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• Simply Soul Care Testimony January 30, 2012
  Here’s a a recent testimony we received from a youth worker who we’ve helped. I can’t begin to tell you how much Simply Soul Care has helped me. (But I’ll try anyway!) I was really struggling with staying in my current position. I was given advice to leave by many who heard my story. But […]
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• Networking is My Spiritual Gift November 19, 2011
  I absolutely love what I get to do for the National Network of Youth Ministries.  I tell people all the time that if I won the lottery, I’d keep working for NNYM because it is what i’m purposed to do. I was reminded that networking is my spiritual gift this past week, when I went […]
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• Soul Care Stories November 11, 2011
  Simply Soul Care has been operating for a few months. l getting our legs under us as we discover better ways to serve youth workers. If you’ve followed us on twitter or if you’ve been one of the numerous youth workers who have been helped by one of our Soul Care Advocates, would you please […]
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• Bios are Weird October 24, 2011
  It’s strange to write a short bio about yourself, if you haven’t had to do one, try. Here’s the latest one that I wrote for an upcoming youth ministry book, that I have a chapter in: Len is a youth ministry activist who oversees Texas and New Mexico for the National Network of Youth Ministries, […]
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• My Three Hats at the National Youth Worker Convention October 17, 2011
  I joked about wearing three hats at the National Youth Workers Convention before I went but I turned out to be so true and I didn’t suffer from identity whiplash because all  three roles are who I am.  The three hats were: National Network of Youth Ministries hat, We Love Our Youth Worker hat and […]
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• Jim Rayburn’s Prayer October 17, 2011
  Dear Lord, Give us the teenagers that we may lead them to Thee.  Our hearts ache for the millions of young people who remain untouched by the Gospel and for the tragically large proportion of those who have dropped by the wayside and find themselves without spiritual guidance.  Help us to give them a chance, […]
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• All of Life is an Interview August 16, 2011
  You never can tell when you might be meeting a future boss. So it’s important to always be yourself and to guard your character. You might lose a job because of some snide comment about a mutual friend or someone they don’t even know. I met Doug Clark, my boss with the National Network of Youth […]
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• Prayer Update August 15, 2011
  Quick update to all of our praying friends: Family Stuff: Tonja is now working for Lubbock ISD as a library assistant, splitting her time between two junior highs. As a bibliophile, she’s ecstatic! Taylor will be a Junior at Lubbock High and will be driving soon. (Lots of prayers for that one) Sarabeth is going […]
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• Prayer Update June 6, 2011
  Thanks for your prayer support.  It results in more than we will ever know on this side of heaven, so please keep praying for us. 1.  Tonja’s Job Tonja’s job at the school is over and currently doesn’t have anything.  Please pray for a better permanent job or for a good temporary job until school […]
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• When Others Hurt You June 5, 2011
  People hurt each other.  We know that.  We even know that “Hurt People Hurt People“. That’s a great book that shares the majority of people who habitually strike out at others, are deeply wounded themselves.  Duh! But it’s by a Ph. D and it goes way more in depth, so if you have a chance, […]
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