I celebrated a birthday on Sunday and it was like every other birthday filled with family and birthday wishes from friends on FB.. As I march toward the big 50 I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned. If you’re older than me you probably learned these things already but you are welcome to…
I just read a blog post by Brooklyn Lindsey called What’s The Reason. It’s an article about why we choose youth ministry. Here are the two questions she asked and my answers. Why do you do what you do? I am in the same boat. I, along with my long suffering wife, are celebrating 30…
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 see if this death was accidental or if…
Did you guess the E Word? Did you think the E word was Evangelism? Exhortation? Espresso? All fine guesses and two of the three are correct, in a way, because the E-Word is Engagement. In fact, if you offer me Espresso I will also be fully engaged. Pastor Carey Nieuwhof recently wrote a post called…
Last year I had the privilege of interviewing Cassandra Smith on my YouTube channel about her book Letters to God. You can watch the interview HERE. She recently put out a companion four week curriculum book, Project Restored, to help students talk about and talk through some of the pain they have experienced in…
If you are a regular reader here, welcome back. Today I am offering a brief reminder to my fellow Pentecostal youth worker friends of why they should not back away from our faith distinctive. If you are a guest, welcome! I think you can still get something from this article in regards…
Our responsibility as adult believers and our role as youth workers, Sunday School teachers,, Pastors, or small groups leaders is to disciple people, to help them in their walk with Christ. These words from the Apostle Paul give us a clear five part strategy for engaging and leading, especially students, to a God honoring life.…
Brian Aaby wrote post challenging youth workers to answer five questions about their youth ministry. Most of the time I see questions like these and I give them a passing glance and move on, but not today. Today I thought I’d pick up the five question gauntlet he threw down and answer, to the best…
After two months without a computer I cannot get back to a steady flow of posts and it could not happen at a better time. Two months ago I joined the Lead Small Book Club and downloaded the study guide. The study is based on the book Lead Small: Creating a Lead Small…
Community, by definition, is A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government. The district or locality in which such a group lives. A group of people having common interests. All of these definitions sound so clinical don’t they? They embrace all the qualities of a hospital waiting room. I…
