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House of Second Chances: Fast Company Profiles Homeboy Industries
Love it when unlikely sources celebrate unconventional urban youth ministries. I bought the May 2012 issue of Fast Company magazine because Steve Jobs was on the cover. I'm keeping it...
31 Flavors
Ice cream is by far one of my favorite desserts. There are such a wide variety of toppings and flavors, that each person can literally create their own confectionary masterpiece. ...
Play Ball: Pitching your Best Ideas
Pitch Like a Closer With the start of baseball season I was reminded of a youth worker who was preparing to pitch her most impassioned ministry idea to her pastor....
Beyond Passion: Living a Crucified Life
It wasn't that long ago that the evangelical world eagerly awaited the release of what was being lauded as “the greatest evangelistic tool of our time.” The anticipation built as...
Developing Quality Youth Workers
Every youth leader understands the value of quality youth workers. We are constantly on the hunt for them, trying to weed them out from the crowds of church attendees we...
Things we don’t talk about (like incest)
"Mama, I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to make you cry, but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet." - Eminem, in Cleanin' out My Closet He trusted...
Beyond the Noise: Worship and Justice?
Those Old Testament prophets sure know how to jab us where we’re comfortable. Every time I read this passage, for example, I can’t help but wonder whether Jesus would sing...
Think Small
Many of you might look at the title of this article and say, “Think small? Don’t you mean think big?” In our culture today, even in the culture of the...
OpEd: The Constitution is for everyone. Education should be too.
Our city has a crisis that goes far beyond where congregations gather on weekends. Let’s redirect the city’s energies into partnerships that advance our children. By Fernando Cabrera and Jeremy...
Dave Gibbons – Present/Future of the Church
Join Dave Gibbons in his talk about the Present/Future state of the Church, given at RELOAD Lab Bay Area on Feb. 2012 Listen to Audio Recording or download MP3: [audio:https://uywi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-20_PresentFuture_Dave_Gibbons.mp3|titles=2012-02-20_PresentFuture_Dave_Gibbons]
Embrace the Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now (Part 2)
Opportunity Not “me.” I wasn’t going to make this happen. We. Raw, gritty, spiritually immature street kids included, and whoever else wanted to help. We were going to have to...
What’s Next for Seniors?
“It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.” - Harvey S. Firestone Every youth pastor understands the challenge they face when students finally become seniors. They seem...
