Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include back to school prep, #TheLiesWeTellKids, 4 things to spice up your fall planning meetings, and plenty of fuel for your procrastination.
BLOGS FROM YOUTHSPECIALTIES.COM THIS WEEK
SCOTT RUBIN gives us some of his best ideas in this YS Idea Lab: “Lessons from Middle School Ministry” – CLICK TO VIEW
Gina Abbas shared a new perspective for “Dealing with a Lack of Parent Support” – CLICK TO VIEW
BLOGS FROM OTHER GREAT YOUTH WORKERS THIS WEEK
Jason Sansbury wrote a great post on “Back to School Prep” – CLICK TO VIEW
Justin Knowles put together some practical ideas to spark some new energy with your team in “4 Things to Spice Up Your Fall Planning Meetings” – CLICK TO VIEW
Joli Angel Robinson shared an interesting post that fits the #GETBEYOND conversations we’re having around the National Youth Worker’s Conventions in the fall: “The Big ‘C’ Church and Millennials” – CLICK TO VIEW
Andy Blanks helps outline some key things you should be thinking about for the upcoming school year: “Summer Is Winding Down… Are You Read?” – CLICK TO VIEW
It was really interesting to see some of the #TheLiesWeTellKids tweets. A lot of odd/tasteless stuff but some really telling tweets for youth workers – CLICK TO VIEW
FUN THINGS TO FUEL YOUR PROCRASTINATION
How accurately did Back to the Future predict technology in 2015? – CLICK TO VIEW
Surfer Mick Fanning survives his own version of shark week – CLICK TO VIEW
5 ways to tell if your cat hates you – CLICK TO VIEW
How to destroy your cell phone with Sen. Lindsey Graham – CLICK TO VIEW
In case you want to catch up on Pluto, here’s what we’ve learned from the flyby – CLICK TO VIEW