Rants

My Collision Course With Burnout

I was on a collision course with burnout that was inevitable. Those close to me would have seen it coming. I didn’t. I knew I was skirting dangerously close to an unhealthily load and pace, but I just kept telling myself I could handle it all. I kept saying that is was only for a little while…

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How I Get It All Done: The Never-Ending Struggle For Productivity

“How do you get it all done?” For the last several years anyway, I’ve been running the Longer Haul website, creating courses for the website, managing an email list (join the others already on it here), creating, recording, editing the Longer Haul Youth Ministry Podcast, being husband to my wife, dad to my four kiddos,…

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The Legacy We Leave

Confession: I often think of the legacy I will leave behind me. If you will allow me to be transparent and simply share for a moment… I wonder often what my wife and kids will remember of me; what the students who came through my ministry, the churches that I’ve invested in; those my life…

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Things I Love About Having Kids In Youth Ministry

This past Sunday I had the privilege of baptizing two of my daughters along with other students from our ministry.  It was an amazing day and a tremendous privilege.  A definite benefit to me being in ministry. In my last post I shared hard things about having kids in Youth Ministry.  While there are things…

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Hard Things About Having Kids In Youth Ministry

Having children and being a Youth Pastor has both advantages and disadvantages.  I’ve previously written about events that changed my ministry forever.  Having children was definitely one of those. There are though some things I don’t like and worry about when it comes to being in Youth Ministry and having children.  These particularly seem to…

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I Quit Youth Ministry…again

I know.  The entire premise behind this blog is to help Youth Pastors and Youth Workers stay in Youth Ministry.  That is still the case. I believe with everything in me that there is not just value in staying, but it really is a necessity if you intend to have any significant influence.  The truth…

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