We had our monthly Team Fusion meeting last night and as I was reflecting on what makes these meetings successful and I came up with five words. Laughter We usually meet for about 90 minutes and a third of that is spent in jokes and laughter. These people like each other and it shows. Prayer…
We live in a content driven culture. We want new posts, new videos, and a site with a long tail of searchable content. Click bait on sites like BuzzFeed and Digg create titles that titillate and get us to click so we will stay on their sites longer. As youth workers, similarly, we want our…
You are not stupid, but the cycle of planning and programming we get stuck in sure feels that way. The cycle of stupid is when we sow an idea, hoping to produce great results only to wind up reaping a harvest of frustration. I have been there and, if I am not careful, I…
The Hunger Games newest movie Mockingjay Pat 1 will be out in November and I have been on board from the books and the first movie. The first movie’s dark side is easily revealed in the brutal battles between teenagers. Because this movie is meant for entertainment, and because we want happy endings, we…
This is completely off topic and a personal rant of sorts but, if you are a youth worker, you might be able to glean a few things to bring back WOW to your youth ministry. I was listening to the news this morning at how the movie industry ate it big time for the eighth…
If you are a youth worker and have ever felt like you were falling behind in your reading because you didn’t have time, Jeff Crosby has fixed that for you, I received an e-mail from Jeff a few weeks ago about his new service creating book summaries of popular youth ministry book titles. After…
If you’re a tired of your youth group kids judging each other, may be its time to do a lesson on it. You could do this as a message or bible study and I have included some ideas for resources below on how to trick out the lesson. Here’s are my scripture pick story from…
Let me clear, I do no have 500 students. But what if I did? Would it change your perception of me? Would you read my blog more? E-mail me for success tips? Try to be my best friend? Buy me coffee? Call me to chat? Hate my guts? I don’t have 500 kids…
With so many stories lately of famous people committing suicide (Chris Cornell from Soundgarden, Chester Bennington from Linkin Park) and hundreds more with no fame at all, I thought it was important to share some of my journey with depression with you. When I say depression, I’m not talking about down days but weeks and months…
I just read a quote by Seth Godin that reminded me of how angry my wife makes me. Ok, let me clarify, my wife does not make me mad, I make myself mad because I ask her opinion and when her opinion does not jibe with mine I get mad. She will reiterate what Godin…
