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Jen Bradbury
Mar 17 · 5 min read

When you finally believe the words

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name

The first time I heard these...

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#Leaders #youth ministry #student leadership #church #Missions #mentor #scripture #Job #identity #miscarriage #music #books

Jen Bradbury
Mar 03 · 5 min read

What my All-Girls Education Taught me About Women in Leadership

I am the product of an all-girls Catholic high school.

Without a doubt, I got a good education at the all-girls Catholic high school I attended. Beyond that, though, my all-girls education gave me all sorts of leadership opportunities –...

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#Women #Leaders #mentor #leadership #education #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Sep 23 · 5 min read

Why you should meet with teens in public places

My church is just a few blocks away from Panera, which serves as my second office. On occasion, we hold our staff meetings there. I also regularly meet with adult leaders and students there. I do so for many reasons. As a youth worker, I want to...

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#Leaders #church #youth ministry management #mentor #babies #youth ministry #discipleship

Jen Bradbury
Aug 28 · 5 min read

To my daughter on her baptism

Sweet Girl -

This is the week of your baptism, an event which is a big deal to your dad and I.

Baptism is a strange thing for us... Something we both have some baggage with.

Our parents had each of us baptized when we were babies. Me at your...

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#church #baptism #babies #mentor #Jesus #scripture #Prayer #justice #confirmation #Community #grace #worship #crucifixion #evangelism

Jen Bradbury
Jun 08 · 5 min read

Recent Reads: Jesus Centered Youth Ministry by Rick Lawrence

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Jesus Centered Youth Min

What the book's about: Jesus Centered Youth Ministry is about creating youth ministries that are, in every way, rooted in Jesus. This book is a revised edition of the book first published by the same name 8 years ago. 

Why I read this book:...

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#books #Jesus gap #Jesus #research #mentor #cognitive development #discipleship #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Jun 02 · 5 min read

What I'm Into (May, 2015 Edition)

Reading:

Fiction:

I read three fiction books during April: Nora Roberts' The Liar, which was certainly not my favorite of her mysteries; David Baldacci's The Memory Man, which was fantastic; and Lisa Scottoline's Every Fifteen Minutes, ...

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#books #movies #TV #What I'm Into #hope #mentor #miscarriage #gratitude #ALS #babies #c-section

Jen Bradbury
Mar 30 · 5 min read

The Final Frontier

Not long ago, popular Christian author Annie Downs tweeted “Sometimes it feels like youth ministry is the final frontier for women in leadership.”

A friend asked me what I thought of this. To be honest, I’m not sure I agree with Annie’s premise.

...

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#vocation #Women #mentor #leadership #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Feb 17 · 5 min read

Is a master's degree worth it?

Yesterday, this question popped up in a youth ministry forum I'm a part of:

Do you believe that a Master's Degree is worth it (professionally and economically) for youth pastors? Do the Pros outweigh the Cons? More education is always positive,...

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#youth ministry #education #Huntington #mentor #conferences #counseling #research #scripture #InterVarsity #The Youth Cartel #Jesus gap #ecumenical

Jen Bradbury
Jan 20 · 5 min read

Learning to rejoice

My husband and I have a New Years Eve tradition wherein we ask each other a series of questions in order to reflect upon our year together. Rather than use a prescribed list of reflection questions, ours differ by the year in order to uniquely...

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#mentor #pregnancy #miscarriage #Missions #introvert #student leadership #youth worker #youth ministry #grief #Prayer

Jen Bradbury
Oct 22 · 5 min read

Kitty: My Faith Heroine

I first met Kitty when I was still in grade school. As the associate pastor at my church, Kitty was stuck running our youth group, a job she didn't like - at least not at first.

Over time, however, we trained her (or maybe she trained us; I'm not...

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#youth worker #mentor #miscarriage

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Latest Posts

  • When you finally believe the words
  • What my All-Girls Education Taught me About Women in Leadership
  • Why you should meet with teens in public places
  • To my daughter on her baptism
  • Recent Reads: Jesus Centered Youth Ministry by Rick Lawrence
  • What I'm Into (May, 2015 Edition)
  • The Final Frontier
  • Is a master's degree worth it?
  • Learning to rejoice
  • Kitty: My Faith Heroine

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