You Don’t Need New Lipstick, You Need A New “Pig”

You Don’t Need New Lipstick, You Need A New “Pig”

Have you heard the saying, “You can put lipstick on a pigs snout, but it’s still a pig?” This phrase is in reference to dressing up an ugly situation hoping you can disguise it, hiding all it’s flaws. Let’s be honest, when it comes to...
Six Simple Truths of Communication Every Pastor Should Follow

Six Simple Truths of Communication Every Pastor Should Follow

  Youth Ministry in Motion Podcast Episode 68 Show Notes I was listening to one of my favorite new podcasts, Everything Happens with Kate Bowler (Teacher at Duke Divinity School)  with one of my favorite actors, Alan Alda (M.A.S.H, Same Time Next Year, and The...
Youth Ministry Revival Requires Relentlessly Poking The Fire

Youth Ministry Revival Requires Relentlessly Poking The Fire

This is my ninth, and final, post in my series 9 WaysTo Dynamically Revive Your Youth Ministry. You can click here to start at the beginning. When I give you ideas and tactics for reviving your youth ministry, I make some assumptions. I assume you are praying. I...
Letting Parents Power Your Youth Youth Ministry

Letting Parents Power Your Youth Youth Ministry

This is my eighth post in my series The 9 Dynamic Ways To Revive Your Youth Ministry. You can start the series HERE  I can remember a parent coming to me with a concern that middle school girls (of which she had one) was not getting enough attention. I responded,...