Tip #9: T3XT UR STUDENTS
Monday, May 5th, 2008Even texting silliness like *make Jesus smile this week <:D>* is appreciated by our ultra*wired students. Submitting via text by Len.
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Even texting silliness like *make Jesus smile this week <:D>* is appreciated by our ultra*wired students. Submitting via text by Len.
Tip #97: Tired
Sunday, April 20th, 2008After a hiatus, Youth Hacks returned recently to offer true wisdom on a subject that affects youth ministers always, exhaustion. Josh writes: I’m returning to you with something quality: a word from the Lord Himself. If you’re like me, you’re tired. And I don’t mean the kind of tired that can be ...
Tip #100: Be God’s Kid
Monday, April 14th, 2008Being a youth worker, no matter if volunteer or paid, full- or part-time, is a busy life that is lived out in a glass house. It's easy to get caught up in the pace of planning and implementing times to connect youth to Christ, of performing innumerable extra duties, of ...
Tip #3: Get Caught
Monday, April 7th, 2008You know the preaching adage "more is caught than taught"? Of course you do, and you know that the truth in it is that our own children and our students won't take on a practice they don't see us living. Go get caught! Get caught by your students studying the Word ...
Tip #8: Hold Up, Back Up
Monday, March 31st, 2008You know you've been meaning to. However, because [fill in reason here] you just haven't gotten around to organizing, archiving, and backing up your computer files and another [week/month/year] has gone by. Today's tip will prevent the loss of last year's mission trip pictures, your videos, your lessons and letters, but ...
Tip #52: Meet Well
Monday, March 24th, 2008Among the hundreds of youth work staff and volunteers I've known, I don't think I've ever met one that loves meetings. To be honest, it's a rare youth workers that even likes meetings. Be that as it may, meetings with pastors, leaders, students, community members, parents, elders... well, the list ...
Tip #454: Live and Learn
Monday, March 17th, 2008Live and learn, the saying goes, implying that it is life's experiences which are humanity's best teacher. If you've spent much time as a youth minister, you know that there is some truth to that saying; but you also know that there is more to learning than experiencing. Digging into ...
