Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include 8 things I wish Jesus hadn’t said, 60 teens reveal what is cool in 2016, and plenty of fuel for your procrastination.

BLOGS FROM YOUTH SPECIALTIES + YOUTHWORKS THIS WEEK

Tony Akers talks about how you can prepare for the hits that will come your way as a youth worker: “Taking the Hits in Youth Ministry”— CLICK TO VIEW

Andy Blanks helps us take a close look at ways we might be able to refocus around the essentials: “Does Your Youth Ministry Need Streamlining?” — CLICK TO VIEW

Rachel Goodwin  shared from her experience as the kid club coordinator in St. Paul: “Duck, Duck, Goose, and Other Ways to Love” — CLICK TO VIEW

YOUTHWORKS spotlights hometown mission trips: “Love Where You Live” — CLICK TO VIEW

BLOGS FROM OTHER GREAT YOUTH WORKERS THIS WEEK

We’re excited to have Crystal Kirgiss with us at YS Team Training this year and she shared a great post on “The ‘Problem’ with Middle Ministry (how they got it wrong again)” — CLICK TO VIEW

Eddie Becker  wrote some powerful words about “8 Things I Wish Jesus Had Never Said” — CLICK TO VIEW

Maya Kosoff revealed some great stuff in the post “60 Teenagers Reveal What is Cool and What Isn’t in 2016” — CLICK TO VIEW

Terrace Crawford invited Brian Aaby to chat about networking and soul care for youth workers: “This Week in Youth Ministry” — CLICK TO VIEW

Ben Trueblood continues a great How To series with this week’s “How To: The Gospel in Your Curriculum” — CLICK TO VIEW

FUN THINGS TO FUEL YOUR PROCRASTINATION

A T-Rex on ice skates — CLICK TO VIEW

Awkward Christian Music Albums — CLICK TO VIEW

An interview with the man who wrote “Conjunction Junction” — CLICK TO VIEW

The ultimate cat lady with 1,100 cats — CLICK TO VIEW

Nerd alert: A rocket that launches into space, returns, and then relaunches — CLICK TO VIEW