High Impact Stories Archive

  • How to Double Your Youth Group and Lose Your Marriage in Twelve Months or Less!

    How to Double Your Youth Group and Lose Your Marriage in Twelve Months or Less!

    How to Double Your Youth Group and Lose Your Marriage in Twelve Months or Less! By Ken Turner Seriously… it is possible because I almost succeeded at both! I graduated college in 1987 with a degree in youth ministry. I married the woman of my...

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  • I Don’t Know What You Said To Him… But It Changed His Life!

    I Don’t Know What You Said To Him… But It Changed His Life!

    Last night I was leading a Bible study with a group of teenage boys at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center in Indianapolis. Most of these young men were new since my last Bible study. When I meet new youth in the detention center there...

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  • April 14, 1974 – The Day Everything Changed

    April 14, 1974 – The Day Everything Changed

    April 14, 1974 – The Day Everything Changed One Sunday morning when I was about eight or nine years old my brother and I got up early and headed out to play. Living in a little house in the country with no “visible neighbors” left...

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  • Keeping A Spiritual Journal

    Keeping A Spiritual Journal

    Keeping A Spiritual Journal By Ken Turner In the summer of 1985 I was introduced to the concept of keeping a spiritual journal. I was studying for youth ministry at the time and was often curious as to why my devotional time with God seemed...

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  • I Don’t Drink Enough Water. Do You?

    I Don’t Drink Enough Water. Do You?

    I Don’t Drink Enough Water. Do You? Ken Turner When you’re thirsty, you drink. Don’t you agree? But when do you really get thirsty? Okay, if you exercise regularly or if you work outside in the heat or are involved in sports, you understand the...

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