195: When Youth Ministry Talks Too Much, The Importance Of Silence

It's alive! It's alive! Well Zac is at least back alive and healthy (after Flu B and some quasi-tragic recovery).

In this holiday recorded episode Zac and Chad talk about the necessity of the practice of silence for the the lives of youth pastors and their youth ministry.

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Show Quotes Notes:
According to Chad you have gotta read the Starlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 

"Only guy I know in Eddie Bauer button-down wearing Sunoco brand undershirts."

Why do we fear the silence? 
1. It exposes our worries or anxieties 
2. We fear of what could happen in the unexpected 
3. We worry that we didn't fill enough time

"We are missing out on the neutral space of contemplation"

Have you made space for silence in your ministry, in your life? 

The importance of Silence for:  

• Hearing from God
• Processing what was just said
• Disruption: Pushing back on

"Youth ministers love to subvert MTV and Disney culture. Silence is a way to do that."

"Youth ministry is cultural when it emulates where it makes sense and subvert and push back where it is not right."

"There is a truth in the silence that your sermon words will never convene."

"Silence will free us from having to say everything all the time."

"We speak and ask for response but we never allowed silence to speak in between." 

"Youth ministry is most formative when it helps students do things they can’t do themselves."

"Your students are longing for peace."

“The Presence Is More Important Than the Program” A.W. Tozer

“If the Holy Spirit didn’t show up would we even notice?” A.W. Tozer