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Recently, I had a conversation with another youth worker about the vague phrases used in the church today. I think it was the first time I was able to articulate something that has been stuck in my head for a long time. I don’t like vague, and I don’t think vague is affective. Let me…
I just read this post over at World’s Apart. So good. If you have been in ministry, heck if you have ever seen a church, go read this post! Link      
I just read a post over at Youth Ministry 360 that started my wheels turning. Jason Curry says it well: “There is a major difference between a student who is trying to live a life that is “not-influenced” and a student who is living their life “to influence.” The two couldn’t be more opposite.” What…
I just read this on another blog, and got permission to share it. From Andrew Root: “Andrew Root (photo by Courtney Perry) Hello Youth Ministry friends, I’m sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled blog reading, but I have broken into transmission to offer you an opportunity. I wanted to get before you the chance to…
I love looking at people’s desk and seeing what is there and how they are working. This is my desktop right now without any tidying up. Around from the top: black speaker (cambridgeworks), Jade plant, wild sage candle given to me from Cathy at Christmas (never burned), Barnes and Noble card, black ink pen, phone, stapler,…
One thing has been pervasive for several years in the youth ministry I serve. The leaders will get to know kids well enough to be honest and insightful with the youth about their lives. When you only have 15 kids max, it is easy to get into kids lives. What that looks like and what…
I just came across the Youth Ministry 360 blog. I can’t believe I am just now discovering these guys. And they love the Xbox 360 just like me! Anyway, they have a great article about how we see ourselves as youth workers and the roles that we get caught up in. They even have a…
I just read a blog post by Matt Cleaver and thought, “What a great idea!” It always surprises me, though it shouldn’t, when I see someone else doing something that I do and thought I was an outcast for. I haven’t been a strong user of pre-packaged lessons and have tended to use books that…
I am preparing for a new lesson series for the youth here. We have been tackling identity and formation for three years. I keep trying to leave it, but they continue to cling to a couple of foundational ideas. What I want to move onto is how to become the awesome creation that we are…
I just read the intro to the Youth Worker Journal where Chap Clark gives his views on discipleship. He starts his thoughts quoting how Gordon McDonald angered him twenty years ago with the phrase “teenage discipleship doesn’t happen.” I guess I am much like Chap, because I have the same response to his post. I’m…
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