Maybe you’ve thought about this. I didn’t, until I looked at the short life spans of animals. I was inspired to do this by Seth Godin’s post How Long is Now? Animals don’t know how long they were created to exist. We humans have some idea,...
“I’m afraid” Yes. We all are. Fear is and incubator for excuses meant to paralyze us from doing anything. Excuses are assassins and they use poison darts. Some darts kill our dreams fast, some slow, and some paralyze us into status quo. Your fears...
It’s too much work. Similar excuses sound like “it costs too much” and “it’s unreasonable”. Youth ministry is hard work, it costs money, and is often unappreciated. You should embrace the challenge of the work by bringing your...
I have been told, in various churches I’v served, that I could not do something, I could not use secular music I could not take kids to such and such movie I could not redecorate the room I could not do pool parties All of which I thought were stupid, but it...
Excuse #4 I don’t have time Really? Are you sure about that? I bet you do. Let me speak to the two kinds of youth workers who may be reading this If you are a volunteer/bi vocational youth worker You have quite a task. You have minimal amount...
