Forged In Faith

Tag: LDS youth leadership ideas

  • Why Youth Need to Fail Sometimes—And What Happens When You Let Them

    You Hand Over the Lesson… and It Bombs The youth speaker freezes.The object lesson falls flat.The activity they planned gets confusing—and then collapses into chaos. And every adult instinct inside you screams: “I should’ve stepped in. I should’ve rescued them.” But maybe… you shouldn’t have. Because failure—real, messy, slightly awkward failure—is one of the most…

  • Small Assignments, Big Impact: How to Help Quiet Youth Feel Seen

    The Ones Who Don’t Raise Their Hands You know them.The ones who sit back—not because they don’t care, but because they’re watching.Quiet. Still. Half-invisible.The ones who never volunteer to give a talk, who avoid eye contact when you ask for a prayer, who somehow vanish when the chairs need stacking. And yet—these are the very…