I spend my days writing for and training youth workers JUST LIKE YOU.
You Do Have A Choice: Quitting, Pivoting, or Persevering
Let me begin by saying, I am totaling ripping off the title to one of my favorite business podcasts of late called Fizzle. I must warn you though, if you listen, it will have some salty language sprinkled through-out. That being said, the...
Take Pride In What and Who You Lead
It's easy to think you're failing in youth ministry, if you think My group is not big enoughI'm not reaching enough kidsOur meetings are a messMy volunteers won't step upMy Pastor doesn't back me Then yes, by these standards, failure is easy to...
Tips For Volunteer Training: Thinking Inside The Board Game Box
I read an article the other day called "How To Teach Someone A Board Game". It is a simple, short article; but I think if we borrowed the tips from this article we could teach our ministry volunteers faster, with less mistakes, and with a...
Spice Up Your Youth Ministry Game Night With Dice Spice
Are you looking for an inexpensive way to spice up your youth ministry games? Dice Spice is here to help you. Dice Spice is the new, fun, and printable game for your whole youth ministry. I created this game because I wanted high...
How I Plan On Dealing With The Miley Issue With My Youth Ministry
Whenever we have a kurfuffle like "What should we do with a believer behaving badly?" we have some choices: 1. Ignore it. The problem with choice is that a chunk of our students are not ignoring it and they are looking how we respond to it....
What If You Were Georgia Tech Passionate?
I saw this video this morning and now want to go to Georgia Tech. I don't want to go to Georgia Tech to be an engineer. I want to go to Georgia Tech because of this guy who addresses the incoming freshman at Georgia Tech (and maybe because he said...
Avoiding “Game Rage” in Youth Ministry
Pic Source I played some games with my almost 14 year old son this weekend. The game we played was called Summoner Wars and it's a fun strategy card and dice game. It is a new game, to us, and so we played three times over the weekend, I...
Defining “The Win” In Youth Evangelism
I used to be pretty radical, to the point of earning the nickname "Turner Burn". I was loud be not very successful in winning other to Christ. I didi take much pride in my loudness though. I defined the "win" in evangelism as "you...
What Kind of Game Are You Playing In Youth Ministry?
I have been a gamer for a long time. I loved video games growing up but have shifted to table top games and board games. As I explored the world of games beyond chess and monopoly, I learned there were different kinds of games. There are...
Youth Ministry: You Play To Win “The Game”
Some people will not appreciate this post because they think I am reducing youth ministry or ministry to a game. That is not my intent but rather to make similarities between ministry and games or gaming. As pastors, (and all Christians) we...
You May Not Want To Be A Leader If….
Link to photo You might not want to be a leader if... You don't like criticism. You don't want to come early and stay late. You don't like risk. You want everyone to like you. You'd rather be the star of the show. You'd rather sleep late. You'd...
My Shocking Discovery During My One Day Social Media Fast
On Sunday, our Pastor asked us to consider fasting media on Wednesday. He was specifically talking about social media, unless he knows a bunch of people in our church struggling with reading too many books. I knew what he meant. I have done...
Why I Love Doing You Tube Videos For Youth Workers
If you have never seen any of my You Tube videos let me share what they are about. I have 4 Playlists on my YouTube Channel. Real Time Training: Tips and Tricks For Youth Workers - When I get an idea or think about principle that may help...
Great Emotional Highs Are Often Followed By Great Lows
Pic Credit: For me, finding emotional balance is like log rolling while juggling chainsaws. I just came back from possibly one of the most exhilarating weeks of my life, preaching to hundreds of kids, to a very quiet office. The silence is...
Hello Campers: Post Life For Youth Camp Reflections
If you are a regular subscriber or reads of my blog, I apologize for my absence. I have been speaking this week at the best camp in the world, Life For Youth Camp. It is the camp where I found Christ, found my wife, and found a life. So, if you...
The Disciple Project OUTREACH MANUAL
HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR DECAYING YOUTH MEETING INTO A FLOURISHING CITY-WIDE MOVEMENT