Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
Last Friday I wrote a post about the importance of youth ministry mentoring. If you are new to youth ministry, mentoring will help you break into the...
Recently I wrote a post for Aaron Helman over at Smarter Youth Ministry regarding lessons that I’ve learned throughout the tenure of my youth...
After three years of youth ministry I had a hard conversation with my pastor and associate to the pastor. It was about the struggling high school...
Almost burned the house down the other day. It wasn’t like I was playing with matches, in fact, I was trying to cook a nice meal. Unfortunately, I...
Ministry is a big job, and it’s built upon a pile of diverse and crazy tasks that require a dozen different skill sets. None of us are born with a…
Like many people I was totally surprised by the Pope’s resignation this past Monday. To step away from a level of leadership takes a lot of courage....
I remember begging and pleading with my friends to come to my church’s youth ministry when I was in high school. I would do my best to persuade them...
In my first year of youth ministry I did something I rarely advise first time youth ministers to do. I MADE A BOLD MOVE. When I began in youth...
You never realize how valuable your team is until one of them leaves. It’s like losing a friend or breaking up with someone you love. Granted there...
I struggle with self-righteousness. That can be dangerous when you are a leader, especially a leader of young minds and hearts. My self-righteousness...
Thursday and Sundays are extremely long days followed by long nights for me. We have student programs for our teens on both those nights. Thursday...
A few days ago I came across a guest post on Michael Hyatt’s blog entitled Lessons From The Ordinary. The post was written by Skip Prichard and it...
