How To Build Community In Your Group
I see community being one of the glues that can hold a youth group together. Students doing life together and learning about Jesus. But, how do we have community when […]
Ministry
10 Ways To Invest In Your Students
[ictt-tweet-inline]The number one way to invest in your students is to show up. [/ictt-tweet-inline] But, that can mean a lot of different things in one student’s life. Here’s a list of […]
Pause for People
“Slow Down”, flashed the speed limit detector, as I sped by on the road. I was taking it too fast, not noticing how fast I was going. I was thinking […]
Thought Factory Podcast #107 || Social Media Part 4: Guidelines for This Social Game
In episode #107, we discussed how social media can be a guessing game when it comes to parents and their children’s use or youth worker and their students in a […]
Thought Factory Podcast #106 || Social Media Part 3: Digital Discipleship
In episode #106, hosts Jeff Eckart and Jayson Brewer interview Dr. Craig Detweiler. Craig is a media professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, filmmaker, and author of iGods: How […]
Spiritual Health > Safety
A few months back, my team and I talked about this statement, “We provide programming that is physical, emotional, and spiritually safe without making it experientially safe.” What chords does […]
Thought Factory Podcast #103 || Theology of Pizza & Hummus
In episode #103, we discuss the lack of discussion on the topic of physical health in the circles of youth ministry and the church in general. Is food a key […]
Thought Factory Podcast #102 || Students, Politics, & Civility
In episode #102, we asked thousands of students questions about the topic of politics to see if it’s important to them and where their level of interest is about the […]
Five Things Students Should Know About Their Adult Leaders
I am about to finish my 16th year of student ministries. Things like music has changed many times from Michael W. Smith and Jeremy Camp to Lecrae and Hillsong. From […]
Thought Factory Podcast #101 || They Don’t Know Where to Start
What is Thought Factory? Thought Factory is dedicated to learning from students for students to better our ministry practice with students. Based on our own national research with 3000 students […]