by Todd Sanders | Jan 13, 2016 | Connect
A group of young youth ministers gather around a coffee shop table discussing youth ministry calendars. Drawing a blank for the fall, they begin to joke. “Hey, I know! How about a hay ride?” A general chuckle and sip. “Yeah, and then we can end up at a bonfire where...
by Todd Sanders | Nov 16, 2015 | Connect
You’re as good as you need to be. Life doesn’t change. Your ministry is reaching everyone it needs to reach. Once a leader, always a leader. Not. None of these things are true. No matter how much we grow, we can develop even more, which allows us to continue leading...
by Todd Sanders | Jul 12, 2015 | Connect
Effective leaders grow. There is never a point at which a true leader has arrived. Effective leaders take opportunities to soak up new information, explore new directions, and sharpen needed skills in their work and with people. Their constant desire to improve feeds...
by Todd Sanders | Jan 15, 2015 | Connect
You know what they say (whoever they are). The more things change the more they stay the same. Truth is, some things never change. I was recently thumbing through a copy of the church study course book Guiding Young People in Bible Study (W.L. Howse, 1955) and came...
by Todd Sanders | Jan 29, 2014 | Connect
If we are about anything as believers, we should be about Jesus. It is the love of God through Christ that gives us the opportunity for forgiveness, victory, and life. It is the lead of Christ that provides the example by which we are to model our lives. It is the...
by Todd Sanders | Jan 6, 2014 | Connect
We all like to dream, imagine, set goals, and forge new ground, but it takes work to reach our goals and realize our dreams, practical, boots-on-the- ground, dirty-your-hands effort. All progress begins with, and is, a series of small, practical steps. Sunday school...
