Since the first printing of Survival in Youth Ministry in 1994, Catholic youth ministry as a profession has moved from surviving to thriving! In the second edition of Bob McCarty's popular book, now titled Thriving in Youth Ministry, McCarty candidly exposes the sources of tension, conflict, and frustration that youth ministers encounter in their work. This book explores problematic characteristics and conditions of youth ministry and offers strategies and practices that McCarty, and others, use not only to survive youth ministry but to enhance it. This book is a must-have for those in the field who are looking to maintain the enthusiasm, excitement, and sense of call to the work of youth ministry.
