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...
I broke my newsletter the other day. I sent out my usual weekly Youth Ministry Round Up and received notice, from Mailchimp, that I had a very high rate of unsubscribes. Boy, did I. Over 100! Here’s how I think it happened. I was late on last weeks YM Round Up...
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...
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...
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,...