Top 5: Culture, Self-Leadership, and Youth Ministry
Here are the TOP 5 posts from 2016 on self-leadership, culture, and youth ministry. Feel free to browse, add to the conversation, and share your thoughts on the top posts in 2016.
All the best in 2017!
Mentoring Millennials: Asking GREAT Questions to Get GREAT Results
Jesus - the MOST effective influencer humanity has EVER seen - spoke 60% in stories/parables, 30% in giving or answering questions, and 10% in content.
In the Gospels, Jesus was asked 113 questions, answered 61, and asked 51.*
In the same way, how important is it for you and I to influence millennials through effective questioning?
Redeeming Sexuality: How to Practical Redeem Sexuality in a Millennial Culture
Based on the request of leaders + pastors in local churches, this post is to provide a practical response to reach + engage Millennials through a redemptive way of sexuality.
Understand your Blind Spots BEFORE They Blindside You
Too often leaders are too busy. Leaders are ALWAYS doing ministry but very few receive personal ministry. Understanding your blindspots in ministry + life WILL personally minister to you AND help you not be blindsided by the busyness + demands of ministry.
Dealing with the Demon of Discouragement: 4 Ways to be Effective in the Midst of Hard Times
Everyone deals with discouragement... but not everyone deals with discouragement well. APPLY the principles of HOW Paul, the Apostle, dealt with discouragement + difficult times.
The BURDEN of Leadership
There are burdens to leadership – weights, needs, hurts, disappointments, criticism – that tends to go with the territory of leading.
5 Practical Reasons Why Exercise Enhances Your Ministry
Exercise – weight training, cardio, walking, hiking – have great benefits to enhance ministry (not just your body). Even the Apostle Paul mentioned the importance of exercise so that spiritual effectiveness would be evident.