I wrote the following article for the Baptist Times magazine Youth to Truth column, submitted March 4, 2020: With 10,000 Baby Boomers retiring every day, transitions are shaking everyone up. Take Disney, for example. When CEO Bob Iger retired last month, Disney’s stock dropped 2.8% the next day—a collective shiver rippling down the spine of investors who bailed before the new guy could tank the company. I can’t blame them. No one can read the future, and uncertainty makes people nervous. The best way to calm people’s fears is to have a succession plan, even in youth ministry. Although I
Read more →I’m on church staff. I do churchy duties throughout the week. I promise. But if this post gets out, I might lose my job. What exactly are these churchy duties? It’s pretty sad… Most church members might be a little suspicious of some chump that just stands in front of people on Sundays and sings, occasionally waving his arms for the choir. “Anyone can do that,” they might think. “We’re paying this guy a living wage? For THAT?!” Yep. “What’s he do the REST of the week?!” Not much, actually. Here are 8 things I do throughout the week–on
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Soul winning–not the hokey pokey–that’s what it’s all about! This has been such a great week! Tuesday night we were able to see a young man saved. Thursday and Friday night we were able to see Christian teens strengthen and help each other as we had dinners with new believers, and yesterday we had over 30 people show up for a trip to Redlands… 13 of which were teens! What a blessing to see so many people growing in the Lord and desiring to do his work. Our trip to Redlands was to help a new church who is having
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