I have to admit. I am a little behind schedule when it comes to getting my calendar out to parents. It was a super busy January and February has been all about nailing down the the dates. If you want to see MY calendar you are welcome to download mine HERE. The questions is, what…
On it’s face it sounds like a stupid question. “Of course we should be reaching sinners, that is what the church is for!” But I have had too much experience in reaching sinners to know that too many saints or too many sinners changes the programming of a youth ministry, gets us in trouble either…
Yesterday we talked about our attachment to hurts and, like material objects, we have a tough time getting rid of them. Hurts, wounds, and offenses keep some people alive. If it were not for hurts, wounds, and offenses, some people would have nothing to talk about or blog about. A former pastor of mine use…
Easter is right around the corner and I like to use music, in addition to scripture, to reflect on what Christ has down for us. Here are my top 10 favorite Easter Songs I’ll have on cue this week. The Easter Song By Keith Green I love the stripped down, piano only and vocals…
Pic link I am adopted. Now, this is not a phrase you can add, “and I am proud of it!” to it. I had no choice. I was left by my birth parents at the hospital and some time in the next few months I was adopted. I had great parents who fed me,…
This morning I woke up with my usual Wednesday night youth program hangover. It was a long night, but last night felt longer than most because of the news I received. We are in week three of what I call the Disciple Project, three months of fine tuned Wednesdays, and this week was a SERVE…
I am using Story Cubes with my youth ministry to help kids get into story mode about sharing their faith, but there are other ways to use them in your ministry as well. Here’s the original video where I talk about Story Cubes Three Ways You Can Use Story Cubes in Your Youth Ministry 1.…
I quit a lot, at least mentally, I quit my job, my life, etc. multiple times a day but I am getting better at “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;” The spirit of quit is…
Just about all shoot’em up games offer a story mode in their menu. In Story Mode you get to sit a while, play through the story, and find potential easter eggs (special hidden features within the game) as you go. The other option is for kids to jump right into the actions and just start blasting way online…
This is a comment I posted in response to Ryan Handley’s post on being remarkable and thought I’d share it as a personal point of frustration with my own view of the youth ministry world. I think I used to think remarkable was being flashy or over the top in some way. Although doing…
