I will be turning 46 this Saturday and will have been a Youth Pastor for over half my life. Although I have enjoyed my time as a Youth Pastor, but as with anyone with a singular focus in life, A scientist working on a cure. A teacher who’s married to their class. A politician…
I read a great article the other day from Fast Company called Simple, Direct, Honest, Personal, And Blunt: How The 5-Word Performance Review Works Wonders By: Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield (Warning the CEO from Kayak.com, whom they interview, has a potty mouth) I think this might be a cool tool to use…
Pic source Last night I got on a it of rant on Twitter. Part of it was reflection of my own status in life and part of it was my distaste for mediocrity in general. Here is my rant from Twitter: @paulturnertoo We should stop giving out attendance awards in elementary school because in…
Happy Martin Luther King Day to you. On this day we remember not only a great speech but a better dream. MLK’s speech was not a list of How To’s or upcoming events MLK wanted to have in order to enact a civil rights law. He shared his dream and that’s all it took. If…
Let me begin by saying, I am totaling ripping off the title to one of my favorite business podcasts of late called Fizzle. I must warn you though, if you listen, it will have some salty language sprinkled through-out. That being said, the podcast rocked my world in two ways. 1. It made me think…
Link to photo You might not want to be a leader if… You don’t like criticism. You don’t want to come early and stay late. You don’t like risk. You want everyone to like you. You’d rather be the star of the show. You’d rather sleep late. You’d rather rely on yourself rather on God.…
I do not normally post on Saturday but Ryan Latham made me. I’m just kidding. Ryan is closing out our week on Planning posts with a challenge to look back on last year to see if we can learn from the past to forge the future. Enjoy. I just got out of a meeting…
You’ve just spent a few hours or a few days planning your fall program. To make this planning time valuable you have to execute these plans otherwise it was wasted time. Today’s blog post deals with getting things done so that the plans you have made do not go to waste. Make your phone calls…
I think anything worth learning is worth processing. This is why I am taking a few days to unpack these conference thoughts and apply it to a youth ministry and life context. Another reason I am braking it down is because many you have not been to a conference, of any kind, in a…
Super-bug viruses are powerful and deadly. Doctors are frantically trying to keep up with how it spreads, where it is spreading, and it’s make up to come up with a shot that will counteract it. Equally as powerful and deadly is the super bug called Negativity and it can take team out quick. Let’s…
