How To Keep Up With Time

Courtesy of katerha/Creative Commons License Another Thanksgiving has past us. It’s feels like the Autumn is just flying by us in a hurry. Maybe this...

How To Talk To Your Teens About Money

Courtesy of Tax Credits/Creative Commons License This past weekend was called Stewardship Weekend for our church. It’s the one weekend a year when we...

Steps To Forming A Student Worship Band

Courtesy of grisha_21/Creative Commons License I’ll never forget the first time I went out to the Purpose Driven Youth Ministry Conference and saw...

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Who Is Pouring Into You?

Courtesy of kennymatic/ Creative Commons Licence Over a year ago I started co-leading a men’s small group. I wasn’t sure what my wife would think. I...

Where You Can Create Remarkable Experiences

Came across this video from Chick-fil-a. The purpose of the video was to “Remind us that everyone we interact with is a chance to create a remarkable...

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Changes In Marathon Youth Ministry

I’ve been blogging for a little over 7 years.  If you take a look at my first couple of posts you’ll notice two things: The Blog Was Called “Word At…

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Why Your Ministry Numbers Taper

Courtesy of Wikimania2009/Creative Commons License Kickoff weekend the place was filled, the next couple of weeks numbers leveled out, and now that...

Habits To Help Teens In Their Next Steps

Courtesy of Karen_O’D/Creative Commons Ran into a college student the other week. She was back in town because her school was evacuating for the...

Why Your Ministers Leave

Courtesy of randychiu/Creative Commons License I get a little sad when I think back to my early years of youth ministry, and realize that only a few...

Be A Leader Worth Following

Courtesy of David Paul Ohmer/Creative Commons License It’s always been interesting to me to see how certain leaders respond in moments of crisis....

Beware Of Christians: Movie Review

How are the students who are no longer in your ministry doing?  I think about a few of them from time to time, but only a few of them.  It’s…