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Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.
YMI Summit Presentation
We just had our bi-annual Youth Ministry International Summit. This year it was in South Dakota. The Summit is a time for all of the YMI missionaries from all over the world to get together and share what God is doing in their respective regions. Here's my report for...
read moreFlying Cars and Youth Ministry
Yesterday the latest edition of "Lider Juvenil", the Spanish Youth Specialties magazine, came out. I wrote an article for it called, "Flying Cars and Youth Ministry." In it, I talk about how it is a little dangerous to predict the future of anything. Just look at the...
read moreWhy I Spent 6 Hours in the Car this Weekend
I spent most of Saturday in the car. I was driving to Puebla, a city about 3 hours southeast of where we live in northwest Mexico City. I was heading to an event in the "Disciples of Christ Bible Institute" at First Baptist Church Puebla. They invited me to...
read moreSocial Video for Ministry on ChurchMag
I recently started writing. A lot. In fact, I've written almost every weekday on ministeriojuvenil.com for the last month. It's been fun. Earlier today, I published my first guest post on ChurchMag, one of my favorite blogs that talks about church and technology. It...
read moreA Key to Success: Keep On
A long time ago I wrote a post over on ministeriojuvenil.com about how to start off in youth ministry. It has been viewed almost 2,000 times in the last year. I'd like to believe that it has impacted over 1,500 youth leaders who are looking for ways to start out in...
read moreGraduation 2012
Last Saturday was graduation at the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary. We had 9 students graduate from the Certificate in Youth Ministry program (a one year degree) and 2 students graduate from the Bachelor's in Youth Ministry program (4 years). Graduation is...
read moreLessons from the desert
Last week I took a trip to Torreon, Mexico, to teach a class on "Ministering to Troubled Youth." But the experiences I took away from the trip taught me more than I think I shared in class. Torreon is a city with the slogan, "The City that Defeated the Desert." Well,...
read moreVirtual Youth Ministry Hangout
Last night was a first for me. I decided to try to use the Hangout feature on Google+ to get together to talk youth ministry with some youth leaders from around Latin America. I called it a "Virtual Youth Ministry Course." A few weeks ago I promoted the get together...
read moreReview of “Platform”
I just finished reading "Platform" by Michael Hyatt. It's a book about "getting noticed in a noisy world", and it mostly includes tips about how to improve a blog, work on social media outlets, and other things. The interesting thing about the book "Platform" is that...
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