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It’s been a crazy and full Summer for me on many fronts. Has it been for you? Have you taken time to reflect and evaluate? I take some time (while on the road, sorry for the added road and engine [...]

It’s Camp Season. Be intentional with it. In part 3 I take time to answer your Camp Questions you submitted. Sponsors: DYM University. If you haven’t, jump in on this online volunteer training [...]

It’s Camp Season. Be intentional with it. In part 2 I walk through some specific things we’ve done with Camps to move toward our four goals with Camp that I outlined on Episode 41. For Episode 43 [...]

It’s Camp Season. Be intentional with it. For this episode and the next two I will share some of what we do with Summer Camps. This one is all about our 4 goals with our Camps, how we landed on [...]

Two Thoughts. One Question. On Prayer. I take some time to reflect on the amount of situations and stories surrounding youth ministers leaving their church or losing their job over the past few [...]

Wait, can I be both an advocate for longevity in youth ministry and encourage those youth pastors who make the transition to senior pastor? Yup! Enjoy a conversation with Andrew Larsen who made [...]

Longest episode yet, and it’s talking about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I made a commitment for 2019 to re-watch every MCU movie, then realized I might as well do this leading into Avengers: [...]

Every once in a while I’m going to highlight attitudes and/or actions that can stunt or kill longevity in youth ministry or at the same church. Today I focus in on The Big 3; three things that, [...]

My story is about longevity in youth ministry and at the same church, but what happens when staying at the same church is not an option? How do you transition well and keep in youth ministry for [...]

I put a call out on Instagram for some questions, and I got some great ones, so this episode walks through the following: -What responsibilities do you give middle school students in your [...]