Photo Credit: Welcome to my 200th post!! I never thought I would get here. I was lazy, uninspired, and, well, lazy. But, since January, I made the commitment to write five days a week. Five days straight, Monday through Friday. To celebrate this land mark event, I am giving aways free music. You could win…
I recently had a student text me who had not been in youth for a while. It was a random text. he said, “I am bringing a few friends to church Wednesday. They feel judged at their other church.” This random text reminds me of the the Dos Equis Commercial ” I don’t normally…
I watched the documentary Indie Game on Netflix (warning, it has potty words) this weekend and walked away with a cool quote, in three parts, about creating something personal, It comes from Jonathan Blow, a game designer, “Part of it (game creation) is about not trying to be professional, like a lot of people come…
It is so easy to get caught up in our job of youth ministry and all but forget why we do what we do. I recently read an article by Lisa Earle Mcleod called Why Purpose Matter: Four Business Reasons and One Emotional One, and one quote, which deals with a biotech company and it’s…
I recently did a session for our kids ministry about the building blocks of outreach. Each principle builds upon another. Feel free to use this session with your leaders Outreach Building Blocks 1. Passion drives everything. Key Questions Why did you get involved with this program? Tell me your story? That story drives everything you…
I’ll say it again. I never believed in competing with my brothers and sisters in Christ. It was never my group vs theirs or my calling vs their calling. We are not called to be competitors but rather to be competitive. You have to ask yourself why you need to stay competitive in the youth…
“Where is everyone tonight?” “I think a lot of them went over at First Church to their outreach.” “Man, what is going on?!” Ever have this conversation before or after a youth meeting? I know youth workers like to say they are not in competition with their brothers and sisters in Christ, and they are…
This is Part II of my interview with Youth Pastor and Risk Taker Mark Cox. You can read part I here How did the students, leaders, parents, and pastor respond to your wanting to change things? Right off the bat, there were mixed reviews. Don’t get me wrong; a lot of people were supporters of…
Our gigantic youth ministry experiment commences tomorrow night. Can’t wait to see what happens!- Tweet from Mark Cox 9:11 PM Aug 24th via web This is the tweet that was that catalyst for the following interview. I love it when youth pastors take risks. I hate it when other youth pastors see other youth pastors take…
