There are ten million details that go into planning an event, and if we’re being honest, it is one of the most stressful parts about working and serving in student ministry. In fact, the amount of time we spend planning and creating would probably far surpass the amount of time we spend with ...
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Have you ever had one of those teachers that didn’t like for students to ask questions? Maybe they didn’t want to slow down their lecture or they didn’t have the humility to gasp that someone might not understand what they’re teaching. Regardless, when a hand went up, they weren’t too keen on ...
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Maybe you’re in a place in life where you find it’s difficult to experience joy. It doesn’t make you a bad student pastor—it makes you a person. It's for us to have moments of joylessness, otherwise the Scriptures wouldn’t speak so frequently: urging us to have joy, and reminding us that it is there ...
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Let’s be honest, you’re probably tired of hearing how “hard” of a season this is. Even if you haven’t experienced personal hardship in the midst of this pandemic, you are connected to people who have, and you’ve encountered changes to your ministry, work, and home environments that have presented ...
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Guys look up to the men who can take a hit and keep on going. They respect the fighter who picks himself up after a knockdown punch or the quarterback who gets blindsided but doesn't fumble the ball. But it takes more than guts to be the men God made us to be, especially when we face struggles that ...
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In my college dorm, each door was adorned with a large magnetic whiteboard facing the interior halls. The purpose of this whiteboard was to leave information or encouraging notes for your neighbors. Often you’d find a favorite Bible verse, song lyrics, a doodle, or note letting friends know you’d ...
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Fill in the blank: "If every student at my church would _________________, they would grow spiritually and begin impacting their schools and communities." While we might be tempted to fill-in that blank with things like "go to camp" or even "just show up on Sunday," I think there is a more obvious ...
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I’m not sure what it is that drives this desire, but I've seen that often in ministry, there is idolization of having a platform. This desire is not always for a physical platform to speak from, but is generally directed toward having a certain ministry size, esteemed position, or something else ...
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In this episode, Ben and John Paul discuss how to maintain consistency in the midst of uncertainty. Show Notes and Quotes: Prioritizing a wise discipleship plan helps maintain consistency and continues the discipleship process even in the face of uncertainty. Training leaders continues to ...
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