What If I Told You I Had 500 Students?

    Let me clear, I do no have 500 students. But what if I did? Would it change your perception of me? Would you read my blog more? E-mail me for success tips? Try to be my best friend? Buy me coffee? Call me to chat? Hate my guts? I don’t have 500...
Youth Ministry Reality: Our Public Life and Private Struggles

Youth Ministry Reality: Our Public Life and Private Struggles

With so many stories lately of famous people committing suicide (Chris Cornell from Soundgarden, Chester Bennington from Linkin Park)  and hundreds more with no fame at all, I thought it was important to share some of my journey with depression with you. When I say...
My 5 Principles For Leaving A Legacy

My 5 Principles For Leaving A Legacy

Youth Ministry is not just something we do in a church setting, it’s something we do everywhere there are young people. You can be legacy builders and never be full time youth pastors. Parents, teachers, plumbers, camp counselors, whoever loves students can be a...

Legacy Building In Student Ministry

I recently spoke at Life For Youth Camp, the camp I received Christ at when I was 13 years old, and my mind was blown. Here’s the first mind-blower, I had five girls attending camp this summer who were aging out, they would not be able to come back. All of them...

What It Takes To Be Generous

  Generosity is a gift and a skill. It’s something we all have the ability to  do and get better at. Giving  our praise, c comment, a thumbs up, a retweet, a share, a shout out, a pin, etc. are all things we can do if we want to. So, how come we are not...