Live Life Learning

Over the weekend, I had the ability to host a Student Leadership Retreat at my new house. It was an absolutely awesome time having some great students and some great leaders come to talk about leadership.  We spent the weekend talking about a few different leadership principles that came from Andy Stanley. The Next Generation [...]

I have never really thought about the idea of CHANGE that much. Well, let me rephrase that, I have never really thought about a process for change. For some reason I have always thought that CHANGE happens on a dime. Right? You have been smoking for 25 years and on a dime you know you [...]

Have you ever found yourself in a situation that requires a hard conversation? One that you really are afraid of having because of the outcome or because of the back lash? You kind of feel like you are about to: Get into the ring with whoever it is you need to have the conversation with [...]

Its fall, which means a few things: 1) Its chilli season. Even though I could eat chilli all the time, its officially chilli season. 2) It’s football season. Both College and Pro. Which do you prefer? Its a tie for me. 3) It is midweek service time for youth groups all over the country. 4) [...]

Over Labor Day weekend I was honored and humbled at officiating my first ever wedding!! It was a whirlwind of a weekend. It was the first time I got to see what a best man/officiant was. It was a pretty busy and sleepless weekend but it was pretty awesome! It is an interesting story for [...]

I am quickly learning that there is an essential piece of ministry, not strictly youth ministry, that really is a hard essential to want to face. It is one that can really make or break a ministry, and/or a youth minister. Evaluation.  Not to be confused with criticism. There is a difference to these two [...]