Your View of Parents
I’ve been reading Reggie Joiner’s great book, Think Orange, and one of his not-so-subtle themes is the way our expectations of others influence their behavior.
I’ve been reading Reggie Joiner’s great book, Think Orange, and one of his not-so-subtle themes is the way our expectations of others influence their behavior.
In Think Orange, Reggie Joiner describes a team discussion at North Point Community Church that came to dramatically shape their philosophy of ministry.
Often when I speak or meet with youth workers and parents to discuss our research at FYI, they quickly buy into the changes that our research suggests…
Just like in yesterday’s blog I’m going to basically transcribe a story from Reggie Joiner’s Think Orange in this blog. It’s such a powerful and memorable story that I hope you share it with other parents.
When I first heard about Reggie Joiner’s “orange” philosophy, my first concern was that he didn’t value the impact of non-family adults in a kids’ life.
A few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention. One of my favorite aspects of the convention is…
Are we worrying about the wrong things?
Last week we had 20 super sharp youth workers at Fuller in Pasadena for a Sticky Faith Summit. The summit revolved around the Hurt research of my friend and colleague, Dr. Chap Clark, as well as our College Transition …
It was another one of those “nightmare scenarios” for a youth pastor, which always seem to happen when I go out of town (for another, see my article about ministering to abusive families). When I returned from my trip, I …
The Powell family isn’t a frantic family but we are busy. And we have those moments of franticness.