Our not-so-little-anymore publishing line has added three brand new products.
It’s been fun to watch each of them develop, I’m always amazed to see something go from an idea, to a proposal, to a contract, to a draft, to a manuscript, to a finished project. It’s a crazy and fun process full of late nights, prayer, learning, and triumph.
I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to make youth ministry bigger.
I don’t just mean bigger youth groups. I mean, “How do we minister to more adolescents?”
18 months ago I posted this infographic.
My stress level quickly elevated when I arrived in the returns lane.
“How am I going to get all of this stuff and that little boy to the airport in time to catch our flight?”
A car seat. Two check bags. Three carry-ons. And one sleepy toddler.
One of the traditions I’m trying to introduce is taking each of the kids on a “dad trip” once per year. I don’t pretend to be a model parent, I do a lot of things wrong— But one thing I think I’m doing well is creating memorable experiences with Megan, Paul, and Jackson.
One of the crazy things about starting The Youth Cartel line of products has been, for me, learning how to make a book a book.
Prior to starting our product line I’d never made anything for print. Sure, I’d designed stuff. But it was always for the web.
Designing for print is a different beast altogether.
The other day I heard future Hall of Fame basketball coach Tom Izzo talk about the impact of internet trolls on his players while doing an interview with ESPN Radio.
Yeah, trolls are such a big deal that he has to teach 18 year old basketball players how to deal with foul mouthed fans.
“The problem with all of this technology is that kids today can’t survive in the real world. They don’t have the social skills they need.”
I hear this a lot from parents at my social media workshops.
And I am empathetic to the logic.
Yet I disagree with the sentiment.
