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Thursday, June 30, 2022

The reason people leave that we MUST speak about

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Youth ministry drop out points. Again. I keep returning to this topic because, first of all, it keeps entering my mind. I think about it a l...
Monday, June 27, 2022

Why Lamentations?

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I usually don’t post things I write in Tiny Bible Bits. It’s not because they aren’t insightful, but because the idea of regularly sharing s...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

The best piece of teaching advice I’ve received

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Teaching in schools is different to youth ministry. The later is powered by the Spirit of God and relationships.  As you minister to others ...
Friday, June 17, 2022

We must hold our plans loosely

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Work at a my home church 20 hours per week. Then 25. Then 30. Work at a larger church. Work at a church with a larger youth ministry. Work a...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

What you preach on in your ministry diapers will shape your future

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Over their career, ministers deliver thousands of sermons. Having only worked as a youth minister for over a decade, thus not preaching week...
Saturday, June 11, 2022

What you gain when you don’t have to fake it anymore

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Your first year in most jobs can be summed up with the famous quip: Fake it until you make it. This is true in the school. It is also true w...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Being comfortable with uncertainty

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We want answers. All of us. Especially teens and young adults. As they piece life and faith together, working out what they will stand for, ...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

What makes the dancing stop?

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  Last weekend the church I attended sang a song from at least a decade ago. It was… underwhelming. Now, there was nothing wrong with the so...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Did the World Wars kick off the gender gap within the pews?

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Over the last five weeks I’ve been teaching my year 9 history class about World War 1. As we conclude the unit we’ve been looking at the las...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Does youth ministry feed the the gender imbalance or just prepare you for it?

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I first entered a church youth group when I was 12. Over the next six years the group changed a lot over the high school years. It grew. It ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

What do you do with a bible you are throwing out?

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Last week there was a “controversy” in a small corner of the internet. Someone, rather innocently, dared to ask what you should with a bible...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Why you shouldn’t ride solo

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Last week I went to a training day for early teachers. And it was… boring. Despite the decent content. Despite the engaging presenters. Desp...
Friday, May 6, 2022

Being on the other side of scripture teaching

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When I was a youth minister I taught a lot of scripture in local school. A lot. At the school I currently teach at the scripture timetable w...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

The turning up when nothing is on is a step of commitment

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Events draw people in.  They provide the perfect reason to invite a newbie. It is true for church and youth group. We love an evangelistic e...
Friday, April 29, 2022

What do you think of when you hear that the epistles were written to a “young church”?

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The biblical letters written to the churches were sent to “young churches.” This is what we say. But would we define an epistle penned to a ...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

You need to look at both sides of the marriage equation

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You need to get a better husband. This was my response to a young woman who stated that she had an issue with the concept of female submissi...
Saturday, April 23, 2022

What does it mean to be spotted by a student at church?

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A few weeks ago I was recognised at church by a student of the school I currently work at. This was the first time it has happened. It was, ...
Monday, April 18, 2022

The dangers of Build-Your-Own Christianity

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A few weeks ago I took a bunch of young adults through an exercise I used to do in scripture classes. In short, you build your own religion....
Thursday, April 14, 2022

What your thoughts about your old patch reveal

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Occasionally I think about my old churches. Honestly, I sometimes stalk them. I see what they are doing. I see if the ministery staff are th...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Should Christian have faux-Passover?

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As we approach Easter I expect that many churches will be doing a Passover memorial meal. I’ve been to plenty, but never personally run one....