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Are You Overly Sensitive?

In a recent post on YouthworkTalk.com author Phil Bell has his co-contributors offer their thoughts on what youth ministry needs less of in 2013...

When You Lose Motivation

It’s the beginning of a new year and it feels like everyone is motivated. People are inspired to work out, eat better, and pray more. It’s the idea...

How To Set Big Goals

When I started running my very first goal was to run a marathon. In my first attempt I passed out on the 24th mile, it was hard and disappointing....

How To Knock Off The Rust

A few days before Christmas I was hit with the flu. It wasn’t anything too serious; however, it had me tied to a couch with prayers of not dying....

Communication

Making The Transitions

Hard to believe I’ll be celebrating my 9th Christmas Eve Mass at Church of the Nativity. It’s amazing how time has flown by and even more incredible...

How To Write Better Small Group Questions

There is nothing more rewarding than sitting back during small group and listening to your teens dialogue. A few months ago I got to enjoy that for...

How To Have Fun In The Office

When I was in college I painted houses during the summer.  My first two years of doing this I worked for a woman who taught me a lot about prep…

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Surviving The Struggles

In the middle of a marathon a few years back, I really began to struggle. I was becoming drained physically, mentally, emotionally and even...

How Your Ideas Will Hurt The Ministry

A few years back I had immense lower back pain. It was in the midst of marathon training and I remember being concerned that this was a “SIGN” that I...

accountability

Why You Make Avoidable Mistakes

During the summers in between high school and college I made money painting houses. My boss was tough. She made me refold drop clothes that were not...

Give Them Big Opportunities

My church originally hired me as the middle school youth minister. My original responsibilities were pretty simple. I just needed to create and...

4 Steps To Mentoring Teens

After a long night of “studying” I remember wondering whether or not I would encounter Father B on my way back to the dorms. He was the residential...