The Secret Plan Adversity Has For Your Life

The Secret Plan Adversity Has For Your Life

Some people run from adversity and others run into it.  – Gary Vaynerchuk  Adversity: from Old French adversite, from Latin adversitas, from advertere ‘turn toward.’ Most fo the time, I look at adversity at adversity as that thing that won’t let me have...
13 Soul Stretching Strategies To Combat The Numbers Game

13 Soul Stretching Strategies To Combat The Numbers Game

Is It All About The Numbers? Yes and No.  Numbers are always part of the equation if numeric growth is part of the vision. Youth Ministry is about relationships, the depth and feh quality of those relationships do not have to be hurt by paying attention to (not...
Why Being Different Is A Good Thing

Why Being Different Is A Good Thing

I want to talk about two kinds of different.  The first is a business kind of different.  In business they say,  We’re faster, we’re cheaper or we’re better. According to a Forbes magazine article, you should pick two. In fact, if you try to be all three, you’re just...
Perfect Is Messing Up Our Teens (And Us)

Perfect Is Messing Up Our Teens (And Us)

The pressure for teens to be perfect has escalated. According to an article in the Washington Post earlier this year, ” …perfectionism, is a mix of excessively high personal standards (“I have to excel at everything I do”) and intense self-criticism (“I’m...
A Youth Pastors Checklist For Leaving Your Church

A Youth Pastors Checklist For Leaving Your Church

It’s been several weeks now since I’ve left my youth pastor job to travel, speak, and write more, and I haven’t looked back. Regrets are killer and I happy to report that I have none. It was my time, my moment, and I took it. I couldn’t have...