Jason Taylor, Author at YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/author/jtsooner24/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:20:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 What Does Your “Ministry-Image” Look Like? https://youthministry.com/what-does-your-ministy-image-look-like/ https://youthministry.com/what-does-your-ministy-image-look-like/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:47 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=48332 I once did a lesson series with our students entitled “LOVE YOU: Learning to Love Who God Made You to Be.”  Our study focused in on what a Christ-centered self-image looks like, and how the way we see ourselves affects our relationship to God and others.  …

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To help me remember what is important, I wrote the following list of promises to my 3 year old daughter:
 
Dear Abbye Grace, As your father…

…I promise to affirm you with positive words and actions.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/how-far-is-too-far/feed/ 2 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/How-Far-217x196.png217196 Never Forget Who. Never Forget Whose. https://youthministry.com/never-forget-who-never-forget-whose/ https://youthministry.com/never-forget-who-never-forget-whose/#respond Wed, 28 May 2014 17:12:41 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=48077 As most people who have been around me for any length of time at all know, I am Daddy to two precious kids; my three year old daughter, Abbye Grace, and my one year old son, Ainsley.  If you didn’t know that, now you do; and oh by the way, let me pull out my phone and show you the latest picture or video.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/never-forget-who-never-forget-whose/feed/ 0 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/Never-Forget-270x196.png270196 A Fat Kid, A Broken Home, and Beautiful Things https://youthministry.com/a-fat-kid-a-broken-home-and-beautiful-things/ https://youthministry.com/a-fat-kid-a-broken-home-and-beautiful-things/#comments Mon, 19 May 2014 22:11:55 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=47916 Life is not easy when you are the fat kid in Middle School. But in 1984, that is exactly who I was. I was a short, pudgy roly-poly with a bowl cut and glasses. Needless to say I was a very easy target for bullies.…

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1. You Bring Nothing To The Table
A great friend of mine spoke this truth into my life several years back and he reminds me of it often when we are discussing ministry.…

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