How Do I Develop Authentic Relationships With New Kids?

The Social Part of Social Media: A Love Story From: HubSpot Marketing Software The title is a bit long but that is the question your were wondering about wasn’t it? When a new kids comes to our group for a visit there are several wrong first moves, such as...

Nerd On A Mission: 5 Ways You Can Help

I am planning on my own missions trip this summer. I have never planned my own trip. It feels kind of weird. I am not leaving the country but I am entering a culture where I speak the language. This year I am going to one of the biggest Gaming Conventions in the...

What Kind of Blogger Am I?

  Picture Credit It is the eve before my 45th birthday and I felt it was time for a little navel gazing. I started to think about what kind of blogger I am. Specifically, what kind of youth ministry blogger am I. There are lots of good youth ministry bloggers...

So, Being A Christian Is Radical? Is This News?

I recently read an article from Ed Stetzer called Is Radical Christianity A Form of Legalism? The article was a response to Christianity Today’s piece called Here Come The Radicals Both are very good articles and I encourage you to read them both, contrast and...

The Correlation Between Chaos and Commitment

  I was talking with one of our volunteers about people and why thy are’t very committed to our youth ministry. I told him “you can draw a line from the chaos in their lives to their commitment level”. The more chaotic their lives are, the less...