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 Lead Small: Creating a Lead Small…
What does it look like in your church to get something approved? Paperwork? Meetings? Yelling? Let’s narrow this down a bit. Would your board or Pastor approve of the way you are making disciples? Could you get your current method approved? One more. What if the Apostle Paul were on your board? Would he…
What will you be reading this year? Probably some new books and articles. Which blogs are you going to read to help equip you to do what God has gifted you to do? Which blogs will you read to give you encouragement when you’re down or to give you courage when you need to take…
At the first of the year I posted 14 questions that were on my “to do” list as far as digging deeper into why we do what we do and how can we get better as a youth ministry. Well, it’s the end of the year and it’s time to see how well I did…
We’d be better off Just heard and was refreshed about Chris Conte’s matter of fact comments about trading the experience of playing football for a taking 10-15 years off his life span. “I’d rather have the experience of playing and, who knows, die 10, 15 years earlier than not be able to play in…
Welcome to my 400th blog post! I never thought it would happen but I’m glad it did. Thank you all who read my scribblings and I hope to write 400 more in 2015. Please tell me how I can best serve you and you youth ministry. I am reflecting on my time at the…
I recently read a new found article written by science fiction writer Sir Issac Asimov on creativity and this quote stuck out to me If a single individual present is unsympathetic to the foolishness that would be bound to go on at such a session, the others would freeze. The unsympathetic individual may be a…
I can’t help it. My brain is in 2015. This has been a great year for our youth ministry so I am not trying to get through with it but I am anticipating what God is going to do. I asked the good people on Facebook’s Youth Leaders Only to give me one word that…
Do you remember the movie Dave from 1993. It stars Kevin Kline as a presidential look alike drafted into impersonating the real President who has had a stroke. It’s a wonderful movie. Dave is just an ordinary guy put in an extra-ordinary situation because of his familiar look of a powerful man. The President’s wife…
I’ve had this list for some time. How long? Before I updated it, it had MySpace as an option. If you are needing some new ways to promote your event or maybe you’ve forgotten a few you should be doing, this check list is here to help 35 Ways To Promote Your Next Event Questions…
