Thought Factory Podcast #904 || Covid Chaos | The Effects on Ministry
The year 2020 has been an unforgettable year. No doubt we all have been affected to varying degrees, but it has been a shared experience no matter where you live. […]
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Thought Factory Podcast #902 || Jeff Prayer Walks the Potawatomi Trail of Death
The Potawatomi Trail of Death was the forced removal by militia in 1838 of some 859 members of Potawatomi nation from Indiana to reservation lands in what is now Kansas. […]
Thought Factory Podcast #901 || Gut Level Conversation About Covid-19 & Youth Ministry
It would be an understatement to say that our world has been through a lot in the last nine-plus months of the year, maybe beyond what was expected when Covid-19 […]
Thought Factory Podcast #815 || Special Edition Four | The Big Question that Crisis Forces Us to Answer
As weeks roll into months of this current crisis we find ourselves in, you may be evaluating and re-evaluating what you have been doing in your ministry to students. This […]
Thought Factory Podcast #814 || Special Edition Three | Decision Making in Times of Crisis
How do you make decisions in a time of crisis, especially when you do not know when the crisis is going to end? How do you approach each daily decision […]
Thought Factory Podcast #813 || Special Edition Two | Number One Thing to be Doing Right Now in Youth Ministry
As we shift into the groove of being removed from our normal routines of ministry, we have established what our ministry will look like digitally for the extent of this […]
Thought Factory Podcast #812 || Special Edition One | Designing our Digital Destiny for Youth Ministry
We are navigating through the new normal with the coronavirus pandemic affecting all areas of society throughout the world. Churches and youth ministries have not been immune as we try […]
Thought Factory Podcast #811 || The Return of the Lord Boards
Jesus’ disciples got to witness Jesus ascend into the skies and into Heaven. Jesus claimed He would return again one day. The disciples believed this to be true and anticipated […]
Thought Factory Podcast #808 || The Next Wave of Youth Ministry in America
Several years ago a question emerged amongst the youth ministry community that we’ve been debating ever since. ”Why are so many students leaving the church after they graduate high school?” […]
Thought Factory Podcast #807 || Jeff and Jayson’s Common Core of Student Behavior
Common Core is a set of standards that the educational system uses for teaching and testing English and mathematics between kindergarten and 12th grade. This is what teachers not only […]