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September 8, 2014
The Return from Summer Break
As some of you may have noticed, I took the month of August (plus a few weeks) “off” for a summer holiday. You probably just sat around the entire month...
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July 28, 2014
After the Summer Mission Trip: Keep your Students Plugged-IN
Every year around 4 million Americans participate on short-term cross-cultural mission trips or service projects. Slightly less than half of those are youth groups. Multiple research projects, including two of...
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July 16, 2014
The “30-2-9″ Principle to Improve Your Listening
Kel and I have been doing some coaching in her field on professional skills. The sessions have prompted a few blog posts, like one on helpful phrases young leaders can...
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July 13, 2014
Youth Ministry: Superhero Ability Not Required to be Heroic
I love taking my college students to the National Youth Workers Convention when possible. The NYWC is a fantastic and strategic event by Youth Specialties that brings together a wide...
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July 6, 2014
3 Social Skills that Leave Others Hungry for More
Leadership is often defined as influence. In fact, I think I once used that definition. However, if I used my arms and shoved you, I could still call that “influence”...
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June 30, 2014
3 Tips to Improve your Youth Ministry Speaking [Video] – a refresh
Often when we speak to youth we can get stuck. You know what I mean. No matter how many years we’ve been in youth ministry, there are just those moments. ...
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June 26, 2014
Wrapping up Another Research Project: Exploring Scripture Engagement with InterVarsity USA
In May 2014 I received a call from InterVarsityUSA about two projects they wanted to do. They were looking for someone who had a background in research (particularly qualitative research)...
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June 23, 2014
3 Assumptions you need to Address Before You Teach
I stood up in front of the auditorium, my first moment teaching in a national setting. Diving in to my first seminar, the previous months of preparation and polish gave...
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June 16, 2014
Maybe we do need a creative “kick” in youth ministry!
Recently I spoke with an interviewer about youth ministry in America. For one question, he asked about exemplar youth groups and I provided a few names of youth groups that...
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June 13, 2014
When We Worship Leaders Mess With People’s Stories
I remember coming home from church one day and, as we prepared lunch, saying that we should probably retire the worship chorus “Inside Out” and let it go the way...
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