The Label Maker

Today I'm joined by Bro. Matthew and we're talking about labels.

Imagine as a Kidmin leader you walk into an event and a guy yells out, “goofy, crazy, silly!” Then someone else chimes in, “immature, foolish, shallow!” And then an official looking lady comes up with a huge sticker that has all these words and places it squarely on your forehead to wear for the duration of the event. Imagine how you might interact knowing that every time you engaged with someone they were staring at that label.

When we assign labels to those on our staff or those kids in our care, we participate in a powerful act of identity formation. Whether positive or negative, these labels can deeply influence how people behave and grow in their walk with God. Today we want to talk about labeling others and even reevaluating our own labels. 

Some of the things we try to cover:

• Shake it off
• God isn't disappointed in you
• Self-fulfilling nature of labels
• Top-of-the-line label maker