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Asking is the Scary Part
I recently watched a TEDTalk by Amanda Palmer. She is a musician and artist. She gives away her music for free and trusts her fans. That is pretty scary stuff. What if her fans say no? She shares about several instances where she would tweet out...
Fighting The Resistance: Challenging Teens To Share
Have you ever come back from a retreat, camp, or event where God moved powerfully and then were met with resistance when asking kids to share their experience? Yeah, I've been there too, but recently I have tried to head off the...
Taking Time To Redefine
This product probably tastes like it was named, but I love when a name matches of something matches it's purpose. Like the plunger. It plunges into the toilet and does it's magic so i do not have to. O.k. that may be a poor example, considering the...
Avoiding Buzzer Beaters In Youth Ministry
Tis' the season for buzzer beaters. I love watching buzzer beaters, but I don't want to ever be in a situation where the game is down to one shot. Like this latest one. The clock is always ticking in youth ministry (and life) the clock in...
10 Ways To Look Positively At Your Youth Ministry
I am tired of that negative voice in my head. Do you know the one? The one that makes you second guess your efforts? Make you wonder if you or you're youth meeting had any impact? These kind of thoughts make you wonder whether you're good enough,...
Living Your Oscar Speech
photo credit: http://in.socialtimes.me/articles/2013-01-11/official-oscar-app-launched-on-android-and-amazon I watched about half of the Oscars, after The Walking Dead of course. and I reflected on some of the speeches. I love Jennifer...
*Making Disciples May Take Longer Than You Think (and other warnings)
An asterisk appears when someone wants to let you know something important like someone collaborated on writing this song there is a special warning about this product there is special information you need to know about this step The...
Making Youth Ministry A House Of Stories
I love games. Not just youth group games but table top games of all kinds. I recently listened to a podcast from Plaid Hat Games where they discussed emergent narrative in games. According to the podcast "emergent narrative is a story that is...
Breaking The Curse In Our Community
We recently broke a 10 year curse in our community, I call it a curse because, Psalm 133:1 says, "A song of ascents. Of David. How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!" if it is good and pleasant when we dwell in unity then...
12 Best Ways You Can Invest $5 In Your Youth Ministry
Have you heard of Fiverr? Fiverr is a simple service that allows artists and some crazy people who are willing to provide services for $5.00. I think this site is awesome for youth ministry because there are so many little things a youth...
The Funniest Bible Study I’ve Ever Written For $5
I recently joined a service called Fiverr.com. It's a place where you can make your services available for a fiverr or five buck per "gig". One of the "gigs" I offer is "I will write a Bible Study for you" for $5. I got a hit from a youth...
Making Our Youth Ministries Buzz-Worthy
We could ask "What is the most most buzz worthy thing you've done in your youth ministry that got the whole town talking?" but News Flash: The landscape has been expanded to the Digital Universe. Anyone in your town, another town, and the rest of...
12 “Love” Songs On My Youth Ministry Play List
For those who have youth tonight, I thought I share my Valentines Play List with you. This is our intro music which stats getting played 15 minutes before service. Made to Love (Telemetry Remix) Toby Mac I Give My Love - Press Play Define Love -...
SEO Search Says Youth Discipleship Is Not In High Demand
I did some SEO (search engine optimization) searching yesterday, looking for key words and such for youth ministry. Here is what I discovered. In searching for youth ministry key words, to help youth workers find posts they are looking for online,...
My Three Day Social Media Fast
Social Media Fast Day 1 It's the day after my social media fast. What you are reading is the culmination of these three days. I decided to not post nay blogs for the past few day because fasting social media would prevent me from...
The Disciple Project OUTREACH MANUAL
HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR DECAYING YOUTH MEETING INTO A FLOURISHING CITY-WIDE MOVEMENT