Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
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...
No one likes failure. I hate the feeling it gives you. It takes away your self worth and confidence. However, failure can also help you grow as a...
Last night we had one of our students give her testimony. It was raw and honest. It was powerful. You could tell that she was nervous about sharing...
I had to make a hard decision the other day. This past Sunday night our youth ministry was faced with making the decision to cancel our gathering...
My wife and I went to the movies the other night expecting to see one of those big blockbuster films that are getting all the Oscar attention. But,...
I cringe every time I go back into the archives to review a past message. They were so bad and it was a wonder that I didn’t get fired. My…
Before I was a youth minister I was a case manager at a clinic in the city. It was a cool gig, the only downside was my office. There were…
In the middle of a message the other week I kept hearing a, “Rat ta tat tat” from the back of the crowd of middle school students. I did my…
The idea of running my first 26.2 miles was intimidating. I remember driving the course in my car the day before the race to get a scope of what it…
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...
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...
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....
