May the 4th Be With You! Youth Ministry Round Up has been a great new format to get you all the stuff you want/need in one place. I think it best describe what I am trying to do for all of you. Create and round up the best stuff so you can continue to make…
Quotes The Bible itself gives us one short prayer which is suitable for all who are struggling with beliefs…‘LORD I believe, help Thou my unbelief.’#CSLewis — C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) April 10, 2018 Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present and I have the power to…
I just like this photo: So many lessons. For us pic.twitter.com/6o9IZS6cMX — Adam Ford (@Adam4d) March 30, 2018 Articles More People Likely To Divorce After Watching Porn, Study Says How I Plan Curriculum – Heather Lea Campbell How I Write A Sermon Series Mother Allegedly Uses Tazer To Wake Up Son For Church Podcasts This…
This is part four in my series 9 Dynamic Ways To Revive A Dying Youth Ministry. If you’re behind, you can start HERE Sometimes, as a youth pastor, you will inherit a hot mess or a dumpster fire. The previous youth pastor did their best or maybe not. Or maybe the youth ministry you have just went…
I recently learned I didn’t make The Top 30 Youth Ministry Blogs of 2015. Thing is, I wasn’t trying to make it and only slightly disappointed that I didn’t make it. Some of us have lists in our head we’d like to make Pastors Top 3 Favorite Staff Members Top 9 Hipster Beards Top 5…
I’ve had this blog for around five years and it has only been in the past two years that I have hammered down and posted at east three times a week. During this time I have learned some hard truths about youth ministry blogging and I’d like to share them with you in case you’ve…
We just had our church’s Missions Convention this past Sunday and I caught myself actively connecting with the missionaries around the table at lunch. I could have sat and smiled and made generic conversion hoping to connect with some of the people around the table, rather I was actively connecting with a bunch of…
At the first of the year I posted 14 questions that were on my “to do” list as far as digging deeper into why we do what we do and how can we get better as a youth ministry. Well, it’s the end of the year and it’s time to see how well I did…
This is a comment I posted in response to Ryan Handley’s post on being remarkable and thought I’d share it as a personal point of frustration with my own view of the youth ministry world. I think I used to think remarkable was being flashy or over the top in some way. Although doing…
I learn so much when I listen to Seth Godin. I recently heard him on Rise to the Top. I believe in his phrase “Do work that matters.”. I would like to think that is what I do with my blog. Every post is a teaching or thoughts about youth ministry in general. I am…
