Luther Seminary continues to put out quality research related to youth ministry. I got to participate in one of the webinars they have just developed to make this research accessible to the average church leader called the Exemplary Youth Ministry Online Seminar. In this one-hour seminar they go over the basics of the Exemplary Youth […]
The Positive Side of the One-Eared Mickey Mouse
If you’ve been in youth ministry for any length of time, you have probably heard of the one-eared Mickey Mouse (surprisingly, I couldn’t find a suitable picture online and didn’t feel like making one myself, so hopefully you are familiar with it). For years now we have spoken out against creating a separate “youth church” […]
Supervising Youth Ministry Interns: Suggestions
I was very impressed with the quality of suggestions left in the comments section of yesterday’s post. Really, you should go and read every single one of them. They were all well thought out, insightful, and helpful. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond. Most of the comments were quite long (in […]
Supervising Youth Ministry Interns
On Sunday, our first youth ministry intern arrives in town and will start his first official day on the job on Tuesday. Obviously, I have a rough game plan, but I’ve never really done this before, so I’m sort of making this up as I go. Hopefully I will be able to post some insights […]
Summer Blog Schedule
Since I’ve started this goal of posting at least once per day since April I’ve come up with quite a few different ideas for posts and series that I think might create some good discussion. The problem is, summer is upon us. For those of us in youth ministry summer usually means one thing: unpredictability. […]
I Would Love to Read Your Blog If…
So, I tried writing a blog post to give some suggestions to people with a youth ministry blog some things I look for. However, I took the negative approach and said what I don’t like in a blog, which ended up coming off kind of pompous and haughty. So, at the request of Laura, I’ve […]
I Won’t Read Your Blog If…
[UPDATE 5/14/09: So, I’m not sure this post ended up coming out quite like I hoped. If you feel like this reads like I’m up on a high horse wanting you to cater to me, please read my thoughts in the comments section. Thanks.] I’ve been perusing the blogosphere quite a bit lately as I […]
Ministry vs. Personal Bible Study
Yesterday on the Youth Min Blog Doug posted a good article about how to approach success in youth ministry. He focused in on the personal aspect of youth ministry success, saying, “I believe one of the most important ways we evaluate the effectiveness of our ministry begins with us and our faithfulness,” and I totally […]
Big Changes at the National Youth Workers Convention
Yesterday I participated in the webinar with Youth Specialties president Mark Ostreicher about the significant changes happening at the National Youth Workers Convention this year, all of which get me pretty excited. If you missed the conversation you can watch the video by clicking here. Apparently there are going to be more of these types […]
Further Thoughts on Youth Ministry Compensation
Yesterday I posted my thoughts on youth ministry compensation, and a lot of great discussion took place! I was trying to offer an alternative to approaching compensation as a cause and effect relationship where we get paid in order to complete certain tasks. Such a approach in ministry settings leaves a lot to be desired […]
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