The greatest mystery to me about prayer is that Jesus prayed all the time. Why did He pray? Wasn’t He God? Didn’t He already know what was going to happen? Mark 1:35 says, “Jesus rose before dawn to pray to His Father.” This was His daily habit. When the disciples were in the boat and [...]

Today starts Refuel in the Rockies, a coaching event designed to help youth workers refuel by focusing on leadership. I am in Breckenridge, Colorado just waiting for the youth workers to arrive. As I am going over my notes I realize that it takes a great deal of humility for a youth worker to even [...]

Ever delegate a task to someone and have them do a terrible job? There are so many wrong ways to respond. Complaining, talking behind their back, blaming them and the list can go on and on. There is only one good way to deal with this situation and it’s to coach. When we have given [...]

Students don’t understand the power of failure. In fact, I don’t think I have ever met a student who thinks that failure is good and can teach them something. Students live in a world where failure is not an option. Their parents work very hard to make sure students never come in contact with it. [...]