Every week I check out songs on Itunes. I go through almost every genre (sorry classical) looking for songs that will make the teens in my group tap their toes and bob their head. I mostly use Christian music so the list will be Christian Music heavy but it is not beyond me to…
I can’t help it. My brain is in 2015. This has been a great year for our youth ministry so I am not trying to get through with it but I am anticipating what God is going to do. I asked the good people on Facebook’s Youth Leaders Only to give me one word that…
Do you remember the movie Dave from 1993. It stars Kevin Kline as a presidential look alike drafted into impersonating the real President who has had a stroke. It’s a wonderful movie. Dave is just an ordinary guy put in an extra-ordinary situation because of his familiar look of a powerful man. The President’s wife…
I know boring and youth ministry should not be in the same sentence but it was necessary. I think the perception for many years has been that the leader of a vibrant, growing, youth ministry has to be young, attractive, and talented. I am none of those things and it’s possible that many of you…
I just read an interesting article on mentoring from Mike Butcher (@mikebutcher) over on TechCrunch about finding mentors and thought the same advice can apply to young youth workers. Mike did a fast poll of some of his social media folks receiving their advice on finding mentors for their business start-ups and this is my…
I’ve had this list for some time. How long? Before I updated it, it had MySpace as an option. If you are needing some new ways to promote your event or maybe you’ve forgotten a few you should be doing, this check list is here to help 35 Ways To Promote Your Next Event Questions…
The phrase, I’m broke but I’m not poor, has been ringing in my head for a few weeks. I like it because it’s not “I’m blessed and highly favored” which, to me, comes across a “I’m better than you” as in “You’re not blessed and not highly favored”. It’s a matter of semantics I…
I tried an experiment a few days ago. I texted a bunch of my kids, maybe 12-15, and asked them to take a picture of something that they are struggling with. They could have taken a picture of their homework, a bully, a teacher, their parents, etc. How many pictures did I get back? Nil,…
I wonder if the Lord get’s more excited about some who’ll stand in the judgement line before Him than others. I mean, God’s excited to see everyone who’s coming his way and maybe a little disappointed with the ones who’ll be taking a different direction, but I’d like to think the Lord would have…
Bob Dylan is an icon in music. The Apostle Paul is an icon of the Christian faith. Their iconoclasm is not where their similarities end. This post is the result of two random thoughts creating one big thought. I was listening to my Bible app in Philemon and this short verse popped out to me…
