One of Maxwell’s Laws of Leadership is the Law of Explosive Growth – If you want to grow, lead followers; if you want to multiply, lead leaders. Here’s what I’ve found in ministry: I have to lead both. Hear me out. I’m not contradicting one of the foremost leaders on …
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Reframing Student Leadership
I saw a youth ministry related facebook post the other day asking how the collective hive mind selects student leaders. I think this is an extremely legitimate question, but one that needs a quick reframing. Let me start by zooming out. The bottom line when it comes to leadership development …
What Lurks Beneath
Every teenager has leadership potential. More than potential, however, every teenager has influence. My job, as someone who desires to expand my leadership influence, is to help students learn to do the same. Over my time working with students, I’ve developed a conviction or two. One of those convictions: sometimes …
The Father-Leader Paradox
I’m less than a month away from a milestone in my life: my oldest daughter is getting ready to move into the youth ministry. I don’t know if you’ve thought about the dynamic of being a parent/youth minister, but I have been contemplating it pretty heavily over the past month …
The Leadership Invitation
When I was a 8th grader, my youth minister had a conversation with me that helped set me on a path for the duration of my high school career. I went to a small school and a small town church, so there weren’t a plethora of students in our youth …