Selected Articles, Blogs, and Other Publications

I’ve often wondered if I can pay attention without writing. Few of us really know what we’ve seen or heard without later exploring the experience through keystrokes on the screen or scribbles on lined paper. I rarely know what I think about something unless I’ve put it to paper. It’s the best way I know to take someone else’s observations about the world and integrate them into my life.

• Snider, Ryan. “Emerging Adult–Centered Pastoral Care.” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 73, no. 5, 2024.
• ———. “Pizza, WWJD bracelets and bad theology: How a church’s youth group throwback night became a space for healing.” Duke University: Faith & Leadership, September 2025. Link
• ———. “Writing to Stay Awake.” Christianity Today: Ekstasis Magazine, August 2024. Link
• ———. “Young Adult Ministry in the Age of Authenticity.” Firebrand, April 2024. Link
•  ———. “Responsible Experience: Following the Spirit.” Firebrand, March 2022. Link
•  ———. “Communion of the Saints.” Fathom Magazine, July 2022. Link
• ———.“The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Gentleness.” Coracle, June 2019. Link
• ———. “Exegesis Behind Bars.” Circuit Rider, 2011. Link
• ———. “Works of Mercy as a Vital Component to Sanctification: A Reflection on Wesley’s Social Ministry and Theology.” LaGrange College Citations, 2008.