I love mission trips; but they can be so hard and so draining that I’m temped to put them in the rear view mirror and move on to something easier. I resist this temptation by understanding that our mission trip is not over when we pull into the church parking...
Seth Godin’s post give 7 questions anyone should follow if they are interested in reaching the people in their neighborhood. Some people want to reach people in their neighborhood with a product, a promotion, an event, or a service. I and my youth ministry...
I happen to see this ad for a youth pastor and I don’t like it. The first half of the ad went through the entire history of the church, the progress of the city it was founded in Zzzzzzzzzzzz, Hey! Wake up, I’m writing here. See what I mean. I don’t...
Picture source Summer is a great time to gain momentum. It’s also a great time to lose it too. In my recent Mentor Me Monday video shared five small ways to shift momentum in your youth ministry. Take a look and, if you’d like to get videos like this in...
Sounds morbid doesn’t it? You have a “dead” youth ministry and you want to know what or who killed it. Mostly, we want to know if we were the “killer”. In the midst of a suspicious death you have to look for clues and evidence to...
