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Project Restored: A Four Week Journey To Helping Hurting Kids
Last year I had the privilege of interviewing Cassandra Smith on my YouTube channel about her book Letters to God. You can watch the interview HERE. She recently put out a companion four week curriculum book, Project Restored, to help...
Doing Our Job Is Not The Same As Caring
I don't like dentists but not for the reasons you may think. Dentists are my penance for past sins. Drills, needles, pliers, all tools of a toothy inquisition. After my experience at the dentist yesterday, I dislike them because I felt like they...
Chasing The Golden Rabbit: A Parable
I was living my life, walking The Narrow Road I was called to with my eyes straight ahead when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. It was a rabbit but not just any rabbit, it was a golden rabbit. It hopped and leaped teasing me to chase...
Networking Advice For Passive Youth Workers
We just had our church's Missions Convention this past Sunday and I caught myself actively connecting with the missionaries around the table at lunch. I could have sat and smiled and made generic conversion hoping to connect with some of the...
Youth Workers, I Have Your Next 6 Months All Planned Out
I have to admit. I am a little behind schedule when it comes to getting my calendar out to parents. It was a super busy January and February has been all about nailing down the the dates. If you want to see MY calendar you are welcome to download...
3 Reasons To Keep Our Youth Meetings Pentecostal
If you are a regular reader here, welcome back. Today I am offering a brief reminder to my fellow Pentecostal youth worker friends of why they should not back away from our faith distinctive. If you are a guest, welcome! I...
You Have Permission To Reject Me, But Before You Do….
It's you're right to reject me on many levels, Theologically Whether you're an atheist who disagrees that there is a God or you're from a different denomination who disagrees with me doctrinally on everything from The Rapture to baptism....
The 7 Lies We’ve Likely Told In Ministry (And We’re Probably Still Telling)
Consider the last time you told your testimony. If I were to fact check your testimony, would all aspects turn out to be true or would I find some embellishment along the way? Just recently Brian Williams, anchor of NBC nightly news,...
My Number One Way Of Deepening A Teens Faith
After 25 years of camps, retreats, and mission trips I still believe the number one thing that deepens a kids faith is a time of prayer and reflection. Yes, they have a time of prayer and reflection at some of the activities above but is...
5 Keys To Fixing Your Broken Disciple Making Process
Our responsibility as adult believers and our role as youth workers, Sunday School teachers,, Pastors, or small groups leaders is to disciple people, to help them in their walk with Christ. These words from the Apostle Paul give us a clear five...
My Response To Brian Aaby’s 5 Questions About Youth Ministry
Brian Aaby wrote post challenging youth workers to answer five questions about their youth ministry. Most of the time I see questions like these and I give them a passing glance and move on, but not today. Today I thought I'd pick up the five...
Patriots Malcolm Butler: I Had A Vision
In an short, emotional post Superbowl interview, safety Patriots Malcolm Butler said, "I had a vision, I saw myself making a big play." That self-fulfilling prophecy made the Patriots Superbowl winners and made Butler a New England legend....
The Perfect Hate: Hating What We’re Not
Let me start with the fact that I don't hate anyone. Hates an ugly word that my momma said I should not say but how else can I adequately say that I don't like the Patriots very much? I think the parody video, Beat Brady to the tune of Stay With Me...
Creating A Lead Small Youth Culture Book Club Week Two
Yesterday I processed through my week one of the Lead Small Book Club. I am not afraid to admit that I am reverse engineering our small groups. We had already begun the process, set a date, and then I saw the Lead Small book. I am catching...
Creating A Lead Small Youth Culture Book Club Week One
After two months without a computer I cannot get back to a steady flow of posts and it could not happen at a better time. Two months ago I joined the Lead Small Book Club and downloaded the study guide. The study is based on the book...
The Disciple Project OUTREACH MANUAL
HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR DECAYING YOUTH MEETING INTO A FLOURISHING CITY-WIDE MOVEMENT