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Links: December 18, 2007

December 18, 2007

Ask 37signals: Ten Ways to Get Ink 13 Tips to Zap Butterflies When Speaking in Public Teens Will Lie – Found on YS Marko Square Watermelon Problem Solving 7 Stupid Thinking Errors You Probably Make Kill Creativity How to Be a Good Listener

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Article on YM Exhange

December 17, 2007

My friends at Youth Ministry Exchange were kind enough to post an article I’ve written.  The article, part 1 of 3, is a basic introduction to the Ignatian Examen.  Parts 2 and 3 will focus on specific applications of the Examen in youth ministry.   (I’ve written a couple of posts on the Examen in the past.  [...]

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Reminders: Keep Your Supervisors Up-to-Date

December 13, 2007

I learned this trick from one of our volunteers who works in local government. Every week he sends an email to his supervisors summarizing what he did that week. This could have tons of potential benefits.  For example: Protection for you – If anyone questions you or your work, you have a written record you can refer to. [...]

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Links: December 13, 2007

December 13, 2007

Defusing a Relationship Bomb – I believe that, as youth workers, we live in an economy of relationships.  With that in mind, this article should be required reading to anyone who works with students.  This could be particularly useful when dealing with angry parents or supervisors. Why Change Fails -  Youth workers have a bad [...]

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Reminders: Hang out with other Youth Workers

December 13, 2007

This is part of my on-going series on reminders in which I take a look into my personal reminder system and share the items that have made the biggest impact on my ministry to students. This has been one of the coolest habits our team has taken on this year. There’s a similarly sized church [...]

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Reminders: Write a note

December 5, 2007

This is part of my on-going series on reminders in which I take a look into my personal reminder system and share the items that have made the biggest impact on my ministry to students. This may have the single-biggest return-to-investment ratio of any habit I’ve developed. With as much disposable communication as we have [...]

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Reminders: Small Habits that Make a Big Difference

December 5, 2007

My primary area of interest, as it relates to this blog, is the intersection between productivity and real-life ministry. I love the idea that you can do something completely mundane that can result in something divine. In that spirit, I’d like to share with you some of my most seemingly unspiritual tasks that yield the [...]

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Links: November 21, 2007

November 21, 2007

Diggers Comment on Evangelical Sex Scandal  – Read what the average Joe on dig thinks about evangelical christians. One of My Favorite Moments at NYWC – Mine too, Patti.  Mine too. Pay and Gender Young People, a Media View

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Links: November 20, 2007

November 20, 2007

That’s What They Want (A Whole Lot of Money) Embrace The Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now (YMX Review) Is the Church Dead? (via Smart Pastor) How to Quit a Bad Habit

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Notes: Andy Stanley’s General Session

November 19, 2007

If you’re a leader, you have power We have no idea what God might want to do through us Angst over power may be what causes God to give us power What will you do with your power? What will you do when you’re the most poweful person in the room? Jesus knew God put [...]

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