I went to a conference for entrepreneurs called The Thing, in Nashville and I took a lot of notes. The forthcoming posts are my way of unpacking these notes and give insight to the pivot I feel is coming. Terry Weaver, the founder of The Thing,...
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3 Things A New Leader Should Never Do
I remember standing in front of a group of young people and uttering the words “There’s a new sheriff in town.” How arrogant, stupid and self sabotaging was that?! Even though I said it in a joking manner, the underlying truth...
7 Steps To Creating A Life Giving Code of Conduct
Teenagers, by nature, are inappropriate. Their immature brains, sometimes, come up with terrible things to say and do without any guardrails or filters. I’ve never had to create a formal code of conduct, mostly because I’ve never needed one. The...
I am many and one
I went to a 2 day entrepreneur conference called The Thing and will be sharing some thoughts over the next few weeks which I will call The Thing: Unpacked. Jeff Goins shared a quote from Anne Lamott, “I am all the ages I have ever...
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Three Roads To Youth Discipleship
All roads may lead to Rome but not all youth programs lead to discipled young people. Youth Pastors have all kinds of words to describe their youth program, some call it youth group, others call it youth ministry, some call it student ministry but...
Four Reasons You Are Where You Are
“Why am I where I am?” Have you ever asked yourself that? I have, more times than I can count. The question might pertain to life or career or your place in a club or organization. On my way to church I came up with four...
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Being The Adult In The Room
Sadly, stories of teachers, male and female who have inappropriate relationships with their students, are too frequent. For every story that breaks on the news, there are probably a dozen that do not due to teachers quietly quitting and moving on....
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The Exciting Summer Outreach Program That Will Grow Your Youth Ministry
I was always taught Summer Jump not Summer Slump. This means that while other churches shut down/wind down for summer, our church was going to grow. I just had to figure out how to make that happen. For the past ten year and two churches I have...
Crafty Gifts For Christian Grads
This article, as well as graduation formsgraduation gift ideasgraduation service sample andgraduation song suggestions (over 40) Are a part of Launching Well: Graduating Your Senior Class In Style resource. If you are not subscribed...
This Graduation Season, Don’t Forget About The Parents
This article, as well as graduation formsgraduation gift ideasgraduation service sample andgraduation song suggestions (over 40) Are a part of Launching Well: Graduating Your Senior Class In Style resource. If you are not subscribed...
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