Life Category

At What Age?

In: Life, Student leadership

At what age can a student begin to learn leadership? Why do people think it’s age that allows you to be a leader? I believe that leadership is a set of principles that you live out in life experiences. These principles are universal truths and many of them are found in scripture; for example, navigating [...]

Standing Out

In: Life, Youth Worker

What stands out in today’s world? Everything is new and change happens so fast … so how do our youth ministries attract new students and adult volunteers? I believe following the pack will not allow you to stand out, nor will acting like a larger youth ministry or trying to be like a mega-church youth [...]

Lead Like a Dog

In: Leadership, Life, Youth Worker

My dog Diesel has a new obedience trainer. He just started the other day. The first thing he said to me was, “This is about leadership training.” My first thought was, “Awesome! This I know something about.” My second thought was, “Hey, why I am paying this guy $100 an hour for this?” Then I [...]

Graceland

In: Leadership, Life

I have been to Graceland 20 or so times. At one time I thought it was a magical place; now I know it’s just cheesy. I am not proud of going, it was a mistake. What is important is that I can admit it and move on. The same is true for leaders, making mistakes [...]


Leadership Training for Youth Workers

Where I’ll be…

  • January 27-February 3, Trip Leader Training Shenyang, China
  • Feb 26-March 1, Simple Youth Ministry Conference, Chicago, IL
  • March 17-19 Capacity Conference, LeaderTreks, Carol Stream IL
  • April 21-23 Leadership Design, LeaderTreks, Carol Stream, IL
  • September 13-15 LifeWay National Youth Worker Conference, Nashville TN

Books I Recommend

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Act Love Walk
Bloodline

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