My past youth ministries were way too safe. Too predictable. But I was always trying to change this. When I say I want youth ministries to be more dangerous, I don’t mean I want kids to get hurt or that we they are a place where it’s not safe for kids to share. What I…
Dear Blog, I hate you. I love you. I hate you. I love you. I stare at you all the time but you confuse me. I have no idea what to do with you most of the time. I don’t want to write crap on you so I don’t write any thing at all. I…
I watched this video on bullying and said, “This kid nails what words can do.”. You can watch it below I also thought about my own experience with bullying and how it almost destroyed me. I was picked on, bullied, through middle school and the first two years of high school. I’m a straight, white,…
I want to thank Jared for his question this morning. My answer was too long to share in a tweet so I thought I’d answer his question here. You can watch Jared’s question below. @PaulTurnerToopic.twitter.com/8hT2Cfb8Ii — Jared Elrod (@jaredelrod) February 4, 2016 The podcast Jared refers to can be found below. I’d love to have…
I was reading this article from Lisa Earle McLeod, and it made me really think about goal setting and happiness. Here is an excerpt. For example, a client of mine set a goal to take a trip to Paris this year. I asked her why Paris, she said, “It will make me happy.” Paris certainly…
Today I offer s special guest post from my friend Paul Sheneman. He has some excellent thoughts on something we all deal with, critical parents. Enjoy. ____________________________________ Here They Come Again It’s youth group night. You’ve just got done pouring yourself out once again for what you love. You’ve had the range of emotions that…
I did not catch all of the game last night but I saw at least 2 of Palmer’s 6 interception. I have no dog in the fight as I am a Giants fan, but these tweets were hilarious. A quick word to Carson, was this your worse game ever? Probably. Was this your worst day…
I have a Fiverr account. Fiverr is a place where you can charge a minimum of $5 for a product or service. I don’t really promote it a lot, but I should. I offer “gigs” such as Writing custom devotions for your teens Practice interviews for youth pastors Create custom prayer stations for your retreat…
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you may notice that at the end of every post I say “Your Turn”. I’ve been playing tag with you. I am saying “Your it!, do something. Nothing worse than playing tag with a person who just stand there, right? Sometimes I’m pushing you in the…
I like a busy youth ministry. I like when kids come in and have a job; that’s why I don’t do everything. I leave things undone on purpose so kids will have something to do when they get to the church. I believe in the economy of youth ministry. Youth Ministries function like small cities,…
