In the play, SWEAT by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lynn Nottage, change is coming for workers at a steel tubing plant. That’s tough to do in a town like Reading, where so much pride is tied up in the past. Nottage says whenever she met someone in Reading, she always asked them: How would you describe…
Are there some things you are looking to change in your youth ministry? Then you’ve come to the right place, because I want to help you set the stage for the changes you want to make before the curtain goes up for the big reveal. The spark for this episode was something Chuck Todd said,…
I’m afraid. And if we were honest, we’d all say we are afraid. A youth pastor’s fears are many. Fear of trying something new changing something old retiring a volunteer changing camps and a host of other things you know you should do, but don’t because you are afraid of the backlash from parents, kids,…
You can say it’s not perfect and be correct. You can say its not ready and be incorrect. This is the big question, right? How will I know when it’s ready? How will I know when this message will be ready to share? How will I know when this program is ready to launch? How…
Here’s the link to the list of the 30 best podcasts on the planet. There are a lot of great podcasts on this list and I am humbled to be on it at all let alone number one. Thank you for the honor of serving you. My friend Chad Higgins who is one of the…
Some episodes you just have to let roll, and this is one of those episodes. My guest Jason Mayfield and I talk about money, ministry and side hustles because many youth workers do not make a fair wage for their labor. You could use a few extra bucks in your pocket and we want to…
I only make one announcement a the beginning of the podcast and that is about my new book The Youth Ministry Playbook available as a physical book, a pdf or a bundle of five. That’s it, onward. Well, it only took 89 episodes but I finally get to use the word farts when talking about…
This may be the most important interview I have done on this podcast because of the times we live in. Crisis seems to be an everyday event in the life of a teen, but Jim Hancock is here to share how we can help them through it. Check out Jim’s one page Crisis Sheets at…
Greetings youth workers, I hope you’re having a great morning, afternoon or evening depending on when you’re listing to this. It’s good to be back with you. If you’re new to the podcast, thanks for checking it out. I post at least once a month, some times two depending on time, etc. But this fall,…
“Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” – attributed to Confucius That is the foundation of this episode of the Youth Ministry in Motion podcast. Not only do we need to shorten the distance between a student’s conversion and them…
