Read Less, Think More
Balancing reading and thinking in the life of the leader
Research into Resources
Balancing reading and thinking in the life of the leader
How much are we willing to listen to and learn from what God is doing in the “global South”?
How sticky are your ideas? When people hear your vision for impacting kids, is it burned into their minds, hearts, and souls? Or is it In-One-Ear-And-Out-The-Other?
Do you have a single, vivid, unshakable image of where you’re hoping to lead students in your ministry? Can you communicate it to others?
We recently asked four youth ministry veterans (with over 70 years of combined experience) to give us glimpses into the good, the bad and the ugly (sometimes the very ugly) of recruiting leaders.
- Efrem Smith Interview: Urban-Suburban Blend
- Recruiting Leaders: New Ideas from Old Pros
- See Jane Deal With Her Body
Kara Powell talks with Efrem Smith, pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, who helps us bust some of the myths and embrace some of the realities of an emerging urban-suburban blend in culture and our youth ministries.
While adolescence has always been a time of physical (and all kinds of other) changes, the way teenage girls experience those changes is now, in fact, changing.
Can a principle from economics make a difference in our ministries and lives?