I heard this morning about an older man, I knew from a former church, passing away. He had lost his wife many years earlier and never remarried. He was a godly man and will be missed. What I’ll miss about him, and men of his generation, was his resolve. Resolve is a word I like.…
Are You Busy? You may say , “Heck yeah! I’m up to my eyeballs in forms, paper work, programming, meetings, etc.”. These things are necessary, but not necessarily productive. Busy means we’re hiding from real work that matters. Busy means we’re in our comfort zone. Busy means we’re working hard to maintain the status quo.…
Last August I participated in 30 days of #VEDA which stands for Vlogging Every Day In August. This is sponsored by Amy Schmittauer over at SavvySexySocial. Well, it’s about to happen again in April and I need your help In August, I vlogged all 30 days on the iPhone app Periscope to get used to…
I recently learned I didn’t make The Top 30 Youth Ministry Blogs of 2015. Thing is, I wasn’t trying to make it and only slightly disappointed that I didn’t make it. Some of us have lists in our head we’d like to make Pastors Top 3 Favorite Staff Members Top 9 Hipster Beards Top 5…
When I create a post with the word “secret” in it, it get’s clicked. Why? We want to know the secret or hack to: life, business, marriage, parenting, and the list goes on. Secrets are something people want to charge us for and we pay it because we think we need to. People ask, “What’s your…
I am not opposed to youth ministry, just ineffective youth ministry. I’ve heard the most asinine discussions about youth ministry, mostly heard during a staff meeting and from senior pastors in particular. I had some rough kids in one of our youth ministries and had a senior pastor say “Can’t you tell them not to…
Since the writing of this Andy has since apologized on Twitter and gives a longer interview here on what he said and why he said. I knew it would all work out. 🙂 Andy’s already been put on the cross, called a heretic, a false prophet and an all around terrible person? Sorry Andy,…
I am always looking at new apps and how they may serve the local church. Anchor is my new obsession and I am trying to find a sweet spot to use it within my church. College and Career might be the right group for us, I’m still testing and I’ll get back to you on…
Have you ever wonder why there is no awards show for youth pastors? I mean we could give out some awards like Best Worship Pose Best Hipster Beard Best Game Player Best Talk Giver Best Organized But, alas, no award show has been created for us, or has there? You see, our awards or…
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 kids to share. What I…
