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