Most Popular Posts of 2010

In my first year of blogging these were the most popular posts from 2010.  I’d love to hear your thoughts – keep the discussion going on each of these posts!

1. Focus on the right people – Do ministry thru others

  • “The people you spend the majority of your time with can and will determine whether you are an effective or ineffective leader.”
  • Staff’s #1 job is not to do ministry but to empower students to have a ministry.

2. The Chief End of College Students

  • Because of their life goals, God is (perceived as) irrelevant to the life of a college student

3. Getting Past Irrelevance

  • How to help Students find Purpose (when they’re not looking for it)

4. We need better leaders than came before

  • “In building a movement, the students currently involved have to be better leaders than the previous generation because the movement is larger and more complex”

5. Biblical Dating in a Hookup Culture

  • Notes/Powepoint/Video from a Dating Talk I gave at Cru
  • It’s the best received talk I’ve ever given

6. Focus on right people – Followability

  • How will college students come to Christ?  They will Follow other students to Him.
  • What can we do to develop “followability” in students?

7. Pancake vs. Waffle

  • The college campus has changed dramatically in the past 50 years.
  • It used to be a pancake.
  • Now it’s a waffle.

8. Buckets and Holes Planning

  • “How do we spend what we have to solve our problems, meet our goals, and increase what we have for next year and its problems?”

9. My Favorite Blogs

  • I always enjoy a glimpse into others’ favorite sites online.  Here’s mine.

10. We’re all professional speakers

  • It’s not enough to work hard and do a great job in ministry.  We HAVE to learn to communicate well about our ministry.



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