Vanity meaningless a chasing after the wind Are all themes of the book of Ecclesiastes and only now am I realizing that this also applies to youth ministry. When I read verses like And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control...
I was reading a blog post by Bernadette Jiwa, she starts with this question, If you had to pick one thing you need more of in order to succeed what would that be? If you are a youth worker, and I hope you are, you may be tempted to say, “more students” ,...
I saw an interesting post on Twitter, it said, “Have you ever seen a church within a church?” Book reviewer Melissa Harrison saw something that blew her away, “MATES MATES something brilliant just happened, well I found something brilliant, and I...
I’ve been mentoring students for a long time, but there are three practices which are foundational to each mentoring relationship I enter into. These are the three legs to my mentoring stool, Listening, Opportunity, and Failure These three words make the...
“One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.” — John C. Maxwell This is a great definition of mentoring, and this kind of mentoring has been a huge part of my...
