ask and the best ways ministry workers should respond. To kick off the series, we asked several youth ministry leaders to share with us the most difficult question a student ever asked them. I think…  Read More

  • 6 Resolutions for the New (Student Ministry) Year

    By Chris Maxwell No, it’s not Christmastime in the city. The snow isn’t falling. You aren’t stringing up lights. The sun is hot, and the days are long. And you don’t have to worry about writing “2015” instead of “2014” for a few more months. But in the world of student ministry, we’re fast approaching…  Read More

  • A Season to Smile

    By: Chris Maxwell (Portions of this post are from Chris Maxwell’s book, Pause for Moms.) It’s okay to stop and laugh every once in a while. Statistics inform us that chuckles come less frequently as birthdays add up. According to the May / June, 1998, issue of Children’s Ministry Magazine, four-year-olds laugh 400 times each day,…  Read More

  • A Famine of Friendships

    This post is originally from Chris Maxwell’s Another Day Along the Way blog. Portions of this story will be included in Chris Maxwell’s book Pause for Pastors. My accountability team met together in our normal place—sitting, talking, asking, thinking, discussing, evaluating, confronting, praying. During the prayer time, my friend requested for God, the great Listener,…  Read More

  • Free to Dream

    By: Chris Maxwell Portions of this story are from Chris Maxwell’s book, Pause for Moms. Do you know about the two Ds of ministry—dreams and disappointments? Those Ds can dominate our minds and control our moods. So often, the normal but painful disappointments in life have prompted us to give up on our dreams. While…  Read More