I spend my days writing for and training youth workers JUST LIKE YOU.
Don’t Waste My Time
I was annoyed the other day by someone who texted me wanting to make an appointment with me to talk about something over the phone. My first thought was, "This is a waste of my time." I even tried to persuade them to send an e-mail, nope, they had...
15 Christian Songs Perfect For A 2025 Graduation Video
I have been doing these lists for a while now because I find that the perfect song at a graduation service is one more chance to inspire the student, the student's family and the church as we send off those students who have meant so much to out...
Why One-on-One Coaching Might Be the Breakthrough You’ve Been Praying For
If you’re a youth pastor right now, chances are high that you’re carrying more than most people realize. You’re leading students who seem checked out. You’re trying to breathe life into a ministry with limited resources. You’re expected to cast...
Feeling Discouraged? Keep Drawing.
“I felt my energy revive, and said to myself, In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. From that moment everything has seemed...
Youth Group Lesson: Letting God Break Your Heart
This lesson is a part of my Media2 Message Bundle where I take what is going on in the world and bring a biblical context to to it. Focus: Helping students respond, compassionately, to the needs of others. Opening: Lonely Authors Video Clips: ...
How I’m teaching my students to use Ai for spiritual growth
Teens are going to use Ai for plenty of things, mostly research an doing their book reports for them, but that doesn't mean they can't use it to help grow their spiritual life. We are working through Proverbs right now, in Sunday School, and I...
The Elite 8: Message Seeds For March Madness
I love me some sports and though, "How can I pair up March Madness and my speaking calendar?" I hope these message seeds will give you a quick "What am I going to talk about tonight?" message or, and even better, sparks your own creativity to come...
Altar Calls Are Not Proof Of Anything, Except This
https://soundcloud.com/yminmotion/are-altar-calls-dead?si=dfd9536119334e0b9a1821cc19aedd94&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing I feel like I am about to talk to you about 8 track tapes, those boxy clunky...
16 Sweet Youth Group Ideas For March Madness
It's that time of year. It happens every March. Some students in your youth groups are excited for it and others could care less. Here's the good news, your group doesn't have to have a lot athletes for you to use March Madness as a fun tool to...
Youth Pastor, Here’s How To Plan Your Perfect Week
At the beginning of the year I designated each day of the week (M-F) to focus on one thing because Practical PKM suggested it would change how I work. So, here is how I allotted my days, Monday is Writing Day where I blog or post on social...
The New Youth Pastors Guide To Getting Things Done
https://soundcloud.com/yminmotion/the-new-youth-pastors-guide-to?si=189c78ecf4444bfc9d692e2f6ff8d1a4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing If you've been in youth ministry a while, think about to when you...
6 Work Principles That Could Save Your Job
https://soundcloud.com/yminmotion/6-work-principles-that-could?si=573533a3b82c48f69b82297c830285dd&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing You could call this Surviving A Quarterly Review Part 2. In part one I...
Surviving The Quarterly Review
https://soundcloud.com/yminmotion/how-to-survive-a-quarterly?si=d92d56c7db96456a9feb79ba6a177dab&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing I sat in an office with the head of the youth ministry committee, 2 youth...
Action Figures Not Funko Pops
One of the hardest things to do is get a teenager to go from apathy to action. Usually somewhere in between there, we’re trying all kinds of methodology. Parents, teachers, youth pastors, try everything, right? And I’ve done it. I have three grown...
How To Get Students To Show Up, Consistently
https://soundcloud.com/yminmotion/how-to-get-students-to-show-up?si=85aadb7fdf6d48a0a1b7d98fbc529f9d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing I asked some youth pastors what their current needs were and this was...
The Disciple Project OUTREACH MANUAL
HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR DECAYING YOUTH MEETING INTO A FLOURISHING CITY-WIDE MOVEMENT