2 things when considering strategy.
Yesterday I attended a Jon Acuff breakout here at the Orange Conference in Atlanta, he talked about strategy. It was short and sweet, and to the point…with the occasional jokes of course. Jon has a...
View ArticleSmall Group Leaders: Listen before you lead.
I stood in the courtyard after church one Sunday and saw something that every youth pastor dreams of seeing. The services were over (yes we dream of that haha!) yet an entire middle school boys small...
View ArticleThe Leadership Development Program – a guest posting by Kristen Johnson
This is the first guest post on lifeofayouthpastor.com and I could not be more thrilled of who is writing it. Kristen (one of my former students) is awesome at what she does in ministry and has a...
View Article3 ways to avoid living in the past.
The glory days. I remember back in 6th grade I had hit my prime on the football team. I racked up 26 touchdowns that year, I thought I was headed to the NFL. Then I stopped growing and oddly enough...
View Article9 cities // 14 days
I’ve been a bit slow to post anything as of late…things have been busy to say the least. Currently I’m writing this at 4AM before my ride picks me up for the airport. Last week I was in Dallas, Texas...
View ArticleNew places inspire new ideas.
Amazon is on to something. Consider this leading “you want it, we have it” industry that can make something magically appear on your doorstep within 48 hours and now some items within the hour. In...
View ArticleWhat if students baptized their friends?
Just a few weeks ago I had the amazing opportunity to witness fifteen high school students be baptized at our high school program. Some of them were baptized by me, some of them by their small group...
View ArticleI’m looking for a HS Pastor!
Around five months ago I stepped into a new role at Gateway Church as the Associate NextGen Pastor. While still balancing my old role of high school pastor, this left little room to do anything...
View ArticleLeadership Development Program: Come. See. Do. Learn.
The short version: An amazing, fully immersive, hands on, learning experience is waiting for YOU! APPLICATIONS ARE DUE APRIL 28th. Apply here to begin in Fall 2017. The detailed version: When I was a...
View Article10 things I have learned in 10 years of youth ministry.
This year marks 10 years of me contributing to vocational youth ministry and living out that calling…(starting to feel old-er) and I know many of you have contributed that and much more. I’m so...
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