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Learning from “Our” Students

By Joe Ball | Published: July 14, 2011

We have all seen the reports, stats, read the blogs and internet postings of what students are dealing with today.  And while the statisticians go to great length to authenticate their results, there is always in the back of my mind the thought that says, “But is that really reflective of the students I work [...]

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Lessons learned at the Sr PGA

By Joe Ball | Published: June 8, 2011

I was privileged a couple of weeks ago to be able to attend a couple rounds of the 72nd Senior PGA Championship that was held here in Louisville.  I had won two tickets and was offered tickets for the other days. I only went on Thursday and Friday for the opening two rounds. After a [...]

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Staying FRESH through the summer

By Joe Ball | Published: May 10, 2011

I am tired.  The best way I know to describe it is I am “end of the summer tired” most anyone in youth ministry will understand that phrase.  After a summer of mission projects, camps, VBS, church league softball, amusement  parks, Bible studies and the like there is a special tiredness that comes over a [...]

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a global movement of students

By Joe Ball | Published: March 14, 2011

In 1993 a call went out to students to take a pledge of sexual purity, and the True Love Waits movement began.  This movement has seen hundreds of thousands of young adults all across the globe make commitments to sexual purity.  Some have said that this began a time when God was purifying a generation [...]

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Answers to the question of the month

By Joe Ball | Published: February 9, 2011

Last week I as the question of the month related to what are we doing to help students read the Bible regularly and how are we helping them to get at “big picture” on the narrative of scripture. A couple of the best responses are below. Several surveys and press releases lament the rise of [...]

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Eleven for 1/11/11

By Joe Ball | Published: January 11, 2011

It seems that everybody is compiling a list this time of year.  I have seen reports on the best books of 2010, the best new electronic gadgets for 2011, 11 tips for losing weight in 2011, and on and on and on.  So I thought I would be a part of the movement, so below [...]

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Making Christmas Memoriable

By Joe Ball | Published: December 15, 2010

It seems like this time of year more than any other we celebrate traditions.  Growing up mine involved opening Christmas presents in the wee hours of Christmas morning, then the rest of the day was spent with family.  When Jordan and Karen were small and we lived in Hopkinsville, Christmas morning at our house didn’t [...]

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Guarding your time with family

By Joe Ball | Published: November 9, 2010

As I look across the landscape of youth ministry I see youth workers everywhere struggling with the balancing act of doing ministry and spending time with family. There is always one more meeting to attend, one more student to see or event to plan.  So I asked some youth workers across Kentucky how they guard [...]

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Things I learned while visiting churches

By Joe Ball | Published: October 12, 2010

Usually this space is targeted to a youth ministry concept, idea or best practice.  But this month I want to tweak it a little and look at some things I have observed in churches we have had the opportunity to visit.  Most are in Kentucky, some are not.  It has always been my contention that [...]

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Basic Security Issues

By Joe Ball | Published: September 16, 2010

In the last couple of weeks I have had the opportunity to be in several schools across Kentucky, and one thing that stands out to me is the priority they place on security.  Every visitor must sign in at a central location and must have a reason to be there. All volunteers must be finger-printed [...]

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