Category: The Youth Cartel

  • Two New Books from The Youth Cartel

    Two New Books from The Youth Cartel

    First-Century Youth Ministry: Exploring Our Jewish Roots to Reclaim Discipleship Amazon | The Youth Cartel I’ve been excited about this book for a few reasons. One is purely selfish as its author, Heather Quiroz, completed the masters program in Youth Ministry Leadership at Huntington. I was once part of the same program, though Heather is…

  • My Commitment to an Intellectually Stimulating Youth Ministry

    My Commitment to an Intellectually Stimulating Youth Ministry

    My 17 year old is studying multiple languages and chemistry over summer break just to get a jump start, she thinks calculus is fun, and she reads complex literature in her spare time. The truth is that she’s really not that unusual. This is what today’s high school students do.

  • The opportunity Baja presents, Part 1

    The opportunity Baja presents, Part 1

    Let’s start here.  A complicated relationship exists between the United States and Mexico. As a resident of Southern California I’m well aware of this.

  • Coaching Newer Youth Workers

    Coaching Newer Youth Workers

    Historically, youth ministry has always been a young adults game. For many their first foray into working on staff at a church/parachurch, or even a first real professional job of any kind, comes with a call to youth ministry. As I’ve gone to youth ministry conferences and youth pastor meet-ups over the years they always seem dominated…

  • Two new things from The Youth Cartel

    Two new things from The Youth Cartel

    In between work on the the Tiny Office and March Madness we’ve been busy releasing cool stuff over at The Youth Cartel. Finding Jesus in the Old Testament Eric Ballard Official description…  It can be difficult—at a glance—to reconcile the Jesus we see in the New Testament with much of the Old Testament. But when we…

  • 4 Things I’m excited about for Open Denver

    4 Things I’m excited about for Open Denver

    On Thursday night I head to Denver for our second annual Open Denver event. Open is a movement of one-day training events built from the ground up to support & advance youth ministry locally. It’s unlike anything else out there. Most of the presenters work right in the region, so they live the local context…

  • A Revolution Against What?

    A Revolution Against What?

    “Instigating a revolution in youth ministry.” This is the tagline for The Youth Cartel. Last December, during our annual retreat, we spent a couple of hours kicking around exactly what that meant, what it didn’t mean, and even spent extended time to list out dozens of areas we’re seeking a revolution in the form of an…

  • Early Bird Deadline for The Summit

    Early Bird Deadline for The Summit

    If you’re planning on joining us at The Summit in Nashville this fall, this week is an important deadline. On August 1st all registration prices go up by $40. [button link=”https://theyouthcartel.com/events/the-summit-2015/” color=”silver”]REGISTER HERE[/button] If you want to get a sample of what to expect, check out the enclosed video of Charlie Peacock’s talk from 2014.

  • Early Bird Deadline for MSMC

    Early Bird Deadline for MSMC

    [button link=”http://campference.com” color=”orange”]REGISTER HERE[/button]

  • Our January Line-Up

    Our January Line-Up

    We’re off to the races in 2015 with 4 new publishing products launching in January. With each new release cycle our stuff just keeps getting better and better. Here’s what is new: A Youth Worker’s Field Guide to Parents by Danny Kwon (Book) The Audacious Seven by Steve Case (Curriculum)   THINK Volume 2: Theology by…