I am surprised by how willing I am to fight. Whenever I am wronged, I want to fight. I have a high justice value and I see the world as black and white so I have a natural bent to want to fight. I wish I could  keep my desire down. The thing I hate the most [...]

Nick Farr, who describes himself as an ‘everything pastor’ (you know, the guys who do a little of everything) wrote a fantastic post a couple of months ago about how to leave a ministry, and how to do it well. You can check out his blog at http://www.everythingpastor.com/. I am reposting this blog with his [...]

I’ve written an e-book called Student Leaders are Church Leaders and I’m giving it away for free. Student Leaders are Church Leaders provides a simple way to weave student leadership development into the fabric of your ministry. You don’t have to start over, add another program to your already long list, or scratch your current [...]

The following is an exercise that you can use with student leaders to help them identify a younger student to mentor. You can also download this activity in PDF form at http://www.leadertreks.org/assets/Identify-a-Mentee-Activity.pdf A leader should be in a continual cycle of being poured into (being mentored) and pouring into someone else (serving as a mentor). This [...]