With just a few days left in 2017, I’ve been thinking of the New Year’s resolutions that I want to work on in my own life in 2018. I want to spend more alone time with God every day. I want to write my friends and family more letters. I want to take time to […]
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3 Lessons Teens Can Learn from Spider-Man
Spidey is back, raking in rave reviews as the summer sequel to see!! As a youth leader, it should warm your heart that a teenaged Spider-Man in the awkward fits and starts of learning the ropes about how to rescue others is impressing movie critics and fans alike. But this superhero movie gives us more […]
How to Help Students Learn to Be Wise
Our students live in an age where information comes at them like a firehose. Every day, Google’s search engine is tapped 6 billion times. Facebook messages are posted 4.3 billion times. Four million hours of content are uploaded to YouTube. Each day. If your teenagers can ask Siri anything…why do they need you, their fearless […]
4 Simple Steps for Modeling Personal Outreach
You’re a youth leader. A leader of youth. But can you effectively lead if you aren’t walking the walk yourself? Not really. You can’t expect your students to follow you down the Gospel Advancing Ministry road, if you’re apathetic about reaching out in your own circle of influence. Which is why Value #3 of a Gospel Advancing Ministry is: “Leaders fully embrace […]
How to Gospelize Transformers: The Last Knight
The Transformers sci-fi autobots’ unstoppable CGI saga will once again invade a theatre near you this summer. The latest installment of this blockbuster franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight, centers on destruction (surprise, surprise!) and redemption. And this time, the key to saving the future lies buried in the past. Humans and transformers are at war and the unfolding adventure yields a colossal struggle between good and evil. The last, great […]
8 Great Summer Outreach Ideas
Ahhh…Summer! The sweet, lazy, dog days of summer are just around the corner. Why do we call them “dog days”? Is it because dogs (and teenagers) tend to lie around in the summer heat doing as little as possible? As a youth leader, it’s all too easy to inadvertently fall into a pattern of slacking […]
