Adam McLane

Category: Books

  • How to talk to parents about parenting

    Over the past year or so I’ve had the opportunity to lead an hour-long seminars for parents. In fact, earlier this year partnered with Simply Youth Ministry & Marko to turn the content of my seminar into a book that comes out in a few weeks, A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Social Media. For me,…

  • 3 New Books from The Youth Cartel

    In the past 2-3 months I’ve earned a Masters Degree in Publishing. OK, not literally. But I’ve had to teach myself how to turn a manuscript into a book you can buy and a Kindle/iBook you can read on an eReader. It’s been crazy hard and fun. So here are the 3 books we’ve published…

  • Sticky Faith Book Club, Chapter 7

    Adam: I grew up watching the Cosby Show. One recurring theme was that mom and dad wanted you to move out as soon as possible so that they could move on with their lives. Dad celebrated when a child went off to college and lamented when they came home. While they were always welcomed home…

  • Sticky Faith Book Club, Chapter 6

    This is part 5 in an 8 part series on Sticky Faith. Join our book club by signing up here. (part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Kristen: Since moving to San Diego, two opportunities stand out where our kids were “getting it”. Three years ago our community group befriended a local refugee family. We assisted the family in a variety of ways…

  • Sticky Faith Book Club, Chapter 5

    This is part 5 in an 8 part series on Sticky Faith. Join our book club by signing up here. (part 1, 2, 3, 4) Let’s be careful about Chapter 5. It’s easy to read this and think about our ministry by default. To not apply what we are learning to our home would be a shame. A couple quotes…

  • Sticky Faith Book Club, Chapter 4

    This is part 4 in an 8 part series on Sticky Faith. Join our book club by signing up here. (part 1, 2, 3) Yakety yack. Don’t talk back. Kara opens chapter 4 with an interesting question. “If we planted a microphone in your home, what would we record?” I’ve been chewing on that for a week or so.…

  • Sticky Faith Book Club, Chapter 3

    This is part 3 in an 8 part series on Sticky Faith. Join our book club by signing up here. (part 1, 2) Kristen – Chapter one hit me hard as it exposed several weaknesses. I admitted that I while I had a ‘sticky faith’ parenting goal in mind, I had lost sight of important steps defining ‘how’ to…

  • Sticky Faith Book Club, Chapter 2

    This is part 2 in an 8 part series on Sticky Faith. Join our book club by signing up here. (part 1) The Heart of the Matter I read chapter 2 with a heavy heart. As a lifelong youth worker I had a hard time fully concentrating on what the words had to do with my family.…

  • Sticky Faith Book Club, Chapter 1

    This is part 1 in an 8 part series on Sticky Faith. Join our book club by signing up here.  A horrible reality For Kristen and I, the journey towards Sticky Faith for our own kids began in 2008. The first seven years of parenting went by in a blur of Sunday school lessons, small…

  • Join the Sticky Faith book club

    “Lord, make me a better dad.”  Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8 This is my daily prayer. Literally, it is my prayer every day. Why? Because there have been times when I’ve not been a good dad. Here’s a painful reality that I’ve had to…