April, 2008
Another XP3 Update
Since you’re new here, you may want to take an extra minute to subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This past week we started another 3 week series from Xp3 (from reThink.) The series is called Storm Watch.
Storm Watch is all about recognizing that there are storms in life that are [...]
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11: Indispensable Relationships You Can’t Be Without by Leonard Sweet does not stray one bit from the style of writing that you have become familiar with through other titles by Sweet.
The premise of this book is great! Our relationship with God is deeply connected to the relationships that we cultivate in our daily lives. [...]
Spy Rule #8
Rule #8 Assume You Are Under Surveillance
If you have been in ministry for any time at all this is one rule that you quickly learn. Not only is your church/ministry under constant surveillance, you are under surveillance.
This knowledge that we are personally under surveillance by those that are a part of our ministry and [...]
Slideshow Help!
So you have a whole bunch of photos from all of your youth events and trips and iPhoto or Picasa just aren’t cutting it for you any longer?
You need to check out: animoto.com
Here is an example of what I did over there in about 5 minutes…
You can make short 30 sec. videos for free (about [...]
New Music
A friend of mine (his office is just down the hall!) just came out with a new CD and it is the featured album over at indieheaven.com right now. If you like a sweet coffee house sound you should click on over, check it out and buy it for $3 less than normal!
Pop Goes The Church
Just finished Pop Goes The Church by Tim Stevens this morning so here are my thoughts…
PGTC starts out in a theoretical realm of the Biblical and practical basis for engaging pop culture in the church. Stevens then moves into a much more practical look at what this can look like in a church, what it [...]
Green or Not?
Ok, let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of Relevant Magazine. I have been a subscriber since the second issue of the magazine came out. This magazine is full of thought provoking, real world, spiritually stretching stuff.
Today I got an email from Relevant with this advertisement:
I’m sorry, what!? [...]
A Ragamuffin & An Enterprise
Just trying to help out a blogging friend with his project in which he is attempting to let the world know about enterprise rent-a-car.
WOW!
Ok, I have never had this happen in youth ministry before and I am glad! Here is a bit of an email that I got this morning from a youth pastor friend of mine from California…
Hey -
I trust all is well with you guys! Let me say it this way…I trust all is better [...]
Prepping Seniors for College
The bad news is that it is already way to late in your time with seniors at your church to help them really get ready for college. This does not mean that you can’t help them and at the same time work toward doing a way better job of helping your seniors next year!
A couple [...]
