accountability

Do You Have Solidarity With Your Volunteers?

It felt like people were conspiring against me. It was another email from a volunteer saying, “I can’t make it, something came up.” I was ready to...

adult discipleship

What’s Your Discipleship Path?

The other day someone on staff asked, “What our discipleship path?” In other words, “How are we growing disciples at our church?” It’s a challenging...

conflict

Make Meetings More Than A Meeting

If you need to meet with me make it worth my time.  I’m a meeting snob, because I have little margin and do not want it compromised.  I want to…

Your Rebuild Mode For Your Youth Ministry

With the Superbowl done and the NFL season over, many teams are in the midst of that dreaded region known as “Rebuilding Mode.” Every team has...

What To Do With Cliques

Cliques are bad right? I mean there has to be something wrong when a group of teenagers are hanging out in the corner not aware of others. Or, is...

Basic Traits For Small Groups

I’m often asked by other youth ministers, “What are the traits of your small group program?” Small groups sound simple, yet they’re messy. And...

The Need For Instant Results

“Refresh, refresh, refresh!” I don’t have cable so once in a while I have to watch my teams play on my phone. I want the instant results of each...

How To Create A Message Map

There have been more times than I can count when I’ve just stared at the screen not knowing what to write. This is frustrating as a communicator. You...

Safeguards To Staying Simple

It was no where near simple. Some of my volunteers were spending hours trying to put together the “BEST GAME EVER”. In the end it was the most...

accountability

What A Leader Needs To Give Their Team

In Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 I Have A Dream Speech he gave a nation of men and women a vision of what could happen. Great leaders are people who...

accountability

Check Your Ego

I was once asked, “What are you trying to prove?”. My immediate response was, “Nothing.” and then I paused. Was that true? Was I trying to prove a...

accountability

What To Do With Teens In Crisis

I usually do not pick up my phone on Friday nights, but this time was different.  It was a coworker explaining to me that there was a teen in crisis…