http://www.reyouthpastor.com/ypqt/leadership/students-making-fun-of-their-youth-pastor/ a youth ministry website that (re)gives youth pastors practical tools and theology so they can effectively reach school campuses, youth culture, and their community for Jesus. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.reyouthpastor.com/ypqt/leadership/students-making-fun-of-their-youth-pastor/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 5 Dumb Things Youth Pastors Do | Home | REyouthpastor.com Thu, 27 May 2010 18:20:46 +0000 http://www.reyouthpastor.com/?p=871#comment-1564 [...] How many hours in our weeks do we try to  justify our actions, behaviors, decisions, and theology in church land?  Youth pastors are already at a disadvantage position in the church hierarchy.  If a parent complains about us, it takes us 2 weeks to get over it.  There is a real power in laughing it off.  Make fun of yourself and your stupid mistakes.  Talk a lot about your failures and idiotic tendencies.  My point:  We cannot take ourselves too seriously, but it is imperative to take God’s work very seriously.  We have nothing to prove to anyone.  We constantly need to be growing a thicker skin and laugh a lot.  Read More… [...] [...] How many hours in our weeks do we try to  justify our actions, behaviors, decisions, and theology in church land?  Youth pastors are already at a disadvantage position in the church hierarchy.  If a parent complains about us, it takes us 2 weeks to get over it.  There is a real power in laughing it off.  Make fun of yourself and your stupid mistakes.  Talk a lot about your failures and idiotic tendencies.  My point:  We cannot take ourselves too seriously, but it is imperative to take God’s work very seriously.  We have nothing to prove to anyone.  We constantly need to be growing a thicker skin and laugh a lot.  Read More… [...]

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