Have you ever had a quote that keeps popping up around you? Something that after hearing the third or fourth time you decide, “okay, I can’t ignore this anymore”? For me, in 2017, I’ve heard the following C.S. Lewis quote probably half a dozen times: Humility is not thinking less …
wes Get More Out of Camp, Pt 2
On Tuesday, I introduced a concept I’ve stumbled into the past few years at camp: find the gaps in the schedule. Click here for the full article. Today, I’m going to spend some time explaining how I’ve used our schedule to help grow leaders. As I mentioned in part 1, …
Learning to Communicate Expectations
Along my leadership journey, I have realized I am a thinker. I love pondering. I love dreaming up new ways to do things. I am not, however, able to efficiently communicate all that I dream up. And in that tension, I face a few problems–specifically, the inability of those around …
Encouraging Students to Experiment with Leadership
On Tuesday I talked about the need to redefine leadership potential. If you missed it, click here to read it. Today, let’s talk about how to provide a way for students to dip their toes into leadership. Over the past year, I’ve been teaching a group of student leaders to ask …
Redefining Leadership Potential
So much of my experience in developing leaders comes from working with teenagers. Over the past two years, as I have talked with other youth workers, I have started to notice a common thread in a few of our conversations: The necessity for a student to show a readiness to …