I spend my days writing for and training youth workers JUST LIKE YOU.
Start A Love Revolution
Are you looking for some devotions to share about love? These 12 devotions will work year round as well as during Valentines. Each devotion covers a verse from I Corinthians 13 and offers you multiple ways to use them such as: Hand out to...
Tips For Family and Ministry Balance
I am on Periscope every Monday and Friday to answer your questions about youth ministry, life, and whatever else is on your mind. Periscope is a live streaming app and different kinds of people jump in an comment. Here's Monday's episode. The...
Father Gabriel Comes Around And What The Church Can Learn From Him
Like many of you Walking Dead fans, I thought episode one of season six was amazing. In fact, I am going to go back and watch it again. What may have shocked you is the potential redemption of Father Gabriel. Father Gabriel starts to build momentum...
Becoming A More Dangerous Youth Ministry
My past youth ministries were way too safe. Too predictable. But I was always trying to change this. When I say I want youth ministries to be more dangerous, I don't mean I want kids to get hurt or that we they are a place where it's not safe for...
An Open Letter To My Blog
Dear Blog, I hate you. I love you. I hate you. I love you. I stare at you all the time but you confuse me. I have no idea what to do with you most of the time. I don't want to write crap on you so I don't write any thing at all. I know that's...
This Kid’s Video Echoes What The Bible Says About Bullying
I watched this video on bullying and said, "This kid nails what words can do.". You can watch it below I also thought about my own experience with bullying and how it almost destroyed me. I was picked on, bullied, through middle school and the...
Visionary Youth Ministry Do’s and Dont’s
I want to thank Jared for his question this morning. My answer was too long to share in a tweet so I thought I'd answer his question here. You can watch Jared's question below. @PaulTurnerToopic.twitter.com/8hT2Cfb8Ii — Jared Elrod (@jaredelrod)...
How To Turn Someday Into Everyday
I was reading this article from Lisa Earle McLeod, and it made me really think about goal setting and happiness. Here is an excerpt. For example, a client of mine set a goal to take a trip to Paris this year. I asked her why Paris, she said, “It...
5 Must Have Boundaries To Keep Critical Parents From Eating You Alive
Today I offer s special guest post from my friend Paul Sheneman. He has some excellent thoughts on something we all deal with, critical parents. Enjoy. ____________________________________ Here They Come Again It’s youth group night. You’ve just...
Top 7 Funniest Tweets About Carson Palmer
I did not catch all of the game last night but I saw at least 2 of Palmer's 6 interception. I have no dog in the fight as I am a Giants fan, but these tweets were hilarious. A quick word to Carson, was this your worse game ever? Probably. Was this...
Could I Pay You In Joy?
I have a Fiverr account. Fiverr is a place where you can charge a minimum of $5 for a product or service. I don't really promote it a lot, but I should. I offer "gigs" such as Writing custom devotions for your teens Practice interviews for youth...
Human Interaction Today Is Like Playing Tag By Yourself
If you've been reading my blog for a while you may notice that at the end of every post I say "Your Turn". I've been playing tag with you. I am saying "Your it!, do something. Nothing worse than playing tag with a person who just stand there,...
31 Roles and Responsibilities For Teens
https://soundcloud.com/yminmotion/31-roles-and-responsibilities-for-teens I like a busy youth ministry. I like when kids come in and have a job; that's why I don't do everything. I leave things undone on purpose so kids will have something to do...
College Football National Championship: Passion vs Process
Last night Alabama won their 16th National Championship against Clemson. It was the kind of game where I felt good about whoever won. Both were worthy of a championship. Dabo Swinney is a heck of a coach and a motivator. "BYOG, Bring...
Reverse Engineering Your Youth Ministry
I hear some youth workers talk about needing the right curriculum or the right kind of room to meet the needs of students, except, that's not what they need. Start with the needs of kids, not our idea of what we think kids need God already knew...
The Disciple Project OUTREACH MANUAL
HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR DECAYING YOUTH MEETING INTO A FLOURISHING CITY-WIDE MOVEMENT