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The Walking Dead: Famous Last Words
I was watching the latest episode of The Walking Dead (Always Accountable, Season 6) and, as usual, I learn something. Sasha and Abraham are holed up in an office building where an office worker Walker is locked in in his office behind a glass...
Devotional: You Have To Sign For It
I was reading a Watchman Nee devotion today and it really challenged the way I am praying. The verse he used was Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24...
4 Ways To Move Your Students From Consumers To Creators
I was reading the newest study on teens and media from Common Sense Media Report on Tweens and Teens and one stat, among many, stood out to me Everyone can be a maker, but not many are. The vast majority of kids' engagement with media consists...
Your Definition Of Leadership May Be Holding Back Your Team
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams Are you a leader? John Maxwell says if you think you're a leader, look behind you and if no one is following you, you're not a...
9 Quotes From A Former Instagram Star To Use With Your Girls Small Group
I saw this article on Buzzfeed and it made my heart jump to see a teenager, Essena O’Neill step up to the microphone and call out the phoniness behind many of the Instagram photos she took and the general phoniness of business of social media. I...
One of My Favorite New Apps for Youth Ministry: Boomerang
I have discovered a new fun way to make gifs and it's called Boomerang. Boomerang takes one second clips and repeats them over and over again . I have a few Boomerang's below. You can read more about the app here on Instagram's blog. How would you...
7 Ways To Remind Yourself To Meet With God
I think it was Stephen Covey who said, "Fill your calendar or someone else will." He said this because so many people live in a state of crises or the urgent. Poor planing results in poor performance. Yesterday, I talked about the 5 Excuses We Have...
Youth Workers: Beating The 5 Excuses Keeping You From God
I read a book back in the day called Can You Not Tarry One Hour by Larry Lea. He shares how you can fill one hour with prayer. The problem was that I focused on filling the hour rather than connecting with God. This is not a guilt you out post to...
What I’ve Been Doing With My Youth Ministry In Three Videos
I have been really enjoying Periscope as way to communicate ideas with other youth workers. On Mondays and Fridays I do a Q and A show Ask Me Anything About Youth Ministry and on Wednesdays I do Youth Ministry Tonight where I share what I have...
Metal Band W.A.S.P: From Lawless To Life Giving?
It was 1982-83 and I went to see Quiet Riot with no idea who was opening. It just so happens that W.A.S.P was the opening band. They were not exactly my style. A few years earlier I had come to faith and in Christ and so I was not into the whole...
Helping Teens Worship In 100 Words Or Less
Worship is often part of a youth meeting, but what if it was the only thing? Helping teens understand worship is not a part of your youth service but the whole service. Expand the definition to include: Greeting one another is worship because we...
Helping Your Students Lead in 100 Words Or Less
I came out of my office to discover a meeting I had not called and I was not leading. This is my favorite kind of meeting. Some students had come early to youth to plan a Disney themed costume party. They're on a good track and all I asked was for...
Youth Ministry Volunteer Expectations In 100 Words Or Less
My expectations for our adult youth ministry leaders 1. Don’t do for kids what kids can do for themselves. 2. Change is good if it helps us reach our goals. 3. Leaders are learners. 4. Do things with excellence. The church is not a second class...
Successful Small Group Discussions In 100 Words Or Less (Judo Style)
Consider your group discussion as a boxing or judo match, there's punching and counter punching. Punching Is asking questions directly and getting direct answers. Counter Punching Is using the weight and the leverage of the what someone says to...
Youth Ministry and Haunted Houses in 100 Words Or Less
I don't take my students to haunted houses because It causes too much commotion among hardliners. I think it's a waste of time. There is no value won in going and no value lost in not going. Does it open people up for demonic activity? No any more...
The Disciple Project OUTREACH MANUAL
HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR DECAYING YOUTH MEETING INTO A FLOURISHING CITY-WIDE MOVEMENT