If this is your first time here. Welcome. You can check out the beginning of this series here if you like. “Engage” – Captain Picard, Star Trek Do you remember the days of walking into your middle school cafeteria and looking for sympathetic eyes of those who might let you sit at there’re table? I…
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. – Leo Buscaglia Some might say I cared too much in youth ministry and I probably did. I…
“You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.” ― Eric Liddell, The Disciplines Of The Christian Life I’m fond of saying, “It’s not what you believe, it’s what you practice.” That is not to say that beliefs are not important, but without…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. As you are reading this, I’m flying to Florida to speak at the greatest camp in the world. I’ll be speaking at a high school retreat one weekend and a middle school retreat…
If you continually do what you’ve always done, you will always have what you’ve always had. – Unknown The above quote has been my mantra for a long time, which is why I don’t allow myself, or the students I’ve led, to get to comfortable. I wanted my students to have more. This might be…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Good Day All! I hope you had a great weekend and you’re ready for a productive week ahead. I, like you, have a busy week ahead. Today I have to ship out another…
I’ve treated every youth ministry I’ve led with the mentality of, “What we do every week is equally as important, or more, as what you do in band, football practice or key club” If I did not put the value on what we did every week, no one else would. Many youth ministries operate sloppy…
In my last weeks of being a full time youth pastor, I sat with my students in a small group and asked them a serious question, “What did I do well, so I can pass it on to other youth workers?”. I didn’t ask them to flower me with compliments or niceties, I ask them…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Happy New Year All, What a year 2018 was. I turned 50, I saw U2 in concert for the first time, oh, and I retired from full time youth pastoring so I can…
People trying to do things blindfold as the one of the first trends of 2019 sound a bit odd, but there are worse things, right? For those not in the know, the Bird Box Challenge came as a result of the Netflix movie Bird Box based on the book by Josh Malerman. Let’s just sum…
