Are you FLAWSOME?!
Are you FLAWSOME?! So I was scrolling through my facebook newsfeed one day a few weeks ago and I saw a photo which a friend had shared on her wall. You ever have those moments when you see something and in that exact same moment you KNOW that you saw it for a...
Fear and Mercy
What impels us in youth ministry? How have our motivations affected our level of creativity and growth as a field? Recently, I viewed David Rothkoph’s TED video on how fear drives American politics. In the early ramp up of the 2016 presidential campaign, it should be...
Are You Fluent In Emoji?
Are You Fluent In Emoji? If you’re not, I can pretty much guarantee that the teens in your youth group are! Over the past ten years or so I’ve noticed that the teens I work with have less and less social skills. They don’t chat on the phone with...
14 Lessons We Can Take Home From Francis’s Visit
Now the Pope’s visit to the United States is 10 days old, I wanted to share the top lessons I saw. I had a special opportunity to be at many of his events when he was here and to watch some others on TV or YouTube Live Stream. The Pope had a lot of different...