Random Youth Ministry Questions & Thoughts After 17 Years

• Why do people think youth ministry is a "stepping stone" to real ministry?
  
• How can we stop entertaining and really engage students?
  
• If you "twit" in Twitter what do you do in facebook?
  
• Why do we give our conscious credit when the Holy Spirit deserves it?
  
• Why aren't more youth ministries working with the schools instead of just eating lunch there?
• If more people worship and experience closeness to God through music, shouldn't we spend as much time singing as we do listening in church?
• Why do we get so dangerously close to the "seat" of judgment?
• More churches need multiple pastors who speak... my church (www.discoverychurch.org) does an amazing job at this.
• Why are so many churches reaching their region and not their neighbors?
• We need more churches to implement "special needs" programs!
• If the goal for every great youth pastor becomes writing book and speaking tours, who will lead the daily grind of ministry?
• Why can't more pastors sweep the floor?
• Why is so hard to communicate the ministry vision, purpose, values and events that we lead?
• How come so many pastors and leaders "preach" spiritual health and do nothing to strengthen their own?
• Why are youth pastors half the age of lead pastors and does that mean I need to change roles soon?
• Why is God's grace so easy to receive and yet so hard to give?