This is completely off topic and a personal rant of sorts but, if you are a youth worker, you might be able to glean a few things to bring back WOW to your youth ministry. I was listening to the news this morning at how the movie industry ate it big time for the eighth…
If you are a youth worker and have ever felt like you were falling behind in your reading because you didn’t have time, Jeff Crosby has fixed that for you, I received an e-mail from Jeff a few weeks ago about his new service creating book summaries of popular youth ministry book titles. After…
If you’re a tired of your youth group kids judging each other, may be its time to do a lesson on it. You could do this as a message or bible study and I have included some ideas for resources below on how to trick out the lesson. Here’s are my scripture pick story from…
Let me clear, I do no have 500 students. But what if I did? Would it change your perception of me? Would you read my blog more? E-mail me for success tips? Try to be my best friend? Buy me coffee? Call me to chat? Hate my guts? I don’t have 500 kids…
With so many stories lately of famous people committing suicide (Chris Cornell from Soundgarden, Chester Bennington from Linkin Park) and hundreds more with no fame at all, I thought it was important to share some of my journey with depression with you. When I say depression, I’m not talking about down days but weeks and months…
I just read a quote by Seth Godin that reminded me of how angry my wife makes me. Ok, let me clarify, my wife does not make me mad, I make myself mad because I ask her opinion and when her opinion does not jibe with mine I get mad. She will reiterate what Godin…
Youth Ministry is not just something we do in a church setting, it’s something we do everywhere there are young people. You can be legacy builders and never be full time youth pastors. Parents, teachers, plumbers, camp counselors, whoever loves students can be a legacy builder. In my post yesterday, I shared the experience I…
I recently spoke at Life For Youth Camp, the camp I received Christ at when I was 13 years old, and my mind was blown. Here’s the first mind-blower, I had five girls attending camp this summer who were aging out, they would not be able to come back. All of them chose my week…
What a fantastic Week! Thank you all so much for all you campers who chose my week, I am truly honored. This week we talk about being sold out and not letting anyone stealing the seat of the one we are saving it for, Jesus. Our theme verse for the week “Love the Lord your…
Generosity is a gift and a skill. It’s something we all have the ability to do and get better at. Giving our praise, c comment, a thumbs up, a retweet, a share, a shout out, a pin, etc. are all things we can do if we want to. So, how come we are not…
