055: One Voice Across Your Family Ministry
Wednesday May 9, 2018 |As a ministry leader, you spend a lot of time thinking about what messages your kids, students, and volunteers hear within your ministry. What if you could multiply your impact by working in sync with the age-graded ministries on either ends of yours? After all, if you’re not careful, what you do, the next person […] Read more
054: Best of The Orange Conference, Part II
Tuesday May 1, 2018 |What could happen if we saw everyone the way Jesus sees them? The students in our ministry who don’t listen or behave. Our neighbors who don’t know Jesus. Even ourselves, through our self-doubt and broken hearts. On today’s episode, we’re listening to three inspiring talks from the Orange Conference 2017. First up is Jud Wilhite […] Read more
053: Best of The Orange Conference, Part I
Tuesday April 24, 2018 |In all of our churches, the people we serve seem to have more differences than commonalities. Things like the color of our skin, the generation we belong to, or family status can sometimes make it difficult to relate to one another. But we all have one thing in common: A desire for our voices to […] Read more
052: What’s New with Today’s Preteens
Tuesday April 17, 2018 |Preteens hold unprecedented influence, more than any other time in history. Yet, anyone who has spent time in children’s or middle school ministry has stories of preteens that sit against the back wall, roll their eyes at what’s said on stage, and barely tolerate the hour. Or of some who just don’t show up at […] Read more
051: What the Bible Teaches Us about Storytelling
Tuesday April 10, 2018 |Whether we realize it or not, stories are prevalent in all of our lives. They build our imaginations and shape how we process relational, cultural, and spiritual truths. In fact, the human brain is wired to think in narrative. That’s why, on today’s episode of the Think Orange Podcast, we explore how storytelling can be […] Read more
050: Building a Team from Scratch
Tuesday April 3, 2018 |Today we hear from two sides of experience on the leadership development spectrum. Our first guest is Geoff Surratt, a ministry veteran with 35 years of experience in growing start-up churches and teams, who shares principles from Jesus’ leadership we can apply to our churches today. Then Brooklyn Lindsey, a youth ministry expert who in […] Read more
049: Overcoming Fear, Anxiety, Rejection & Comfort In Your Ministry and Life
Tuesday March 27, 2018 |Today on a very special edition of the Think Orange Podcast, we sit down with Louie Giglio to talk about his latest books Goliath Must Fall and Indescribable. Through the conversation, we discover that the key to defeating our own Goliaths is to no longer see ourselves as David. Instead, we must keep our eyes […] Read more
048: Five Principles for Parenting Beyond Your Capacity (Part 2 of 2)
Tuesday March 20, 2018 |The families in your church and community have a lot going on. Some days are a nonstop hustle from breakfast to bed time, with meetings, school, extracurriculars, and more sandwiched in between. But regardless of the pace they keep, every family has a natural rhythm parents can lean into in order to invest in the […] Read more
047: Five Principles for Parenting Beyond Your Capacity (Part 1 of 2)
Tuesday March 13, 2018 |Raising kids isn’t for the faint of heart. There’s bound to be messes, sleepless nights, and questions (oh so very many questions) along the way. The parents in your church and in your community can’t—and shouldn’t have to!—do it alone. Today on The Pod, we’re joined by Carey Nieuwhof, father, pastor, and author of the […] Read more
046: Showing Up For the Next Generation
Wednesday March 7, 2018 |There’s 168 hours in the week, and the families who attend our churches only spend 1 of them with us—if that! And that’s not even to mention all of the families who don’t attend our church. With so much of life being lived outside of Sunday (and outside our church walls), doesn’t it make sense […] Read more
