Here are some paradoxes I have noticed in youth ministry.
1. Youth pastors teach the students about the importance of spiritual, physical, and emotional health and how all of these are related.Then there is a youth group event and youth pastors pump the students full of chips, candy, and soda.
2. Youth pastors teach students to turn the other cheek. That is, until a student tries to prank the youth pastor. At that point, 7 bowls of holy judgment will be poured upon that foolish child.
3. Youth pastors teach the importance of priorities and boundaries and then we proceed to mock students when they cannot stay up til 2 a..m playing Xbox on a weeknight.
What other paradoxes have you noticed in youth ministry? Let me know in the comments section!
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