Avoiding Buzzer Beaters In Youth Ministry

  Tis’ the season for buzzer beaters. I love watching buzzer beaters, but I don’t want to ever be in a situation where the game is down to one shot. Like this latest one. The clock is always ticking in youth ministry (and life) the clock in ticking...
10 Ways To Look Positively At Your Youth Ministry

10 Ways To Look Positively At Your Youth Ministry

I am tired of that negative voice in my head. Do you know the one? The one that makes you second guess your efforts? Make you wonder if you or you’re youth meeting had any impact? These kind of thoughts make you wonder whether you’re good enough, smart...

Living Your Oscar Speech

  photo credit: http://in.socialtimes.me/articles/2013-01-11/official-oscar-app-launched-on-android-and-amazon I watched about half of the Oscars, after The Walking Dead of course. and I reflected on some of the speeches. I love Jennifer Lawrence of Hunger Games...

Making Youth Ministry A House Of Stories

I love games. Not just youth group games but table top games of all kinds. I recently listened to a podcast from Plaid Hat Games where they discussed emergent narrative in games. According to the podcast “emergent narrative is a story that is discovered during...