Hospital or Museum?
The Church is a Hospital for sinners; Not a Museum for Saints.…
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Developing Youth As Leaders
If students are to develop to their fullest potential as leaders, we must be willing to take five basic steps to help them grow into leaders:
- Hear them out. Listen to student needs and discover those areas where they need to be stretched and challenged.
- Try Them Out. Give youth responsibilities to learn from experience!
- Point strengths Out.
Wrinkles in Your Soul?
“People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Worry, self-doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.”
Douglas MacArthur…
Youth Ministry Tips: Variety
Don’t make every youth meeting “the same old thing!” Variety is he spice of life, especially with youth.
Here are some ideas for ways you can change things up a little bit!
- Rearrange the chairs or layout every couple of weeks.
- Rearrange your normal schedule for an event
- Involve someone else
- Use a different medium of communication- i.e. if you
Puppies for Sale
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.
Mister,” he said, …
Two Frogs
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The …
Planning for Prosperity
In a few days time, Chinese people in Singapore and over the world will be celebrating the start of the Chinese New Year.
For several days before the eve of Chinese New Year, Chinese housewives clean and redecorate their homes and shop for waxed duck, Chinese Sausages, mandarin oranges and traditional cakes. They will not sweep during the first few …
Qualities Necessary in a Spiritual Leader : Counsels
A Spiritual Leader compassionately guides others
- ‘He should be sympathic with the weak and erring. “He was to ‘specialize’ in mending bruised reeds and fanning the smoking into flame” (29)
- “The true leader regards the welfare of others rather than his own comfort and prestige as of primary concern. He manifests sympathy and concern for those under him in their
Heroes?
Last night, I watched another episode of “Heroes”.
For those of you who haven’t heard of the series, it tells the interrelated stories of a an ever growing group of individuals who possess a special genetic marker that manifests itself as unique, special superhuman abilities. “Ordinary people discovering extraordinary abilities.”
Their abilities include things like the ability to fly, to …
Love and Time
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last …